Holocaust education in a global context

2014-01-24
Holocaust education in a global context

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  • Author: Fracapane, Karel
  • Publisher: UNESCO
  • ISBN: 923100042X
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 194

"International interest in Holocaust education has reached new heights in recent years. This historic event has long been central to cultures of remembrance in those countries where the genocide of the Jewish people occurred. But other parts of the world have now begun to recognize the history of the Holocaust as an effective means to teach about mass violence and to promote human rights and civic duty, testifying to the emergence of this pivotal historical event as a universal frame of reference. In this new, globalized context, how is the Holocaust represented and taught? How do teachers handle this excessively complex and emotionally loaded subject in fast-changing multicultural European societies still haunted by the crimes perpetrated by the Nazis and their collaborators? Why and how is it taught in other areas of the world that have only little if any connection with the history of the Jewish people? Holocaust Education in a Global Context will explore these questions."--page 10.

The International status of education about the Holocaust

2015-01-14
The International status of education about the Holocaust

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  • Author: Carrier, Peter
  • Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
  • ISBN: 9231000330
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 235

How do schools worldwide treat the Holocaust as a subject? In which countries does the Holocaust form part of classroom teaching? Are representations of the Holocaust always accurate, balanced and unprejudiced in curricula and textbooks? This study, carried out by UNESCO and the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, compares for the first time representations of the Holocaust in school textbooks and national curricula. Drawing on data which includes countries in which there exists no or little information about representations of the Holocaust, the study shows where the Holocaust is established in official guidelines, and contains a close textbook study, focusing on the comprehensiveness and accuracy of representations and historical narratives. The book highlights evolving practices worldwide and thus provides education stakeholders with comprehensive documentation about current trends in curricula directives and textbook representations of the Holocaust. It further formulates recommendations that will help policy-makers provide the educational means by which pupils may develop Holocaust literacy.

Holocaust Education

2020-07-06
Holocaust Education

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  • Author: Stuart Foster
  • Publisher: UCL Press
  • ISBN: 1787355691
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 239

Teaching and learning about the Holocaust is central to school curriculums in many parts of the world. As a field for discourse and a body of practice, it is rich, multidimensional and innovative. But the history of the Holocaust is complex and challenging, and can render teaching it a complex and daunting area of work. Drawing on landmark research into teaching practices and students’ knowledge in English secondary schools, Holocaust Education: Contemporary challenges and controversies provides important knowledge about and insights into classroom teaching and learning. It sheds light on key challenges in Holocaust education, including the impact of misconceptions and misinformation, the dilemmas of using atrocity images in the classroom, and teaching in ethnically diverse environments. Overviews of the most significant debates in Holocaust education provide wider context for the classroom evidence, and contribute to a book that will act as a guide through some of the most vexed areas of Holocaust pedagogy for teachers, teacher educators, researchers and policymakers.

Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust

1994
Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust

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  • Category : Government publications
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 20

Jewish Studies and Holocaust Education in Poland

2014-01-23
Jewish Studies and Holocaust Education in Poland

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  • Author: Lynn W. Zimmerman
  • Publisher: McFarland
  • ISBN: 1476613605
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 217

This volume examines how people in Poland learn about Jewish life, culture and history, including the Holocaust. The main text provides background on concepts such as culture, identity and stereotypes, as well as on specific topics such as Holocaust education as curriculum, various educational institutions, and the connection of arts and cultural festivals to identity and culture. It also gives a brief overview of Polish history and Jewish history in Poland, as well as providing insight into how the Holocaust and Jewish life and culture are viewed and taught in present-day Poland. This background material is supported by essays by Poles who have been active in the changes that have taken place in Poland since 1989. A young Jewish-Polish man gives insight into what it is like to grow up in contemporary Poland, and a Jewish-Polish woman who was musical director and conductor of the Jewish choir, Tslil, gives her view of learning through the arts. Essays by Polish scholars active in Holocaust education and curriculum design give past, present and future perspectives of learning about Jewish history and culture.

Teaching about the Holocaust in English Secondary Schools

2009
Teaching about the Holocaust in English Secondary Schools

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  • Author: Alice Pettigrew
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781905351114
  • Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 132

The ground-breaking report Teaching About the Holocaust in English Secondary Schools: An empirical study of national trends, perspectives and practice explores when, where, how and why the Holocaust is taught in state-maintained secondary schools in England.The challenges and issues identified have been used to design and develop the world's first research-informed programme of teacher professional development in Holocaust education. The landmark national research that underpins this report employed a two-phase mixed methodology. This comprised an online survey which was completed by more than 2,000 respondents and follow-up interviews with 68 teachers in 24 different schools throughout England. The report is the largest endeavour of its kind in the United Kingdom in both scope and scale. The authors hope it will be of considerable value to all those concerned with the advancement and understanding of Holocaust education both in the UK and internationally.

Education about the Holocaust and preventing genocide

2017-05-08
Education about the Holocaust and preventing genocide

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  • Author: UNESCO
  • Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
  • ISBN: 923100221X
  • Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 72

Holocaust and Human Behavior

2017-03-24
Holocaust and Human Behavior

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  • Author: Facing History and Ourselves
  • Publisher: Facing History & Ourselves National Foundation, Incorporated
  • ISBN: 9781940457185
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 734

Holocaust and Human Behavior uses readings, primary source material, and short documentary films to examine the challenging history of the Holocaust and prompt reflection on our world today

Issues in Holocaust Education

2017-07-05
Issues in Holocaust Education

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  • Author: Geoffrey Short
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351925873
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 171

This original contribution to understanding the nature of Holocaust education in schools tackles an issue that has gained significant interest over the past decade, and is of increasing relevance due to a growing intolerance across Europe and elsewhere. The authors examine a range of issues including the need for Holocaust education, the factors that facilitate or inhibit its evolution, and the indifferent response of the antiracist movement to the attempted annihilation of European Jewry. The empirical content sheds light on the attitudes and practices of teachers and on the prospects of drawing on the Holocaust to further the goal of participatory democracy. The themes and illustrative research are discussed in the context of developments in two locations, the United Kingdom and Canada, and the findings will be germane to an international audience. The volume will prove invaluable to academics and policy makers concerned with social policy, sociology, education and history, as well as to teachers of the Holocaust.

Museums in a Global Context

2013-04-30
Museums in a Global Context

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  • Author: Jennifer Dickey
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN: 1442276800
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 228

Museums reflect a nation's character, as well as define it. Museums around the world have been shaped by globalization, and in turn have shaped a global public's understanding of local, regional, or national identity. Essayists consider the politics of museum interpretation in the global context, issues of cultural patrimony and heritage tourism, the risks of crossing boundaries and borders to present controversial subjects, and strategies for engaging audiences and communities. International case studies from Germany, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Africa, Niger, and Vietnam underscore the common motives and sensibilities, as well as the challenges, of the world's museums in their efforts to educate and inspire.