The relationship between ideology and history in the study of controversial issues of history within the school subject Romanian and universal history

The present study analyzes the theoretical concepts and the definition of the notion’s „ideology”, „history” and „historical controversy” in relation to the school subject „Romanian and universal history”. The need for such an approach to the analysis is dictated by the objectives and instructional educational activities carried out within the Romanian and universal history school discipline. The study demonstrates the correlation between these theoretical definitions and the correlation of these definitions in the study of history in the contemporary school. In the study, a review is made of the themes and subjects from the national curriculum to the researched subject. At the same time, possible topics and methodological suggestions for working with these definitions are presented within the discipline of Romanian and universal history. The opportunity of the analysis is also dictated by the necessity and importance of knowing these definitions in order to train specific skills in the discipline of Romanian and universal history.