Analysis of the didactic application of the concept of long duration in the teaching of history

Abstract

This research project, "Analysis of the Didactic Application of the Concept of the Longue durée" is focused on history teachers with the aim of redefining the teaching of the subject through new methods and applications in the classroom. The research aims to analyze Braudel's concept of the "long duration" as a new way of conceiving the teaching of history in Mexico by comparing it with the traditional method used to teach history during the 20th century and in recent years.

Fernand Braudel, in his book "History and the Social Sciences," addresses a new way of understanding how analyzing and reflecting on history leads to a new perspective when teaching the subject. Braudelian proposal states that history should be conceived as a long-term process, where different meanings intervene in the development of historical processes and, consequently, in the events that define them. This contrasts with traditional short-term methods or "history of events," originating in the 18th and 19th centuries, where students are expected to memorize and catalog dates and figures, fostering individualism that hinders the development of historical and critical thinking, as envisioned in the New Mexican School.

It is important that the teaching of history takes a different course from that proposed by traditionalism, since it is of great importance that the student manages to link their immediate reality with the different historical processes, in order to be able to situate themselves in time and space that allows them to generate a reflective and historical analysis of their daily life, understanding that the past directly impacts their present and defines their future, that is, what may happen to them, their community or their country comes from a historical process that often surpasses their conception of immediate time