History (Joint honours); Teaching Module

General information

Study programme title	Master’s degree (M.Ed.) programme in History, (Joint Honours); Teaching Module
Type of study programme	University
Duration	2 years (4 semesters)
ECTS	60
Academic qualification	Master of Education in History(univ. mag. educ. hist.)
Title and qualification code in the C.Q.F. Register	–
Study completion requirements	Passing all the exams and successfully completing the master’s thesis
Possibilities of continuing education	After finishing the M.A. in History (Joint Honours), students can enrol on an appropriate doctoral programme.
Employment possibilities	Work in primary and secondary schools, as well as working as an expert associate in the archives, museums, galleries, regional museums, cultural heritage, media, and other scientific and research work in the humanities and social sciences.

Course list

	Year 1
Semester I		Semester II
Basics of History Teaching	3 ECTS	Archives and Society in the Service of Heritage Interpretation	3 ECTS
Developmental Psychology	2.5 ECTS (5 ECTS)**	Local and Regional History in Contemporary Teaching	3 ECTS
Educational Psychology 1 – Psychology of Learning and Teaching	2.5 ECTS (5 ECTS)**	Didactics 1	2 ECTS (4 ECTS)**
General Pedagogy	2.5 ECTS (5 ECTS)**	Educational Psychology 2 – Individual Differences and Classroom Interactions	2 ECTS (4 ECTS)**
Introduction to Language Culture	1.5 ECTS (3 ECTS)**	Educating Students with Special Needs	2 ECTS (4 ECTS)**
Elective course*	3 ECTS	Elective course*	3 ECTS
* One elective course from the programme with teaching competences or an elective course from the programme.		* One elective course from the programme with teaching competences or an elective course from the programme.
** The number of ECTS credits for each Core Course in the Teaching Module are shown in brackets, half of which are allocated to each Honours programme in the Joint Honours programmes.
	Year 2
Semester III		Semester IV
Sensitive and Controversial Topics in History Teaching	3 ECTS	School Practice	3 ECTS
Methodology of Teaching History	4 ECTS	Master’s Thesis	6 ECTS
Didactics 2	2 ECTS (4 ECTS)**	Elective course*	3 ECTS
Elective course*	3 ECTS	Elective course*	3 ECTS
Elective course*	3 ECTS
*One elective course from the discipline with teaching competences or an elective course from the discipline.		* One elective course from the discipline with teaching competences or an elective course from the discipline.
**The number of ECTS credits for each Core Course in the Teaching Module are shown in brackets, half of which are allocated to each Honours programme in the Joint Honours programmes.		*******In the 3^rd and 4^th semesters, students can exchange 3 ECTS points in the category of elective courses with an extracurricular activity. The list of activities in which it is possible to acquire additional competences are determined by a special Regulation at the Department of History of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka.

Elective Courses (The offer of elective courses will be decided and specified in the syllabus for each academic year)
History of Revolutions in the 19^th and 20^thCenturies	3 ECTS
Social History of Central and Southeast Europe in the 19^th and 20^th Centuries	3 ECTS
Military History in the 19^th and 20^th Centuries	3 ECTS
History of Historiography	3 ECTS
Multiethnicity of Towns in Contemporary History	3 ECTS
Identities in Early Medieval Europe	3 ECTS
History of Italy in the 20^th Century	3 ECTS
Population and Environment in Early Modern Croatia	3 ECTS
History of National Identities and Movements in the 19^th and 20^th Centuries	3 ECTS
Greece 4^th Century B.C.	3 ECTS
Women’s History: Women’s Movements of the 19^th and 20^th Centuries	3 ECTS
History of Sexuality in Modern and Contemporary Times	3 ECTS
History of World Religions	3 ECTS
History of Hellenism	3 ECTS
Comparative History of Latin America in the 20^th Century	3 ECTS
Diplomatic history of the 19^th and 20^th Centuries	3 ECTS
Cold War Period and Globalisation	3 ECTS
History of European Integration Policy	3 ECTS
History of Socialist Yugoslavia	3 ECTS
General State Legal History	3 ECTS
Political and Legal Aspects of the Modern History of Western Croatia in the 20^th Century	3 ECTS
History of Russia from Peter the Great to the Fall of Communism	3 ECTS
Reformation from Heresy to Orthodoxy	3 ECTS
Elective Courses with Teaching Competences
Anthropology in History Teaching	3 ECTS
Holocaust in History Teaching	3 ECTS
Medievalism in 21st Century Teaching	3 ECTS
Evaluating and Marking in History Teaching	3 ECTS
Active Learning and Critical Thinking in History Teaching	3 ECTS
Elective Courses from the Teaching Module
Bioethics and the Women’s Question	3 ECTS
Didactic Docimology	3 ECTS
State, Rights, Community, Individual	3 ECTS
Evolution and Values	3 ECTS
Philosophy of Education	3 ECTS
Rhetorics	3 ECTS
Critical Thinking for Teachers	3 ECTS
Effective Learning Methods	3 ECTS
Research Methodology in Education	4 ECTS
Moral Reasoning	3 ECTS
Neuroscience and Education	3 ECTS
Education and Sustainable Development	3 ECTS
Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language in Early School Years	3 ECTS
Families and Children at Risk	3 ECTS
Civic Education	3 ECTS
Educational Communication	4 ECTS
Special Needs Support in Regular Teaching	3 ECTS
Teaching for Creativity	3 ECTS
Use of Computers in Teaching	3 ECTS
Psychology of Gifted Students	3 ECTS
Psychology of Parenting	3 ECTS
Sociology of Education	3 ECTS
Contemporary Debates in the Philosophy of Education	3 ECTS
School Education	3 ECTS
School Management	3 ECTS
Scientific Opinion	3 ECTS

Learning outcomes

Core learning outcomes

Collective learning outcomes	Individual learning outcomes
SOCIAL, POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS RELATIONS IN HISTORY	1. Explain basic concepts and problems from different historical periods in global and national history. 2. Identify and compare significant historical figures from socio-political life in global and national history. 3. Evaluate and analyse demographic, political, diplomatic, geographical, social, cultural, and religious influences on the life of peoples and states in different periods of national and global history.
APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROBLEMS OF HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION	1. Classify and critically analyse events, changes, and processes in political, diplomatic, military, social, religious, and cultural history in different periods of global and national history. 2. Interpret socio-political changes, processes and events in particular historical periods and deconstruct interpretations in primary sources. 3. Draw critical conclusions and offer a sound argument about historical issues in historical periods.
HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHODOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH	1. Research, independently process and critically analyse political, social, economic, demographic, and cultural themes in global and national history. 2. Critically analyse and evaluate historical sources and historiographical texts and employ different methodologies for writing scientific papers that are used when researching historical issues. 3. Explain the developmental path of historiography up to contemporary perspectives and its directions, discourses, and schools. 4. Combine the methodologies used in the research of different historical topics, make an independent analysis of historical sources and use literature and secondary sources, to write a final thesis.
TEACHING COMPETENCES	1. Explain and distinguish between didactic-methodological terminologies. 2. Design and independently present class preparations. 3. Explain and apply scientific research methodology and critical analyses of historical sources in history classes, explain the differences in interpretations and prepare students for their research. 4. Apply the basic principles of ethics in the teaching of history, whilst showing tolerance for difference. 5. Apply methodologies used in the research of didactic topics, and through the independent use of literature and secondary sources, write a final thesis.

Elective learning outcomes

Collective learning outcomes	Individual learning outcomes
PROCESSES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF DIFFERENT HISTORIOGRAPHIC PROBLEMS AND HISTORICAL TOPICS	1. Explain and classify different aspects of historical topics in global and national history. 2. Explain and differentiate between different theories in historiography related to specific historical topics and research problems. 3. Apply different approaches to historiography and different methods of analysing historical sources.

Core learning outcomes

Elective learning outcomes

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