Working with Cultural Heritage from the Local Environment: Analysis of Perceptions of Future Teachers

Patricia Suárez-Álvarez () and Alejandro Otero-Varela ()
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Patricia Suárez-Álvarez: Department of Specific Teaching Training and Research and Diagnosis Methods in Education, Faculty of Education, Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Alejandro Otero-Varela: Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and History, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15704 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Social Sciences, 2025, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-21

Abstract: Cultural heritage refers to the set of tangible and intangible assets that a society inherits from its ancestors and transmits to future generations. The training of future teachers in this subject is vital, as they will be responsible for using resources and developing activities that promote the appreciation and conservation of cultural heritage by society. In this article, we conducted research among pre-service teachers at the University of Córdoba (Spain). Our goal was to explore, using primary sources, the conceptions that future teachers had about the cultural heritage of their local environment and to identify any difficulties students may have in recognizing and valuing it, as well as to promote critical thinking when addressing key concepts such as identity/otherness. We conducted a study among 189 students completing Early Childhood and Primary Education degrees which allowed us to draw conclusions about the identification, conception, and appreciation of heritage. These results will serve as a starting point for reflecting on their needs in this regard, with the aim of implementing future didactic improvements.

Keywords: cultural heritage; heritage education; perception of heritage; local environment; future teacher; Early Childhood Education; Primary Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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