Dynamic heritage education in The Netherlands

Summary

Recent dynamic approaches to heritage have implications for the learning of history. The aim of dynamic heritage education is to stimulate cultural and historical consciousness among youngsters through critical reflection on material and immaterial traces from the past. It stimulates school students to explain representations of the past from different perspectives, with respect to historical facts. This way, they gain insight in why groups and individuals through time can experience, articulate and interpret the past differently. This project will develop dynamic heritage education around the topics of transatlantic slave trade and slavery. A design team, supported by an advisory board, will develop two educational modules for use in a digital learning environment. These modules are catered for Dutch and European students (13-15 year olds). Dissemination of this dynamic approach among teachers and education officers will take place through newsletters, professional publications and training sessions.

About the CHC

The Center for Historical Culture (CHC) at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam, is dedicated to research on historical culture in a globalizing world. Main research interests are: historical consciousness and collective memories; theory of historiography and representations; intellectual history and history of ideas; construction and transmission of historical knowledge; history education and public history. CHC stimulates contacts with researchers on heritage, museums and commemorations, history didactics and pedagogy, history of gender, 'race' and ethnicity, world history and transnational history.

Founded in Rotterdam, May 12 2006, the CHC provides an intellectual forum for Dutch and international scholars, and attracts highly promising graduate students to Erasmus University. It establishes links with schools, heritage institutions, museums, libraries and archives, both nationwide and in the Rotterdam region, in order to further the exchange of ideas and the dissemination of knowledge. In this way, the Center will act as a meeting place for academics, professionals and citizens who share an interest in historical culture and the role of history in education and public debate. The program of CHC aims at opening new avenues of research, new ventures in theory, and new approaches to meta-historical reflection.

Contact Information

Address: Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication

Campus Woudestein, L- building, 3rd floor
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam
The Netherlands


Postal address:
P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Phone:
0(031)10-4082466 or 0(031)10-4081020

Website:
http://www.eshcc.eur.nl/english/chc/home/

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