The construction and representation of social stereotypes of peasants and the rural world: A comparative research from historiography to classrooms

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Cosme J. Gómez Carrasco
Francisco García González

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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the construction and transmission of social stereotypes when teaching history through a specific topic; the rural world of Spain and France in the Early Modern Age. The starting point is the study of the historiographic reconstruction based on this topic found in the main scientific journals. This is followed by seeing how this knowledge is transmitted in the classroom through the curriculum and textbooks. Finally, we analyse students’ perception of the social stereotypes related to the topic. The findings show that historiography is advancing in the opposite direction to the history knowledge taught in the classroom. There is also a noticeable difference between the representation of the urban and the rural world, which is due to the persistence of the theory of modernization in historical explanations.


Keywords: social stereotypes, history education, textbooks, peasantry, historiography.


 


 

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Gómez Carrasco, C. J., & González, F. G. (2017). The construction and representation of social stereotypes of peasants and the rural world: A comparative research from historiography to classrooms. International Journal of Learning and Teaching, 9(1), 284–297. https://doi.org/10.18844/ijlt.v8i5.1885
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Cosme J. Gómez Carrasco, , Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain

Department of Mathematics and Social Science Education

Francisco García González, Faculty of Humanities, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, 02001, Spain

Faculty of Humanities, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, 02001, Spain