The Search for Meaning: Teaching and Learning History
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33064/2013docere92314Keywords:
history, construction of meaning, teaching and learningAbstract
The history, as well as its teaching and learning, is related with the construction of meaning and the relation with the questioning: what is it good for? To the question, why study history? the answer of three prominent historians is exposed: Luis Villoro, Héctor Aguilar Camín and Enrique Florescano, who in a very clear way, invite to trying to comprehend the purposes of history. The main objective of this article is to debate about history, its teaching and learning; as well as the meaning that has to be given to it; additionally, it includes a simple proposal for working with young people.
Translated by Rafael Guzmán De Luna.


