The KULTRANS programme of the University of Oslo and the European Wergeland Centre have started to work on an intercultural glossary project in the field of education for democratic citizenship, human rights and intercultural understanding.
The long term aim of this project is to provide an online resource for education professionals offering definitions and discussions of key concepts, as well as methods for concept learning. The glossary can be used to facilitate learning processes fostering (self)-reflexivity, multi-perspectivity and information literacy. The content of the online glossary will be produced through peer learning activities with students in different countries.
The project includes the following:
- the cooperative development of conceptual knowledge and understanding
- the development of an online glossary
- the development of methods for concept learning and
- initiate a field of research
The project builds on co-operations with institutions and networks for civic education. A conceptual workshop will be held in Oslo on May 27-28, 2011. Representatives from a number of European higher education institutions and institutions for civic education will participate:
the University of Teacher Education Central Switzerland Lucerne, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the Higher School of Economics Moscow, the University of Hamburg, and the Federal Agency for Civic Education/Germany.
The workshop is financially supported by
the Fritt Ord Foundation.
Contact:
Helge Jordheim/KULTRANS:
helge.jordheim@ilos.uio.noClaudia Lenz/EWC:
c.lenz@theewc.org
Henrik Wergeland (1808 – 1845) was a romantic poet and an important historian. He was an advocate for
democracy, and an eager defender of freedom of faith and freedom of expression.
