European Association of History Educators

Between 15-17 January the Second Project Workshop for coordinators, authors and experts in the EUROCLIO/Matra project "A Key to Europe, Innovative Methodology in Turkish School History", brought together 66 history educators from across Turkey, representing teacher-training institutes, as well as primary and secondary schools. The workshop, "Developing Educational Material – From theory to practice" was held at the  Büyük Abant Hotel in Bolu region, Turkey. The workshop was very active with plenty of debate and participation from those present. Workshops and presentations from Michael Riley (Director, Schools History Project, UK) and Elise Storck (Teacher-Trainer, Leiden University, NL), as well as EUROCLIO Executive-Director Joke van der Leeuw-Roord were well-received by the participants. Further to this, there were group presentations from a range of Turkish participants chaired by local coordinators Dr. Semih Aktekin and Dr. Mustafa Öztürk, and academic advisor Dr. Bahri Ata. Under "Read more" you can find more information. A draft report is available for download here.

Additional activities further to the workshop were held during the event, including the first General Assembly of the History Educators Association of Turkey, where members agreed on the formation of the official board, budget and membership fees. There was also a small activity for teaching from the region of Bolu, with 80% of history teachers from the region  participating. The workshop allowed the project management team to better understand the realities of history education in Turkey, and was another important step-forward in the project’s learning process.

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