Presence and perspectives of teaching recent history in the History curriculum in secondary education in Chile. A curriculum analysis

Abstract

This paper examines the presence and teaching perspective of recent history in current curricula at secondary level in Chile. We analyse the presence of Recent History topics in the curriculum, what kind of topics are treated and what the possible perspective in the curriculum. For this, we analyse the 2009 Curricular Framework and the 2013 Curricular Bases. The analysis shows that recent history has consolidated a space in the curriculum of History in Chile and that the dominant perspective in teaching is the practical perspective.