Since 1993 it has been gratifying to see the emergence of independent, new national organisations of history educators
across Europe, and is a matter of pride to see these develop and contribute within their own national- and within the international sphere. This policy resulted in a growing amount of EUROCLIO Members, which therefore developed in a more than Europe-wide network of independent Associations of history educators.
In order to allow most Members Organisations to participate in the democratic procedures of the Annual EUROCLIO General Assembly, the organisation works to obtain extra financial opportunities. Member Organisations can therefore apply to the Comenius/Grundvig programme. Other Member Organistion are able to find financial support through their own governments, or other International bodies.
Renovation work on the much-anticipated Home for Cooperation in the divided island of Cyprus has begun. The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research has spent the last three years raising funds and acquiring all the necessary permits to buy and renovate the dilapidated building sitting in the heart of the buffer zone in Cyprus split capital, Nicosia.
The Home will be the first intercommunal building dealing with history education. The Cyprus Community Media Centre takes a look at the history of the place and the hopes for the future.
From the beginning of session 2010-2011 sixteen and seventeen year old high school students in Scotland will be able to explore the ages that shaped modern Scotland in the new version of the National Qualifications Higher History course that is studied by 9,000 young Scots every year. This represents the most significant change for many years in one of the oldest History examinations in Europe. Colleagues throughout Europe are invited to review and share in the rich library of online resources produced by Learning and Teaching Scotland to enable teachers and students in Scotland to develop interesting and innovative learning experiences as they work through the new Higher History course. The Scottish Association of Teachers of History (SATH) has worked closely with Learning and Teaching Scotland and the Scottish Qualifications Authority (i.e. the national examining authority in Scotland) throughout the development of these new resources. SATH has also been involved in providing in-service opportunities for history teachers in Scotland. Further details can be found at the Discussion Forum that is open to non-members at www.sath.org.uk. Find here the new online resources
On the occasion of the German Historians´ Symposium in Dresden 2008 the first issue of the periodical “History for Today – A review for historical and civic education”, edited by the federal and the respective Laender assocations (with the exception of Bavaria) of the German Association of History Teachers was published. This is the first time in the almost one hundred years of this association`s history that a co-published, yet at the same time autonomous periodical can be presented in a joint process. Alongside well-known historians, such as Jürgen Osterhammel, Frank Kolb, Daniel Siemens, Hans-Christof Kraus, Imanuel Geiss, Werner Dahlheim or Jörg Baberowski, also influential personalities from public life like Marianne Birthler were willing to contribute essays. In order to complement the range of articles, also History teachers add their best-practice examples. An editorial team consisting of representatives from different Laender associations develops ideas as well as thematic priorities and ensures the quality of the diverse texts.
The History Teacher Education Network is organising the Annual Conference on 19-20 July 2010 in Newport University in south Wales. The theme of this year's Conference is "Challenging History? – Heritage and Media in History Education" coorganised with the support of the Newport School of Education. Main themes of the Conference will be Recent Research in History Education, Touched by History: role-play and relics. For more information you can download the Conference Programme.
History educators, historians, History educationalists and political scientists from more than 15 countries met at Freie Universität Berlin last weekend in order to discuss the position of the topic of migration in the History lessons of the respective countries. Starting with lively round table discussions, also with students of the faculty of History Didactics at Freie Universität, participants widely agreed on the importance of the topic. Dr. Peter Lautzas, head of the cooperating partner German Association of History Teachers even stated that “The aspect of migration is essential for modern History lessons in a globalized world”. The international project team targets at the development of topic-related material for History educators and students (including scaffolding language tasks and activities for non-native speakers) presenting it through a freely accessible homepage and focusing on both, local and trans-national, historical and modern examples of people on the move. Students will be enabled to realize the importance of very personal stories within history and, along with that, the fact that phenomena that seem to have a very narrow perspective at first, tend to have very long-lasting consequences even for their personal lives.
Sylvia Semmet, Member of VGD and EUROCLIO Board Member
Members
History educators, historians, History educationalists and political scientists from more than 15 countries met at Freie Universität Berlin last weekend in order to discuss the position of the topic of migration in the History lessons of the respective countries. Starting with lively round table discussions, also with students of the faculty of History Didactics at Freie Universität, participants widely agreed on the importance of the topic. Dr. Peter Lautzas, head of the cooperating partner German Association of History Teachers even stated that “The aspect of migration is essential for modern History lessons in a globalized world”. The international project team targets at the development of topic-related material for History educators and students (including scaffolding language tasks and activities for non-native speakers) presenting it through a freely accessible homepage and focusing on both, local and trans-national, historical and modern examples of people on the move. Students will be enabled to realize the importance of very personal stories within history and, along with that, the fact that phenomena that seem to have a very narrow perspective at first, tend to have very long-lasting consequences even for their personal lives.