Danijela Trškan
Contact

+386 1 2411 206
danijela.trskan@ff.uni-lj.si

Office hours

Thursday: 13.00-14.30

*Wednesday: 13.00-14.30 (winter examination period, June and September)

Cabinet

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Department of History

Prof. Dr. Danijela Trškan

Dr Danijela Trškan is a full professor of didactics of history at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.

Areas of research

Methodology of teaching history at elementary and secondary school level: study of different teaching approaches to history in elementary and secondary schools (learning history by discovery, note-taking, portfolio, active oral history, archaeological sources, written sources, visual sources, motivational techniques, types of assessment and grading, local history, fieldwork, outdoor education, museum work, research work ...).

Didactics of history: research of the didactic and methodological structure of Slovenian and foreign curricula, textbooks, school leaving examinations and handbooks for history; research of selected teaching content in textbooks and curricula for history in elementary and secondary schools (civic education, history of contemporary Arab countries, local history, archaeological heritage, oral history ...).

Higher education didactics of history: research and evaluation of the training of students - future history teachers (student course portfolio, alternative assessment with rubrics, individual consultations, interviews, quality indicators of student teaching practice, digital competence ...). 

Personal bibliography

Compulsory Courses

Elective Courses

Events

09. 11. - 11. 11. 2023
Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts

26th Neolithic Seminar 'Eurasian Neolithics: How Cultures and Societies Evolve and Why It Matters'

27. 02. 2023
Faculty of Arts

Online presentation of University of Ljubljana for prospective international students

13. 10. 2022
Administrative Office for Doctoral Study, Faculty of Arts

EUTOPIA Citizen Science Clinics

15. 09. 2022
Administrative Office for Undergraduate Study Programme, Faculty of Arts

Reception for International Students at the Faculty of Arts and at the University of Ljubljana (two separate events)

22. 02. 2022
Faculty of Arts

Online sessions for prospective international students, 22 February 2022 at 1.15 pm (CET)