This website uses different cookies. We use cookies to personalise content, provide social media features, and analyse traffic to our website. Some cookies are placed by third parties that appear on our pages. You can find more information and options to choose from in our Privacy Policy and Configurations for usage.
Summer School for history educators in Dilijan, Armenia
The Confronting Memories programme (Berlin, Germany) and Hazarashen Armenian Center of Ethnological Studies are organising a 3-day international Summer School in Dilijan, Armenia on 17-21 July 2024 for history teachers and educators from Armenia, Georgia and Moldova, as well as for Russian and Ukrainian teachers and educators in exile.
During the workshop and capacity building training, we aspire to give teachers tools for creating lesson materials that can incorporate multiple perspectives, integrate the Council of Europe Reference Framework of Democratic Competences and provide students with the skills to ask critical questions. The workshop will be led by facilitators from the Western Balkans and Latvia with extensive experience in multiperspective educational practices and conflict resolution, and the following questions will be addressed:
Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions, and feel free to share this call with your colleagues and friends. We look forward to your application.
During the workshop and capacity building training, we aspire to give teachers tools for creating lesson materials that can incorporate multiple perspectives, integrate the Council of Europe Reference Framework of Democratic Competences and provide students with the skills to ask critical questions. The workshop will be led by facilitators from the Western Balkans and Latvia with extensive experience in multiperspective educational practices and conflict resolution, and the following questions will be addressed:
- How can we teach about conflicts in history against the backdrop of ongoing conflicts in the region?
- How can we develop learner-centred history education on conflicts with a focus on attitudes and values?
- How are conflicts presented in school textbooks and media?
- How can history be manipulated and how does it influence societies today?
- How do political narratives shape remembrances and its practices?
About us:
Over the past four years, the Confronting Memories programme has brought together over 100 teachers from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine to work together to create multiperspective and competence-based lesson materials spanning from WWII to current conflicts. These materials are available on the programme’s website and free to download.We offer:
- High-level training for history teachers led by a professional team with a multiperspective and competence-based programme, including site visits and extracurricular activities.
- Travel, accommodation and food during the 3-day summer school.
- Certificates of participation.
We require the following:
- CV (maximum 2 pages)
- A motivation letter (please explain your ability to organise a workshop for educators and organise a class for students using Confronting Memories materials and why it is important for you to participate, maximum 1 page)
- Fluent English or Russian language skills
Want to apply?
The call is open to active history teachers and educators (formal or informal), and we do not discriminate based on age, gender, ability, race, sexuality or otherwise. If you wish to participate, send your application to Kristina Smolijaninovaite at info@confronting-memories.org before 31 May 2024. Successful applications will be selected by mid-June.Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions, and feel free to share this call with your colleagues and friends. We look forward to your application.