The Netherlands: The classroom, science and the world: The global perspective in education and research

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Together with the Royal Dutch History Institute (KNHG), the Dutch Association for History and Civil Society Educators (VGN) is organizaing "The classroom, science and the world The global perspective in education and research". This event will take place on the 30th or March in the Royal Dutch Library in The Hague.

The adoption of new scientific views is often slowly adopted in education. This is a disadvantage for the teaching of history, because these new views are able to maintain the subject of history not only topical but also meaningful in the classroom. If new scientific views are adopted in education too slowly there is a risk that the significance of history in the classroom will diminish. Likewise, the scientific study of history has great importance in good and intensive contact with its educational counterpart. The use and meaning of academic historical writing lies increasingly with educating all layers of society. History education can provide the new, relevant questions to academic world. It is the historians responsibility to prove its use and necessity in the classroom.

For more information please download the preliminary programme and a short introduction below:

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Call for Proposals: The Professional Teaching of History - German and Dutch Perspectives

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On October 15th – 16th 2009 the University of Amsterdam will host a seminar  on the theme in cooperation with EUROCLIO, VGD – the German History Teachers Association , VGN- the Dutch History Teachers Association as well as the Institute for History Didactics and the Amsterdam Institute for German Studies . The theme of the seminar will be "The Professional Teaching of History: German and Dutch Perspectives" and well known Dutch and German personalities from the fields of politics, science and educational practice will meet to discuss issues concerning the question who should decide on the role and content of History Education. Furthermore, history teacher educators and researchers in history didactics will be brought together to reflect on topics, such as Understanding Historical reasoning in the Class room, Schoolbook and curriculum research and students thinking about History. The deadline for Workshop / Symposium Proposal is June 30th therefore please submit your contribution to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by then. For detailed information download the Background Document and contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it