1. Seminar in Oslo: 21-25 September 2009

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

The Pestalozzi Programme offers a unique opportunity to support the move from policy to action, from recommendations and standards to real change in the day-to-day practice of teaching and learning.

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-centered, 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

Related Council of Europe Project:

Project: History teaching, web site

Documents: Results and information documents on the project “The image of the other”; Teacher training materials developed in the Pestalozzi Modules (EDC,Intercultural education, History teaching (forthcoming), Linguistic and cultural diversity (forthcoming)

Date: 21/09/2009 – 25/09/2009

Deadline for application:15/08/2009

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

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Pestalozzi Programme Website