Learners, teachers, professors and historical conciousness.

Abstract

The following main points will be covered: • What is historical consciousness and why is it significant?; • The level of development of historical consciousness among SA learners; • Possibilities of a historical consciousness approach to history teaching; • Obstacles in the way of closer co-operation in this regard between stakeholders such as history professors, teachers and learners; • Recommendations to try and forge a stronger partnership between these stakeholders in the development of historical consciousness.