National narratives of Spanish and Portuguese students

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History, Students, Portugal, Spain

Abstract

This study aims at understanding how the master narratives conveyed by the national accounts given by 14 to 18-year-old Spanish and Portuguese students converge or differ from one another and how they relate to national identity and temporal orientation. Data analysis was carried out in a qualitative approach inspired by Grounded Theory. The results suggest a parallel but conceptually convergent schematic template focussed on initial conquests, a golden period of maritime discoveries, and a recent dictatorship overcome by the restoration of democracy. Some particularities of students’ accounts linked to specifi c historical situations in each country, as well as diversified attitudes of the young people toward “their” nationstates 
are also discussed.

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Author Biography

Isabel Barca, CITCEM, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Isabel Barca (Maria Isabel Gomes Barca de Oliveira) é investigadora do Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar “Cultura, Espaço e Memória” (CITCEM) da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, e integrou o Centro de Investigação em Educação (CIED) da Universidade do Minho até 2017.12.31, ambos financiados pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) em Portugal). Colabora com vários centros de investigação nomeadamente em universidades no Brasil (LAPEDUH- UFPR, LEH-UEL, LHISTE-UFG). Tem desenvolvido a sua atividade científica e pedagógica em rede com a comunidade científica internacional na área de pesquisa em educação histórica ligada a cognição situada e consciência histórica.

É Professora Associada c/ Agregação (aposentada desde 09.10.2013) na especialidade de Educação em História e Ciências Sociais, do Instituto de Educação da Universidade do Minho. Tem doutoramento pela Universidade de Londres e Mestrado académico pela Universidade de Boston.

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2019-06-13

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Sáiz Serrano, J., & Barca, I. (2019). National narratives of Spanish and Portuguese students. Cadernos De Pesquisa, 49(172), 78–95. Retrieved from https://publicacoesfcc.emnuvens.com.br/cp/article/view/5414

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