Family Memory in Teaching the Normalization: Large and Small Stories of Modern History Cover Image

Rodinná paměť ve výuce tzv. normalizace: Velké a malé příběhy moderních dějin
Family Memory in Teaching the Normalization: Large and Small Stories of Modern History

Author(s): Jaroslav Najbert
Subject(s): Education, Oral history, Methodology and research technology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Keywords: Memory in teaching history; the so-called normalization era; family stories; analysis and interpretation of oral-historical sources; multiperspectivity;

Summary/Abstract: The article stands on the edge of educational applications and methodological reflection of the use of oral history in teaching Czechoslovak history for the period 1968-1989. In the introduction, the author formulates his opinion about the importance of memory in history teaching in Czech schools. There follows the description of the project Large and small stories of modern history, provided by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague, focused on the methodological basis and structure of the three years of the project completed so far. In the final part the author considers the possible analysis and interpretation of the materials and focuses especially on family relations and cultural memory.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 101-123
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Czech