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Macedonia: Retelling the History
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Overall aim
To strengthen an innovative approach to history education in Macedonian society that stimulates peace, diversity and understanding
Target areas
- To establish a cross-cultural/multiethnic working group that can identify issues for teaching which will promote education for peace, tolerance and respect for diversity
- To promote an awareness of multi-perspectivity in history teaching: to acknowledge that national stories have many elements and that considering variety in narratives and interpretations is enriching and empowering.
- To produce a Scheme of Work related to the twentieth century history of Macedonia, with clear knowledge, understanding, skills, concepts, attitudes and values based outcomes specified which draw on active teaching and learning styles, and which provides an innovative model for teaching history. This should represent different community perspectives and promote respect, tolerance and peaceful co-existence.
- To create a group of ten teachers/teacher trainers who have gained from the professional development offered by this project and who consequently have enhanced capacities in implementing democratic skills and active history education.
Outcomes
- The development of a Scheme of Work, teacher guidance, and accompanying copiable resources with innovative content and methodology and a focus on living together within a multi-ethnic community;
- Planning and review meetings between key players and 3 active workshops,;
- Authors and organisational meetings to discuss, develop and reflect on the resource materials;
- Workshops and advisory work led by an international expert;
- Sharply focused evaluation of the project and a summative report,
- Discussion about the purpose and content of history education in schools.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008 10:39 |
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