Armenia
STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
The Armenian national educational framework comprises both public and private schools. The institutions that control school curricula in Armenia include the National Centre for Education Development and Innovation Foundation, the Assessment and Testing Centre, the National Centre for Educational Technologies and the Psychological-Pedagogical Centre. However, some schools in Armenia are not bound by the state curriculum, including international schools, private schools with autonomous curricula, and schools for persons with educational special needs. These schools are free to design their own curriculum, but it is mandatory to base it on the existing national curriculum.*
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports
*OHTE Thematic report on "Pandemics and natural disasters as reflected in history teaching"
HISTORY IN SCHOOL
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
In Armenia, history falls under the subject area of “Society, social sciences”. In primary school, history is covered in the subject area “Nature, natural sciences” and the subject area “Me and the world around” in grades 2-4. In middle school (grades 5-9), the subject area of “Society, social sciences” covers the subjects “Country/fatherland studies” in grade 5, “History of the Armenian church” in grades 5-9, “Armenian history and world history” in grades 6-9, “Geography of Armenia” in grade 9, and “Social studies/sociology” in grades 8-9. In high school (grades 10-12), the subject area of “Society, social sciences” includes the subjects “Armenian history”, “World history”, and “Social studies/sociology”. The humanities stream includes an additional subject, “History of the Armenian church”, in grades 10-11 (Alişan et al. 2017).
The Armenian educational curricula will undergo educational reform in 2023 and a new proposed standard for a healthy lifestyle course will be developed for grades 5-11 which may include education relating to pandemics and natural disasters.
The state is involved in the authorisation process of history textbooks, and fully integrated curricula are not part of the state-prescribed curricula of Armenia.*
*OHTE Thematic report on "Pandemics and natural disasters as reflected in history teaching"
HISTORY CURRICULUM
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
This section will provide an overview of available guidelines and curricula for history lessons, as well as information on the roles and responsibilities of different authorities and institutions in developing the curricula. It will also present data on the curricula profile, structure, aims, periodisation, content and the levels of historical analysis.
Curricula workstation by GEI (History curricula search by country)
LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
This section will contain information on the learning outcomes set for history lessons within the different levels of education and on the methods of testing and assessment used in history examinations.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PEDAGOGY USED IN THE HISTORY CLASSROOM
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
This section will host data on the study material and teaching practices used for history teaching within the different levels of education.
International TextbookCat (GEI collection of Textbooks and Educational Media)
HISTORY TEACHERS
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
Teachers in public schools have the flexibility and freedom to choose their teaching methods and content within the allotted time for a given topic. Teachers are free to consider or to present certain examples in more depth, and to take different approaches and perspectives in teaching history. The teachers conduct their lessons according to their lesson plans and are free to include pandemics and epidemics, as well as natural disasters in history, by assigning research work to students.*
Armenian Association of History Educators (presentation by EuroClio)
Armenian Center for Democratic Education (CIVITAS) (presentation by EuroClio)
*OHTE Thematic report on "Pandemics and natural disasters as reflected in history teaching"
THEMATIC DATA
The Observatory on History Teaching in Europe also provides thematic studies on given topics.
2022: Pandemics and natural disasters as reflected in history teaching
