The wholeness teaching in history lessons: A perspective essay from Gestalt approach to holistic approach

Abstract

In these days, education researchs emphasise on learning. The importance of wholeness in learning is just realized. Because of this, the thesis that the way individuals sense the world is complete, is became more important. The studies which are emphasize on wholeness learning are Gestalt, contructivism and holistic thinking. In this study, it is claimed that teaching history will be more fruitfull by the wholeness learning approach. Because, by wholeness history teaching, it will be possible to make individuals learn meaningful, permanent and functional. For this, firstly, history teaching curriculum’s contents have to be prepared as in Annales school with a interdisipliner approach. Additionally, in the history teaching process, it is clear that a plan, aplication and evaluation which will be supported the wholeness learning are needed. At this point, in developing a history curriculum, 2005 Elemantary Social Science Curricullum approach can be appropriated. That is a tematic curriculum which takes note the chronological order. But, it is not enough to change the teaching curriculum for wholeness history teaching. First of all, teachers have to leave their traditional history perception and appropriate the wholeness approach.