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The Integration of Society in Estonia
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Aims
- to provoke a wide and constructive public debate about the integration of society;
- to promote mutual understanding and tolerance, and to battle stereotypes, prejudices and myths;
- to provide history teachers with materials, tools and skills how to explore different interpretations and viewpoints;
- to connect education, public debate and society on the topic of integration of society;
- to raise interest and appreciation for people from other groups in society.
Activities
- to develop an innovative teacher resource book on controversial issues of modern history, containing ready to use classroom materials for history educators in Estonia;
- the teacher resource book is developed by a group of authors representing both the Estonian and the Russian speaking part of population;
- the authors group is supported by a resource and resonance group of experts from relevant institutions like Universities, teacher training institutions, government, and bodies dealing with the integration of society;
- the process is supported and its results disseminated by Round Table meetings attended by teachers, politicians, journalists, officials, academicians and other relevant people;
- the teacher resource book is disseminated to history teachers by teacher training seminars in different parts of Estonia;
- there will be extensive cooperation with a similar project in Latvia to exchange knowledge, experience and solutions;
- a book will be published to disseminate the results and outcomes of the project.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 10:37 |
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