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VGN-HTEN-EUROCLIO Conference
Professional Teaching History: UK and Dutch Perspectives (June 2007)
Countries: Great Britan and The Netherlands
Period: 22-24 June 2007
Budget: € 15.762
Main Sponsor: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Main aims/outcomes:
In june 2007, EUROCLIO, VGN–the Dutch History Teacher’s Association, and HTEN–the History Teacher Education Network in Great Britan organized a seminar in cooperation with the Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 40 history educators participated in the Conference, mostly from the Netherlands and the UK, but also from Ireland, Belgium, the USA, Malta and Bulgaria.
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1998-2000: Estonia, Latvia New Ways
New Ways to the Past
Countries: Estonia, Latvia
Period: 1998-2000
Budget: € 628.295,-
Main sponsor: Matra programme, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonian Ministry of Education
Main aims/outcomes:
Development and implementation of innovative teaching and learning approaches, development of innovative teaching materials, development of new assessment techniques, transfer of technical and management skills, strengthening the organisations of history teachers.
Teacher resource book in three languages, 5 development seminars, 15 teacher training seminars, 1000 teachers and teacher trainers trained, strong and active history teachers associations, lasting influence on curricula, assessment, textbook development and teacher training.
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1995-1999: Teaching Democracy
Teaching Democracy and the Welfare State
Countries: Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands
Period: 1995-1999
Main sponsor: Comenius programme, European Union
Main aims/outcomes:
Development of teaching and learning approaches, how to teach about democracy and the welfare state, creating awareness about the vulnerability of democracy and the welfare state and increasing responsibility of citizens.
3 teacher training seminars, teaching pack.
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2004-2005: Yugoslavia Enhancing
Enhancing Regional History Education and Civic Society, common approaches for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro
Period: 2004-2005
Budget: € 780.232,-
Main sponsor: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aims/Outcomes:
Development of innovative regional teaching materials and the strengthening, democratisation and professionalisation of the national History Teachers Associations of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. Innovative materials for teaching history from a regional perspective, an extended and strengthened network of academic historians and history educators in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia united in independent history teachers’ organisations.
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2003: Yugoslavia stability
Stability Pact Project To promote and support the development of a Regional History Education Network in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, which strengthens Peace, Stability and Democracy.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Federation of Serbia-Montenegro
Period: 2003
Budget: € 132.845,-
Main sponsor: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aims/Outcomes:
This project has resulted in the foundation of new professional history teachers associations in Bosnia and Croatia, a developing network of history educators, the willingness to cooperate between the three countries, concrete proposals for future cooperation and projects.
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2005-2008: Former Yugoslavia
History in Action – Planning for the Future. Regional Approach for the Learning and Teaching of History in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia
Period: 2005-2008
Budget: € 644.803,-
Main sponsor: Matra Programme, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aims/Outcomes;
A project enhancing the quality of history education in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and make it contribute to reconciliation. The most important results are an innovative regional Teacher Resource Book for teaching history, available in three languages in each school in the region, reinforced democratic skills and practice in history education, and hundreds of history teachers trained in innovative content and teaching methods.
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2000-2003: Albania-Bulgaria-Macedonia
Understanding a Shared Past, Learning for the Future
Countries: Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia
Period: 2000-2003
Budget: € 775.004,-
Main sponsor: Stability Pact, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Main aims and outcomes:
To develop and implement innovative intercultural teaching and learning approaches in a multilateral context, innovative teaching materials, to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law, to strengthen the professional organisations of history teachers.
Outcomes: Teacher resource book in 4 languages, 4 development seminars, 6 development meetings, 9 teacher training seminars ca. 300 teachers and teacher trainers trained, regional network of history educators, active history teachers associations, lasting influence on curricula, textbooks and teacher training.