What geo-historical teaching for future teachers? The experience of the MA Course in Primary Education of the University of Bologna

Abstract

The paper discusses projects, activities and actions undertaken by the geography chair in the MA Course in Primary Education (‘Scienze della Formazione Primaria’) at the University of Bologna, in the broader framework of the use of the geo-historical approach in research and didactics at the University. As a consequence, such a methodology, embraced in the lectures, in the workshops, in the field works and during the internships in Pre-School and Primary School contexts, is adopted by the students-future teachers, basis for their professionalism and starting point for the future strengthening of their skills in didactics of history and geography.