Table 5 Descriptive statistics regarding the content of a history class (Section IV).

From: The impact of content knowledge on the adoption of a critical curriculum model by history teachers-in-training

Degree in primary education

Master in secondary education

QG1

QG2

QG3

QG4

1. Most prominent facts and characters in the history of humanity

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

3.50

1.05

2.98

1.10

2.64

0.58

2.28

0.93

3. Main historic events in the history of Spain

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

3.88

0.87

3.58

0.94

3.24

1.15

2.17

0.99

8. Everyday life of common people

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

4.11

0.89

4.47

0.77

4.30

0.58

4.46

0.65

9. Development of human rights and social struggles for equality

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

4.69

0.56

4.74

0.54

4.85

1.15

4.69

0.58

10. Controversial political and social topics (ideologies, religious, national, gender, class identities, etc.)

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

4.25

0.33

4.40

0.83

4.70

0.58

4.54

0.71

11.- Individual notions/concepts of the task of a historian (temporality, cause/consequence, change/continuity, historical sources, etc.)

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

M

s.d.

4.01

0.77

4.16

0.96

4.27

0.58

4.44

0.70

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