Annual report

ENTS

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AIMS ~f4d A(~~vIT@S 'OF 'EURC3C~l6 b

I .PECl'Al ACTIMIT1ES OR E.UROCLIO I N 1996

E.U.R~C~.!O~PUBLICAT.I@~S [N 1996

E ' U ' R ~ , ~ L I ~ .fi@l.vi~)E$ AND' ifi&j~*n;i~~%s ~d V ~ E N'EAR FUTURE

LIST OF SRONS-, CONTRIBUTORS AND CO-WORKERS

MEMBERS OF EUROCUO

EUROCLIO BOARD I N 1996

ADDRESS OF THE EUROCLI.0 SECRETARIAT

The faH of the lnon~C,u,rJpin; in 1989'op.ened up~qwid.easqbe,qt hi? tgrtery. and history edwaticm, in bofh Eastern aod mWsCero Europe. New textboak arcbeing writtewand teachers are beingtm;edvra- td. Histmy vducatien, more than arny orhe$ subject, affem &e: 'way.peeple reg& their rie'ightibuurTtigsYaies a& pe~pie. As aa rSuR tlfe iMp6Ra'n'C$ $f the 'de&lopfi2nt of mUltl@er$ljMiiiity, h&=l udec&adihg dnd i'nfernafibnall i.oopeiatibh haee incvdad. lnie .me* EArdw dffers not on'ly splendid opp~rfwn.ifies &id also calls fdi anenhbnced cooperaK6n; This !s EUKOCSiCJ's SbljjecxYw.

ErJco0grag& by! the Ccg,&i!' qfi Europe ,fie r~wen@t jv@ of 1.7 ~atipn,aJ and r;egioo~l,rAssoci.ations fqr Yistoly T@ach.eis decided, during w-e~mgcess i.0 Stra&be.urg i n 1,992, to establish~ EUROCbIO.:. The E m e a n Standing Caafexwre af His.tory Tearhe~s Jbis~ddtatian~. The dffTcial~!liutnching of IEUROCUQ tmk p l # c ~ !air

Prpiil.2fl, 1,993 i n L&u.uv:drden liil the N'efierlands. T&av (1997) BUWmLlO tepres6hkk ab'ba. 60.000 Nistor~tea$liors ih more thari 40 soudfrfrf&. EUROCUIO is acknowl!+dged as a nm-governmk&l oi&niiation by theCooncil OfEGrope and is w " i i u t pdliiical, phi- losGpbicdl or &i@iocrs a@ili'S$?ns, ?he sta;ian;ling'~onference recop- nizes 6k'Lhiversd: ~ei i i rat ion ;of ~uman'$ i~ ibt i , the ,Europe+? eo:onvenz<on on ~ i m a n , Rbhis, .the pnveqtiafl of hqmap, G&.p is?u: ed & the W."jted Nations qqd &U,"gs<o pca~q,e~da(i,ons:rele- vant to bisto.p.h.ching.

AlMS AND ACTIVITIES OF EUROCLIO

@ROCL,Q a'iMs af3frE"@h'eiiln'g f i e p65itldn:bF hfbr9,ii.d th' Pi.slikim ~f sch i j~k th<oughoiit Eiirope: If prdmiifes ifin~vatl-.. ... KiEtovy e&uc;ifion an8 the ;ritellectual f~eeddni 6f teachers, in(order f& equipstudents wi'th a crikkal, democratic and'idternatidhal out- rook. It encoiriagg the developident-of a @eat& kuro ean aware- ,8 . ass history teaching dithowt ne&titi.?g $!&I, .nat$q,alpl sad (rqional 'di,vensions.

To r.mcb these aims EUROC.L:I,O i.s gaththexiing. a0.d d.izsminating knswledge and, infomation on histoxry tezcbiog :on a Eymp:ean lwd ,Om the y m & tias a~~umolared a unique collectiao df materials arid ,ari: exretided riewyibrk dflhiembers; To pWeewV the @ilti'rioiI$i 07 bbth'thik coiIeStion andS~drk,~EUR~CUl@~c(e6l 'o-

- w . m 9rgaflimtional erence 'History, a Key o Democracyrand the ;enera1 Assembly of

UROCLIO in .leuch%teI, March 1996. '+ana=tion of the EU-

IUS grant-bid i c,vmLc seminar 'Hisforl 'eaching on Democracy ~nd Welfare State', )enmark September 996 rrticle on the Europea~ history textbook " "

ol Europe'for tI

ckert Institute in Irunswick, Germany.

* Meeting with delegates from Poland to discuss 3ng term cooperation he Kreator teacher trai

ler programme. Aeeting in Antwerp wi he ANC on recommen- lations for history edu- ation in Flanders and he Netherlands.

s with the ig Committee

Termany-The detherlands. Aeeting on the Cent greements with NUF- IC.

RRUARY 1996 . . . "

ARCH 1996 .ecture of an E CLlO expert on during the Cou ~- ~ -~

Europe Seminar 'History Teaching in Ukraine' i~ (iev, Ukraine. Meeting of the EURO- 7110 Board in rleuch2tel IUROCLIO conk 'Historx a Key lo Democracy'and Jeneral Assemb' rleuchatel, Swit. lUROCLlO participati~ n the EU LILIS-conferf

ce, 'Lifelong Learning the Information Societl in Genua, Italy.

* Day-seminar in the rlands on history [ion with British

!xpens organized by

VIEG with help of UROCLIO.

96 inn ni h

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]stria. eeting in Hamburg

with the Korber Stiltung to prepare international

rticipation in the hulerwenbewerb, to >vide information out Internet History

, exploration of , sibilities of an

ropean History $pine and other )its concerning histo- education. IROCLIO participation a German-Dutch --- ence on the pre n of the neighbuu~ III tory textbooks by SLO

' je, the ds.

I during ihk Soviet'e'ra, complelete rikw Eooks and metfioiot[s had:to be 1 dlwlijped The mei'n, iibblem 'i's 'limited finaii'cial resources. Teachers d e n 'haw i o dev&l'op their o w methods and c+r~icula wkh iirimitive resources. Computers, copiers textbooks are aften, r19t availab'k, ohaik and b'/ackbgard bay? to do thel jab1 Ah exch?n,ge of metm5 and ski,(h topk. place b r & n , ~ e

teadiers, :a.qd.& eoqfqrence a,n ip,spi<ing ex~er~i.en,cetpr&[l. ..

$ S.epte.mhr; 4:1:4 1996 Seminar ,%dim it~pwE;hes fn :Histmy , Hamtr~ant Susdal, :Russia. TM5 krntnar with 45 :paltitipaim was M d In the framwdrk'oT a ~ @ t t g d m : ~ ~ ~ ~ p i o ~ e ' ~ o r i Rlstdry ed@ caIioWin etdnia aiid RRisia. WTRA is a.@iir~ofthe.DutcH.minist- 8 rij.of Forkiign.fiff3irs thatl aims f6 stipp~rt co~intries in tianiition to ,deMokratic go3drnmeit. The Sminer was deanired by EOROCLIW and MINOS, 'the ~oscow~ln$iiiutefor Edhatio"$l ~wPI'o merit i h e

.,.{ ,,' - , Gain aim'df the sesinir was expxplbrationofthe viabk ah/ of a lo? :r !eriii,:projeaon mode!? yethods ofi:history ed8cation,essial;

8 y ~focuring on ,democratic vahes and ,.ke ppnactics of d'etpoc,ratir: techpigu,es wiifi. pupifs. Ttie sqni,pa.c consisted.~f mwkh~ps, wrt ' - ~ , w and the d&elopmt. sf a fo!j.ww-up project. ,The dims-

?ns, which went, o,n ,in@ the late haus, m t k d amrcmdi the place oi Rus5j.aahirto~~in ,&e;~miculum..Oh!t~b~e side thedeed 'is felt to buimM !a Russiah nationxi lldedtit% oh tke.ottYer'si&~an. iri1erhati~n-

atid,multicolmi.l .. . . ,a approach i ~ ~ R ~ s s ' i t Y t i isessant!al. There.ii

a strong need ker qpo-jem.,gediods +md m.&o~ol,ogy. Esp.ecip!ly the 'use of visu+i and textqal wl;ces io h ~ . j s ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ c a t i o n was h . n - 'str.ged and;di>cwsed; bs,rqult ~f th is m i n a r new teaching mate- rial,~, will be dewloped omconternparay Russian:himn/ md~:impte mented:inRussi.an schaols: lt~k inrwled'm taund!a M.istot$Tea-&ets hsmtiatlon:

S@ptem&er. 2'4.-29 1996 EURoCLr@,8CotiferkM& W#mocracy anif the wqfaie sfate - appioackes ,Jk- fiktory teact;idg', C6perihdgeiq Denriiark. X i s c&renck was the result.of cbd' e,i 9. n, between tfiee'Ass&iations iif Ffiktoory Teachers of Den~ark,,the ? t -

Neiheilands and"swed& aric,fined into tce fi,ameuvqk-of aniQ-sey- viceitra'khg Frogramme wh),&,,is supp~~edbythe.~ufoPean I.,.n,ion ~ o c r a t ~ s ~ ~ o m e n ' ~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ : ~ . The.first ai~~of:41e~eonfe(en.~~~.was ihe sharing;qfk~~l,&e~arld'\rrr\u~oi.n?s.qg m.ethpds mi teaching the hiHo~y~ef the,welfare s,tate ik.Eurapean countries. The m h m - gct9,ek placefhugh l,emres, w~~.rkshops:~ab~ut~:inno~atm~ aches tind %isitsto sch@ois. Empliagiasis v3%:pI#Cd:Oh tbeidea thatia ~elfar;e state:ts rial self&f&enT, sbmethiiig W.kich.over:die$eics has gtOWnllup ih sohe tbildtries ufiddr favwrab'le.ecori~m'ical and pbliti'calldir~iiinsf~ni&. To presewe it.iri ttie.fiwre,.the welfare &te Eas f~ lbe. mia?ritiihed'cwefully. The 60 pamci"+nts'&om,Denmatk, Estoiiia, Germaiiy, Hunga6, ~ a t i i ? , tfib N&?heriinds, f4jrway, Pdlaiid: ~i;lsii;''S'kotland, :~Gek&n and: irkraine estabkshed p n y i'iiternijtiq"il c~ni.&:

October 2f-31 1% &q/n,ar 'M.odemm : m . d e s .Histow 6&catior?:, ::L&lrsqlIaiE9oaia. This seminar f~cwed an ,&e:similar

a.8She semi,mrl in Russia in September 1 %Xi,, but the QiOgtBrrl irdtipled to the:situatioh in the Batttc WM. Tke 3Wiiiar al*.

Was . W t of r lloti@'tetm 'MATR4 @toreGt; akd %as digan.i& by EURQCLIO ih cddp3rBtio" Gith the Estonian add Latvi'sn Rsso'c~atatib~s iif IHiftovy Tek.hers. TKe.serhina'r has aK&d@d G+ 30 Esfohian aid Latvian participants and 6 qperts from Frdand, Engrand, the ~itheilandL:n~l~c&ii,nd> AB, pa%i*,pnts were very k,bsitiue a&d were in~,~i!+''to, try to apRi$ pew i~eadeas'rin t k i r *chips. iii;e need%: the @r++i.o":.of a'~p~dJ~a&h,w!r.h,ifidbapk inciGd8ing examples, ,q.atsials and, gaid.dj,u@ fo! h,i.$tar,y tmsh,e~s abo@.how to~imp.coxe their leqws. apd c~~:i.cu.la was .emphasi.d. Tb.eie.mjaar, rm.u!ted, in agr.ant applicati.on fmthetheyelapment and : impIen!.e.n.$dtio.n @f. a new lteachers bandbttok in: EstotXia, Lateia-afiij Russkl Wider1 the sUpewIs'io~fi:'O~fl:EURO~LlO:

iference of 996.

lrganization of the in- .ewice training seminar in Denmark, septembe 1996. UROCLIO participated n an expert meeting for Youth and History. A :omparafive European rurvey on Historical bnsciousness and 'olftical Attitudes amoj Ldolescents' in Israel nd is asked to write the

preface for the publica. tion. reparatory meeting in runswick, Germany,

with the staff of the Ceorg Eckert Institute c

project on 'The Islam 1 Europe in hislory tex

books and teaching materials'for February 1997

* Organization of the Dutch participation in the German chiilerwettbewerb in ooperation with the orber foundation and te European Platform.

ieeting .k of ne . .

' a PHAREITACIS 39711998 Project

Education in mocratic

ountries' with Russia, Oenmark, and the

L.,mL,,,,ids to plan a ztailed programme and

,dentih/ the participants. * EUROCLIO lectures on

curriculum design in the Council of Europe semi- nar 'New Appmaches o History Teaching' in Ibania. ~anization of MATRA

in-service conferences with the Baltic States in October 1996.

TOBER 1996 JROCLIO participatio~ an experts me

e Youtt and H project in i, Greece.

:LlO lecture on . ling lugend - ditik - Geschichte', ganized by the eutsche Welle and the

,,Jrber foundation on the results of the Youth and History projr' I -

Koln, Germmy.

.U.&C~~Q Cpnfw.ences.and General Assemblies

Mardr11937; General .Arsemblp ahcl CUROCLIO confeYente oh. "Rrepa.iiw'foi. the 21s t Centii. E$ihcipl& f b i the d e w b;f Hisfeijr 591&&&~~5'ih.Budap&t, Hunga'*.

i Skptember 1.947, Confekiente in t k s , ?iig;iiy,.dil h e outtomesof The 'Yo@& and Hisibry prdikct Chaflenges and:'lm$i+irbns for a ;Teachihi aodteariing of ~ i s r n ~ ' . ~ h , $ con'fkrenc&'is a.cooprat4on of EUR.&LIO and $he Ktj&r Foun4iti?:tion in which EUBOELICl . . qses its ne,tpri(mfotol&l,ect and ip,vite, pa,qi,cip.l?ts.

Mash 199.8, Gew.31 A,ssem.b,b. attd ccs?ferer?ee 'Histor;y Teading a.nd Inforrnatio~~ Te&m/~&? Will IT ,enhilme Wi&ry

-@achi&?' in Helsinki, Fihlafid.

M W h 1~999;::Gen'eiaI Ase)nMy and ciiiife~$rice dri !Stiikdwing aijdi'Hi3tary TeaCtiiiiglin Scotland.

I997-2~.O1:,:E~froCLI.O1MAT~~~pmjjectwithRu~sia,~~pmduce and. implement .&aching ma@~s.an~Eo~ear;~an'&Russiao Kitggtv &II 9.45.

6997-1 999: cocpieratlii~~witli' the K6rIiet F6Un:daaion i3''Gdharrij'io extend the ,riMwtk of cow.nfrYe's pa~?f%ipathg in a 'HistGry Cornpeiifion , , , , far Euibpean , , pypili. ,

1997-:1999,8 P r o k t bcihheen:Slflo.&~s a.nd'tt\e Ne.th.edmds in ~r.&f to dew.l.o~.n.ew keachirrg,ma.terials en their common. hi&rx.

1997-1 999, P p j e c t on ~ i v i c edyeation vnder the auppices of the

'N&krl,avds, Po.l,a.nd,.R.vrnr~aia and $lo.venia.

Bwrd ,memhr?rs LA Euaclio are, asked to :cohlribute ro s@mitaarr ~orgafiized by tht..Count$l kif Eur6p4 ifi,GeargTa, Ht~ga'i'jr; Moldiha, RWriia:hia an'd l W kliai'iie.

(1Crddlio is heniber ciVttiie Sieeiing Goiiwiiitee +or the 1997-26@0 Histostory PrC)j&ci Teactirsg about lhe henti&& Cei'ury :H?4tbry1. ,~onsu'lta'iic~ ,,,., on tiehalf of the;councii of!~ur@e fotthe history aid goFrncne?t test in the n a f u r i l i ~ a t i ~ examinali~n fqr npn-batvial! speaking in Latyia.

1997-1.999,, Cw)p~r&onl beu/ueen:the :PnlishiKreator teacber$rainer I

~progrdmme and FUWO.CLIO:~~I. a,n exrmded U-IiPha're ptwjWLoii th%:dLi~dupM&ilt'Of hisMry cUrtidOl.i, exaWiWations an'd tdriini&'for Tutor& Polish bist6Wfeaklier f~$fiikrs.

~'bveiiiber I 997,.traiming for his?qry tea&ers in the GE~P. pal.t qf / . . Cyprus. I

%TRA. Baltic states. Several EULGrant blds.

@URO%LlD wa?ts i'o express her pr6fit&'ie , , . . . , , , . , $0 b e ,fal'+vjing: hsiittlrions .. who ~ntr ibutedtp GW@bc~ro .... +?tiU'ities. in i99&

Algemeen Nederta~ds Vp@ogd,, Belgium, Ne&qI.ajhds )??d of E$uc@ipn, S d q ;B~r%au! Cross, the,.Me.thertards, - .City Cqunci1 ,of; NeucMel, SMlimrlandt

, I

y,d&atgf.adprtrpr ahn br ~ f i ~ i + pqo: gramme with Estonia and Latvia in Lohusola, istonia. deeting of the Steering ;roup Germany-the 'letherlands. teport on the MATRA "--+e conierences

ssia in Susdal .,,,=,,,der 1996 and tk- Baltic States in Octobe '996 and preparation I :rand bids for follow-u ~ctivities.

Meeting of the EURO- CLlO board in The Hague.

' Preparatory meeting in the Netherlands on the Conference 'Preparing for the 2lst Century. Principles for the design of History Syllabuses' in Budapest, March 1997.

JROCLIO lecture on ... :Council of Europe Conference 'What makes a good textbookrand publication of a report with the same title in Warsaw, Poland.

' EUROCLIO workshops in the Polish KREATOR ; teacher trainer program- me in Lodz, Poland.

' EUROCLIO lectures on

the role of History Teachers Associations at the Council of Europe conference on 'Modern Approaches on History Education'in Susdal, Russia.

I Meeting to prepare the EUROCLlO homepage with the Russian editor in Hamburg, Germany.

' Organization of the EUROCLIO conference and General Assembly in R,~dapest in March

97.

Continued il i iciissioi~s ;

Poland Portugal,. IWn'dnta

Scotl8ndl Slovakta SlovenJ? Spain Sw&n Switzerland

Wales

: misto ow Teaehen Asswia.ti~ign @f;f.p~I~v,d : Amcia.@o:~de Profesiores de Histdria, (AWL) : :@mantan Secie&: of Hl'stortcal ,Sclentms / "Sucietatea de Sti:inte

I5tbkice din Romania!' I ist i t~fe of 'Hi&Ow "N. J~ga"

: Scoffisti Associatitidii 6f fTeacheis of History : 'History Teachers Awod?&ion of Srovakia (MUD) : ,Nstery feache~s Associaiidii of Sloventa : Asocj+c.ion dell Probradb de ~ i s t o r h y dwgidia. . . :I HIstGrie Lzramas Mrenicg &LF) b : SociBt6 ~ ~ i s s ~ . d b s ~r~fesseursd~nistoire / Ver~in~ 'schw@zeriseber @

4;eschiehtsl,ehrerinnen, up4 G.e2chicb,6!ehrer / SotieW~izzera delle e degli, jvsegoarjtbdi stocia

: &s~.~i,aLian,,of Mistoliy TeadHers inrLviv (DO,BAl, ,lntermtinnaJ Centre of: Educaicm< Ukcainkm Ministry :of Educatiort

: The:H:isterkal Awso;EiaWn Standttf8 Conference of Mistory T e ~ d e t EdWcatoYi

: ~~ociafioh:'cif Hi*& feachers iin Wdes

Assodations in Foundation

klbania : 4l;ba-Hist hndalusia &dprra b!mrja Cyprus : Assaci&en of: Greek

cyprbt l?Pt t&gIsts :(SEEF)

Faeroe FilaNds Cieece

, . Italy : Labarfiferid nazionale

p la didi i t ia della %$*a

Iceland

Krn@!m R~sSsSiia : ,.M.OSCOW

St: Petenbv.~g :P&uza\ladsk Psk.Oy

Associated membeis: . ~ , Belgiumm : Cahjee de,dio Geqnqny : I<g,rber S$hng

%m:Eckgtt Ib~tjXutk W.r internstianale &ulhwchf~rsch,ung

CtW7gia : Sme Nlft~efsity bf Tbilirsl: ,Italy : ldstitiifo di SWdr PblitW

"5. Ai6.V" Mkcedonk : Pedagmjical 'liiskiiiite of

@ Macedonia, Research w d ~'kLelo~ment Departme~t

N&dfands . . : hmituut~&r~~ubt'l&k en ~6l i t ieQ/:hwh Centre for Cjric E<iuCafion E.u.ropese B:wegi,ng N,ederI:aand

: MrnS

Jokvanfler LeSWw-R&&lid - Presiddht M~Glaude-Alain Clerc - Vice$iie~.id&t Loui'se Flenr$Z&eitraat. 16 Longschmrws 17 2595 TH Deii 2614 :Bale ~h,e~ether lbds ' ~witz&lHnd, tel +H 70 3k 248 74 tell: + 4 i 328 42 59'15 fax +31 7iS 38 536 698 fax; +41 32.8 42 59 1.5 E-mil japk+,um~ljo!nl

H6li?rfe BuWJatfssms - Secmtary PXrijrlaZn. l2.A 2x61 EDmLeidi&n'dghm The Neth@#anlls tel+3t 76 3a 77 92 3 fax +31170 32 01 2'9 8

MaSii Roberts - M&nber. 2.9 Chal;fdur ,.,,, Road .. Oxford QX2.6TL- Upw Ki$gdom, tel +44 1g6 5551 Qp29 . ,-

Paul mV2rtdepitte - Reasurel DrleWaat 9 8700 Trelt Belgium tel' +32 54 4Q 1.7 60 fax i 32 51 40 1 7 60