RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Dealing with heritage as curricular content in Spain’s Primary Education A1 Martínez Rodríguez, Marta A1 Fontal Merillas, Olaia K1 Arte - Estudio y enseñanza K1 Patrimonio histórico - Estudio y enseñanza K1 Educación Primaria K1 Programas de estudios K1 Curriculum Studies K1 Docentes - Formación K1 Teaching and Teacher Education K1 Enseñanza primaria - España - Planificación K1 5312.04 Educación AB Within the educational system, heritage-related curriculum design and contents constitute a key factor in the sustainable preservation of heritage since only what is known and valued can be protected and preserved. Whether heritage education involves the inclusion of new materials in the curriculum, or the use of innovative approaches in handling heritage-related contents that are already present in the several curricular areas in order to facilitate their teaching and promote heritage awareness, the fact remains that the curriculum itself becomes an important player. Our research aims at analysing the way heritage is approached in the 17 Decrees regulating the Primary Education curriculum in the Spanish territory. The results show that the methodological criterion used in the teaching-learning of heritage is the sensitisation sequence: Knowing, Understanding, Respecting, Valuing, Sensitising, Taking Care, Transmitting, Heritagising and Identising. On the other hand, there are major differences across Spain’s regions regarding heritage awareness and curricular coverage: an issue that should be borne in mind in curriculum revision processes and in the design of academic programmes targeted at future teachers in order to secure the quality of heritage education. PB John Wiley & Sons SN 0958-5176 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/54891 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/54891 LA eng NO The Curriculum Journal, 2020, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, págs 77-96 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 07-ago-2024