"Training history teachers to deal with the image of the other in history lessons"

 


Deadline for application : 05/09/2009

Candidates must send their Application Form duly completed to the National Liaison Officer of their country of residence who will forward them to the Secretariat of the Pestalozzi Programme.

Travel (within Europe) and accommodation costs will be covered by the Council of Europe and the European Wergeland Centre.   


General approach and framework:

The general aim of the training activities of the Pestalozzi Programme is to train education professionals to become multipliers for Council of Europe standards and values in education.

The work is based on three main pillars:

• Content: standards and principles as well as project results of the Council of Europe
• Methodology: learner-centred, peer-training, collaborative work on issues of common concerns to find fit solutions for diverse contexts
• Four-fold concept of competences development: developing sensitivity and awareness, knowledge and understanding, individual practice, societal practice

 
Working language: English

Venue: Thon Hotel Slottsparken, Wergelandsveien 5, 0166 Oslo

Number of available places:

• 28 participants from the signatory States to the European Cultural Convention

• 3 participants from the Anna-Lindh Foundation

Target group:

Teachers of history (age group 6-14)

Participants must be prepared to actively participate in all phases of the work

• preparatory tasks before the seminar
• active participation throughout the seminar
• reporting, follow-up and dissemination after the seminar

Participants must be able to sustain professional communication in the working language of the seminar.

Focus of the training activity:
This training seminar will focus on the contribution of history teaching to better mutual understanding across the continent and beyond. Which competences do history teachers need? Which skills and attitudes do they need so that they will teach history in an emancipatory way. A way that deepens the understanding of historical events and developments as well as the understanding of each other. A way that helps move beyond a narrow view of history and the stereotyping of each other.

The seminar will make use of Council of Europe project results and teacher training material, invite participants to explore together the competences, skills and attitudes needed and the ways of developing them in the day-to-day teaching practice.

Expected results:

After the seminar the participants will be better equipped to:

• Identify distorted images/misrepresentations/reductionist representations of the other in history books
• Develop intercultural sensitivity with regard to the representation of others in history books and lessons
• Adopt an approach to history teaching that takes account of the different perspectives of the various actors involved in a particular historical event
• Learn how to use the diversity present in their classroom for a deeper appreciation of history and to promote intercultural understanding
• Establish cooperation and exchange in a Pestalozzi network of teacher

Outline of the Programme


Organizing body:

Council of Europe, Directorate General IV
The Pestalozzi Programme
Avenue de l'Europe
F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex

Contact: Ms Hélène Schmidt
Tel:           + 33 3 88 41 36 56
Fax:          + 33 3 88 41 27 88
E-mail:       helene.schmidt@coe.int
Web:         http://www.coe.int/pestalozzi

In cooperation with

The European Wergeland Centre
Stensberggt 25
NO-0170 Oslo,
Norway

Tel:           +47 21 01 45 00
Fax:          +47 21 01 45 01
E-mail:       k.klette@theewc.org
Web:         www.theewc.org

European Seminar Director:

Name:        Mr Fabio DEL CAVALLO
Address:    01100 Viterbo, Italy
E.mail:       fdelcav@tin.it


Travel and subsistence expenses:

Travel expenses:
Participants from the signatory States: Travel expenses of those participants are covered by the Council of Europe according to the rules.
Participants from the Anna-Lindh Foundation: travel expenses will be borne by the Anna-Lindh Foundation

Subsistence expenses:
Subsistence expenses are covered by the European Wergeland Centre for all participants. Any travel or activity, included in the programme of the European Seminar, is also taken in charge by the EWC.

Other information:
The success of the training activities depend on the commitment of all the participants. By accepting to participate in the Pestalozzi programme, participants and facilitators agree to participate actively and assiduously in all the phases of the activity.

Information for participants from the signatory States to the European Cultural Convention:
Travel expenses: Participants benefiting from reimbursement of their travel expenses are advised to consult carefully on the website section about "Rules".

Application Form: Candidates must send their application form duly completed to the National Liaison Officer of their country of residence who will forward them to the Secretariat of the Pestalozzi Programme.

All information available on the Pestalozzi Programme Website