Abstract
This review focused on studies of history education in Italy after World War II. In the latter half of 1970s, Italian researchers of history education discussed a new vision of history education. Ivo Mattozzi and Raffaella Lamberti showed the ideological problems of history education in which teachers taught children knowledge of history using textbooks. They proposed that children should perform their own 'research' focusing on contemporary local history as historians do in history education. Their proposal was criticized by some researchers such as Scipione Guarracino for only dealing with history education in high school without referring to the contents of history studies as precondition of 'research' in elementary school or junior high school. Through this discussion, the importance of knowledge of history to perform 'research' and the necessity for history curricula from elementary school to high school were recognized. In the latter half of 1980s, Italian researchers designed history curricula based on the discussion in 1970s-1980s. Some institutions for studies of history education such as Landis, played a very important role. In 2000, they designed a plan of curriculum, the plan of new vertical curriculum for the field of geography, history and social studies. This curriculum contained there are both studies to obtain knowledge of history and develop 'research' abilities as educational goals. In the history of studies on history education in Italy, there have been influences of history research; especially research by Annales which was introduced from France to Italy in 1960s. History research set not only the acquisition of knowledge of history but also cultivation of 'research' abilities. These are characteristics of studies of history education in Italy.
