Kompetenzorientierung im Geschichtsunterricht fördern - Eine Fallanalyse mit Alternativvorschlag

Since the 1970s history education has postulated the concept of «historical thinking » as an objective of teaching history. The concrete learning targets have thereby been defined in so-called competency models since the early 2000s. There is, however, little known about the exact mechanics of competency formation in students. History didactics has thus far supported schools by offering competency-based teaching proposals. This paper offers an alternative approach based on the history lesson « Stalin and the great leap forward».