Difficulties in the Study of History and the Suggested Solutions

Abstract

This study aimed to identify difficulties in the study of history and the

proposed solutions, from the viewpoint of history teachers.To achieve this

goal, researchers used an instrument consisted of two parts (resolution and

open questions) and confirmed the veracity of the study and tool stability.The

test instrument was applied on a sample of history teachers of 92 males and

females from the Directorate of Education in Bani Kenana, and Directorate

of Education in Ramtha.

The study found that the more the difficulties of the study of history,

the more the difficulties related to the teacher himself.History teachers may

provide the following to overcome these difficulties:

The importance of enriching the history book by activities and teaching

aids.

Theater history books with a dramatic style.

The preparation of websites at the end of each lesson.

The results also show that (78%) of history teachers studied the

specialization without desire, while the rest (22%) studied the history with

desire.The results indicated that (87%) of history teachers still use traditional

methods and (13%) of history teachers use different educational methods.

Students preferred discussion, questioning, analysis, survey, and team work.

The results showed that all history teachers used the traditional method of

evaluating their students, that is, the traditional exam with its tools of paper

and pen.