Explaining the Third Reich: Swedish Students' Causal Reasoning about the Nazi Seizure of Power in Germany

Autor/in	Wendell, Joakim
Titel	Explaining the Third Reich: Swedish Students' Causal Reasoning about the Nazi Seizure of Power in Germany
Quelle	In: Curriculum Journal, 29 (2018) 1, S.60-76 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wendell, Joakim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-5176
DOI	10.1080/09585176.2017.1398098
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; History Instruction; Standardized Tests; Causal Models; Logical Thinking; Economic Factors; World History; Authoritarianism; Political Issues; Secondary School Students; Textbooks; Social Values; Social History; War; Jews; Sweden; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Kausalanalyse; Ökonomischer Faktor; Weltgeschichte; Autoritarismus; Politischer Faktor; Sekundarschüler; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Sozialer Wert; Sozialgeschichte; Krieg; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Schweden; Deutschland
Abstract	The topic of this study is how Swedish students aged 15-16 use causal reasoning in history when given a high-stakes task about explaining a historically significant event, the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany. The study is based on student texts from the Swedish national test in history. The student texts are mainly analysed with regards to how many, and what kinds of, causal factors are used by the students. The study finds that while most students are able to combine agents and situational factors in their explanations, the explanations show a recurring theme of combining a generic sense of economic crisis with Hitler and the German people as the important agents, to the detriment of other causes that could open up for different interpretations of why the Nazi regime came to power. To counteract this, the study suggests increased emphasis on some contextual factors in teaching practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01