Motivation im Fach Civilisation

Abstract

Motivation in Civilization

This article aims to make a first and modest assessment of the teaching of civilization. It should be emphasized that today the learner has little contact with ancient times and that consequently it is difficult for him to assimilate previous content knowing that the difficulty lies in the non-mastery of the language. Our objective is to give an analysis of this phenomenon with all its facets and all its repercussions on society over time in order to bring the learner as close as possible to the phenomenon which seems to him at first strange and foreign. Re-establishing the learner's relationship with the past is a first recommendation. The recourse to oral tradition made it possible to better define a civilizational aspect no longer exists. This is why the introduction of the story to tell seems essential to me for a new approach to this course. Instead of dispensing dates and biographies and waiting for the learner to learn them by heart, the teacher uses a very broad study of the phenomenon of civilization based on new research, in order to bring the historical event to life in its entirety in classes. This of course assumes that the teacher absorbs the content and internalizes it so that the learner feels an unfailing identification with the teacher. In this modest reflection, it is worth emphasizing that it is time to think about new methodological approaches. It seems difficult to break away from old teaching methods. More difficult I introduced new aspects of didactics into German classes. The main aim is to grasp historical facts and to continue to bring them to life with the active participation of the learners. But this requires knowledge and the know-how. If these two elements and other requirements are met in German classes, the problem of motivation can be relatively resolved.