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Past Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 39: Ten years Contested HistoriesContested Histories co-director Marie-Louise Jansen and Timothy Ryback, Director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, joins our podcast to celebrate 10 years of the Contested Histories intiative. The intiative, now hosted at EuroClio, maps contestations and controversies over statues, memorials, street names and other representations of disputed historical legacies in public spaces. Together, our guests reflects on the origins of the initiative, the different kinds of contestetations and remedies that the intiative maps, and their use for (history) educators.
2025-12-0543 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 38: Project based learning and migration historyStefania Gargioni and Maria Vlachaki, history educators in Paris and Thessaloniki, join the podcast to talk about their ongoing work for EuroClio's Moving Europe project. The two are making a step-by-step guide for teachers on how they can collaborate with (migration) museums in taking history outside of the classroom.
2025-09-1640 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 37: An alternative history curriculumSimona Stankutė joins our podcast to talk about her recent residency with EuroClio and the work done by her colleagues at the Lithuanian History Teachers' Association creating an alternative history curriculum. We talk about challenges of overcrowded curricula , the steps needed to change a curriculum, and how teachers in Lithuania are in dialogue with the government in shaping the future of history teaching there.
2025-07-1016 min
Oslobođenje PodcastHrvoje Klasić: Ljudi idu u svemir, mi i dalje o tome je li neko Meho, Ante ili Jovan - Opet Laka 084Send us a textU društvu u kojem povijest prečesto služi kao gorivo za nove podjele, Hrvoje Klasić je među onima koji vjeruju da se istina ne smije prepustiti tišini. Već više od dvije decenije neumorno istražuje teme koje i danas razaraju krhki društveni dijalog na prostoru bivše Jugoslavije. Povijest je, kaže, izabrao vjerujući da će to biti dosadno, ali voljeno zanimanje. No, umjesto arhivske tišine, posljednjih 15 godina živi s prijetnjama smrću, uvredama i prijavama policiji, ali stava je da se za istinu vrijedi boriti.Baš...
2025-06-131h 26Past Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 36: Teaching controversies with Judy PaceEm. prof. dr. Judith Pace (University of San Francisco, USA) joins our podcast to talk about her research on teaching controversial topics, notably her latest academic work in South Africa, while also sharing some tips and recommendations for teachers. Judy's latest article, Deliberative dialogues with preservice teachers in Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Africa using a gradient of controversy approach, discussed in the podcast episode, was published shortly after this podcast.
2025-06-0539 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 35: What's going on in America?In this episode Andreas Holtberget speaks with Jessica Ellison from the National Council for History Education in the United States. They talk about the challenges arising from Trump's re-election, from defunding of education and the chilling effects of his many executive orders to book banning and teacher solidarity in response.
2025-05-0231 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 34: 'Teaching History' with Jonathon DallimoreIn this episode, Andreas Holtberget speaks with Jonathon Dallimore, Executive Officer for the History Teachers' Association of New South Wales (HTANSW) on his recently published book, 'Teaching History: A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers'.
2025-02-2738 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 33: Global perspectives in history teachingAndreas Holtberget is joined by Dominic Studer to talk about global history and why we should teach it. Dominic has over the last few years been working on a project titled Globalgeschichtliche Perspektiven im Schweizer Geschichtsunterricht (Global perspectives in Swiss History Education) and he shares some of the findings and results of this project. How did the Swiss teachers involved "globalise" the topics they teach and what did their students make of it all?
2024-12-2028 min
Podcasterix#104 Jak uczą o II wojnie światowej w Chorwacji?Kuba wciąż a Olek ,tym razem, znowu nieosiągalni. Jacek korzysta z wizyty w Niderlandach i siada przed mikrofonem przed długoletnim nauczycielem historii Miliejenko Hajdarovicem, autorem podręcznika (ostatnio wycofanego ze względów politycznych), bloggera, twórcę wielu nowoczesnych materiałów dydaktycznych. Rozmawiają o czymś, co wydaje się być tematem wspólnym: II wojnie światowej. Czy tak jest?Podcast został nagrany Jacka Staniszewskiego 4 grudnia 2024 roku w Hadze w studio Stowarzyszenia Edukatorów Historii Euroclio. Głosu na przywitanie i pożegnanie użyczyła Adriana Bąkowska. Nasza inicjatywa jest wspierana przez Szkołę Edukacji Polsko-Amerykańskiej Funda...
2024-12-0520 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 32: Labelling MattersIn this episode, we speak with Melanie Rowntree from the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford (UK) about the challenges of properly contextualising a museum collection with a strong colonial legacy. What to do with contested or questionable labels or object descriptions? How to involve affected communities whose objects are exhibited?
2024-11-1229 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 31: Global Migrations with Bob Stradling
We are joined by the head of the Historiana Content Team Dr. Robert Stradling to talk about his new project on migration history. The topic is highly present in contemporary political discourse and therefore, Bob argues, crucial to teach in order to make history feel relevant for today's students. Bob has a long track record with EuroClio and has also worked extensively in the past with the Council of Europe on history education and we also discuss with him how he sees the developments in history education in the last decades and where we are today.
2024-07-0942 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 30: Education in the service of ideology - with the European Wergeland CentreWhat is going on in Russian (history) education? Your podcast hosts speak with Valentina Papeikienė and Larisa Leganger Bronder, both from the European Wergeland Centre, a resource centre on education for intercultural understanding, human rights and democratic citizenship in Oslo. The EWC recently published their report 'Education in the Service of Ideology and Political Gain: The Case of Russia' and their findings form the basis of our conversation.
2024-06-0544 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 29: Board games!While in Vilnius for EuroClio's Annual Conference in 2023, I had the chance to sit down with Tommaso Piccinno and Michele Masini, researchers on board games in education at the University of Genoa. We talk about the use of board games in history education - with teacher Marco Tibaldini joining us briefly. Audio warning: Vilnius was also host to some very opinionated and chirpy birds...
2024-05-2318 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 28: Tackling TerrorismWe visit the University of Utrecth and speak wth Dr. Bjorn Wansink from TerInfo. TerInfo is a project group that does research on how terrorism and war is taught and tackled in schools. In addition to research, they also create teacher guides and learning scenarios to help teachers deal with these difficult topics.
2024-04-0534 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 27: Seeking JusticeEuroClio recently had the pleasure to host students from two schools who joined us in The Hague for our Seeking Justice: From Nuremberg to The Hague workshop. We chat with Ailia Criddle and Julia Karam from the American International School in Cyprus about their experience coming to learn about various aspects of international justice, including those related to genocide and crimes against humanity, as well as their own views on international law and justice.
Seeking Justice offers workshops for both teachers and students alike - have a look at euroclio.eu for upcoming opportunities!
2024-03-0523 minPodcasterix#81 Trzeba działać dalej - rozmowa z Joke van der Leeuw-Roord, założycielką europejskiego stowarzyszenia edukatorów/ek historiiTym razem Podcasterix jedzie za granicę. Jacek rozmawia z Joke van der Leeuw-Roord, która w 1992 roku, wraz z narodzinami nowej Europy stworzyła Euroclio, stowarzyszenie stowarzyszeń krajowych organizacji, które zrzeszają nauczycielki i nauczycieli historii. W rozmowie skupiamy się głównie na współczesności. Prosimy o refleksje nad ideami stowarzyszenia w kontekście trudnej, współczesnej rzeczywistości międzynarodowej i wewnętrznej poszczególnych państw. Rozmawiamy o tym, co stało się z edukator(k)ami w Rosji, którzy do inwazji na Ukrainę mocno działali w stowarzyszeniu, rozmawiamy o Polsce i braku naszego stowarzyszenia, które mog...
2024-02-2926 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 26: Artificial Intelligence in the classroomWe visit HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and speak with Pim Renou and Pieter Mannak about artificial intelligence and ChatGPT. How can we make best use of this new technology for teaching history? What challenges does it pose to us as educators and how do we best respond?
2023-11-0848 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 25: Digital CitizenshipMaayke and Andreas speak with Professor Joseph Kahne (from the Civic Engagement Research Group at the University of California, Riverside) about digital citizenship in education. We discuss the spread of misinformation, but also how digital citizenship can lead to greater participation in public life. With the fast-paced digitisation and automation underway, what can teachers and educators do to navigate new technologies and realities?
More on how teachers can do to support students in developing media literacy? Have a look at Prof. Kahne's publication 'Misinformation in the Information Age'
Discover more useful resources for teachers with...
2023-09-0831 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 24: Historical fiction in the classroomWe speak with South African broadcaster and author Joanne Joseph about her novel Children of Sugarcane, set mostly in 19th century colonial India and South Africa and telling the story of a female indentured Indian labourer migrating to work at a plantation in the Colony of Natal. We speak about Joanne's own family history and how it inspired her to dig deeper into what has been a largely neglected story of shared Indian, South-African and British history. We also discuss the merits of teaching history through fiction and the wider role of education both in her book and in...
2023-07-0533 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 23: Online Teaching in the Visegrad RegionIn this episode, we speak to Helen Snelson and Katarína Pišútová who contributed to the development of the Teacher Guide on Effective and Blended Learning – as part of the project: Online Teaching in the Visegrad Region. We reflect on opportunities and challenges deriving from the implementation of online learning activities as well as crucial ingredients of valuable online learning materials.
2023-06-2725 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 22: House of European HistoryIn conversation with Laurence Bragard and Blandine Smilansky, we discuss the challenge of setting up a museum on European history from scratch. Which artefacts finds its way to the exhibition and what is left out? We also discover the possibilities for teachers and students visiting Brussels or working with the House of European History online from their own classroom
2023-05-1229 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 21: A constitutional visit to ChileIn this episode, Maayke and Andreas speak with Rodrigo Mayorga (Instagram rodrigomayorgac), Director of Momento Constituyente, about the consitutional reform process that took place in Chile over the last few years. Momento Constituyente is an NGO based in Santiago de Chile and focusing on civics/citizenship education. Both Rodrigo and his NGO were actively encouraging conversations around the constitutional reform process and we learn more about its implications for students, teachers and history and citizenship education.
2023-04-1245 min
Talk Eastern EuropeEpisode 132: Spanish memory site: Valle de CuelgamurosSupport the podcast, become a patron, get additional benefits: https://bit.ly/3nMGeYjWith this episode, we close a mini-series on memory politics in Central and Western Europe. This time we look at the Spanish case of the Valle de Cuelgamuros. The Francisco Franco-time monumental historical site and mass grave of the victims of the 1930s civil war is an ongoing issue for Spanish society and politics. With the help of two outstanding experts in the field – Paula O'Donohoe and Francisco Ferrandiz – we unpack the complex issues that the historical site embraces. This podcast episode is a co...
2023-03-181h 05Past Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 20: What is going on in Poland?EuroClio's Adam Dargiewicz and Andreas Holtberget speak with Prof. Joanna Wojdon (University of Wrocław) and Jacek Staniszewski (history teacher, headmaster, and co-founder of The Good Education Association). We discuss the latest developments and proposed changes to the Polish history curriculum, the new and controversial subject ‘History and the Present’ (HiT in the Polish abbreviation) and the impact of the war in Ukraine.
Understand Polish? Have a listen to Jacek's own podcast, Podcasterix!
2023-03-1536 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 19: Who were the victims of the national socialists?In this episode, EuroClio staff Eugenie Khatschatrian and Andreas Holtberget speak with a teacher, Tatjana Juric, and a student, Teofan Badza, both from a high school in Banja Luka in Bosnia-Herzegovina about their project focusing on the victims of the Ustase regime during World War II. The work in Banja Luka was part of the "Who were the victims of the national socialists" project funded by the EVZ foundation.
2023-02-1439 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 18: South Africa with Marj BrownOur latest podcast guest is the social activist, teacher, and president of the South African Society for History Teaching, Marj Brown. We speak on overcoming the deep racial divides post-Apartheid, current challenges for history teaching in South Africa and possibilities for regional and global collaboration in history education.
2022-12-1621 min
Talk Eastern EuropeEpisode 116: The Contested Histories. The project wrap-up*** Please support us to keep bringing you in-depth coverage. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/talkeasterneuropeThis episode features a discussion with Aline Sierp, an Associate Professor in European Studies at Maastricht University, the co-founder and co-president of the Memory Studies Association, and the Council of European Studies’ Research Network on Transnational Memory and Identity in Europe. Aline provides us with a broader context of the Contested Histories Onsite project which is a cooperation between Talk Eastern Europe, the Memory Studies Association, and EuroClio: the European Association of History Educators. This project is powered by th...
2022-10-2636 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 17: Place-based learningIn this episode we are joined by Barry van Driel, President of the International Association for Intercultural Education and Juraj Varga, EuroClio Board Member and Chairman of the Centre for Education and Innovations (CEDIN), to talk about place-based learning. Why and how do we do it? Both Barry and Juraj are involved in EuroClio projects taking history outside of the classroom - which was also the focus of our most recent thematic webinar series. Follow us on social media and consider joining us as an individual member to stay up to date on the latest news, including the Seeking...
2022-10-1737 min
Past Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 16: The Road to Totalitarianism with Tamara EidelmanWe speak with Russian historian, history teacher, activist and EuroClio ‘Ambassador’ Tamara Eidelman about authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Having left Moscow for Lisbon in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tamara continues to run her wildly popular YouTube channel on Russian and World History from aboard. Tamara shares her thoughts on teaching about totalitarianism, her experience as a teacher in Russia, her own school education in the Soviet Union, as well as the current war and situation in Russia - and its implications for history teaching. Is Putin’s Russia itself on the road to totalitarianism?
This podcas...
2022-09-1242 min
Past Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 15: Gender and sexuality in history teachingWe are joined by Claire Holliss, head of history at Reigate College in the UK and author of the blog Fresh Alarums, to talk about gender and sexuality in the history classroom. We discuss her approaches to teaching queer history, gender and sexuality, including the difficult issue of terminology. Discover more on the topic with Claire's blog (including a set of teacher's primers) and EuroClio's webinar series.
2022-06-0215 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 14: Stereotypes and prejudice in the classroomWe are joined by historian and sociologist Katalin Morgan to talk about stereotypes and prejudices in history education sharing her experiences living and working in Hungary, South Africa, Germany and the Netherlands. How are stereotypes formed, how do we recognise them and how do we as history educators counteract prejudices commonly found in both textbooks and the classroom?
2022-05-2334 min
Talk Eastern EuropeEpisode 99: Transforming the fascist past. The case of Bolzano’s bas-relief*** Please support us to keep bringing you in-depth coverage. Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope***Episode 99 of the podcast explores how the research and local community from Bolzano in northern Italy managed to successfully reframe the post-fascist historical site located in this South Tyrolean, multi-ethnic city. The story gives an opportunity to reflect on how collective memory can be dealt with. It also allows us to ponder to what extent the experience of totalitarianism in Central and Eastern Europe shares similarities with Western European cases.Our guest is Hannes Obermair, a Senior researcher from Eurac...
2022-05-1239 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 13: Why school history mattersIn this episode we speak with Tina van der Vlies, Assistant Professor of History at Erasmus University Rotterdam, about the purposes of history education. Prof. van der Vlies has recently received a grant for her research project 'Why school history matters: public discourses on the purposes of history education, 1920 – 2020'. Tying in with our 2022 Annual Conference topic "What is history for?", we speak with Prof. van der Vlies about some crucial questions for our discipline: why do we do it and why does it matter?
2022-04-2136 min
Content to ClassroomBonus Episode! Discussing the War in Ukraine with CEUTTSS at Virginia TechToday's episode explores the War in Ukraine with Dr. Yannis Stivachtis and Colin Baker from the Center for the European Union and Transatlantic Transeuropean Space Studies at Virginia Tech.
Visit the CEUTTSS website: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/research-centers/ceuttss.html
Links from today's episode:
1) BBC lengthy story on the turning points in history and how Feb 24th is now one of these: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60767454 (March 19th)
2) https://movingwriters.org/2022/03/08/7-ways-to-get-students-writing-about-the-war-in-ukraine/
3) European History educators site, Euroclio, with a wealth of context and huge amount of resources and les...
2022-03-2554 min
The CosmopolitanEpisode 85: Estonia grapples with its Soviet past Podcast: Talk Eastern Europe (LS 40 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 85: Estonia grapples with its Soviet pastPub date: 2021-12-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization*** Support Talk Eastern Europe. Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/TalkEasternEurope The final episode of 2021 once again takes us to Estonia. This time the context is a discussion on the removal of the Soviet-era “Bronze Soldier” statue in Tallinn which took place in April 2007. As a result of the government’s decision, violent protests broke out in Estoni...
2022-01-1144 min
Talk Eastern EuropeEpisode 85: Estonia grapples with its Soviet past*** Support Talk Eastern Europe. Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/TalkEasternEurope The final episode of 2021 once again takes us to Estonia. This time the context is a discussion on the removal of the Soviet-era “Bronze Soldier” statue in Tallinn which took place in April 2007. As a result of the government’s decision, violent protests broke out in Estonia – unprecedented for the small Baltic state.The incident exemplifies the complexity of memory in this region but also illustrates how memory is used to manipulate and incite violence. To revisit this discussion and take stock on the current...
2021-12-2944 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 12: Contested Histories - Colston and BristolIn June 2020 the statue of Edward Colston, a 17th Century slave trader, was pushed into Bristol harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest leading to global media attention. The statue was later recovered by the Bristol city council and displayed at a local museum. We speak with Bristol-based history teacher Richard Kennett about his recent book on the Bristol slave trade, how the controversy over Colston was addressed in the classroom as well as the current situation in Bristol and how the city and its people are dealing with a contested past.
2021-12-0827 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 11: Teaching democracyWe speak with Felisa Tibbitts (@FelisaTibbitts), Chair in Human Rights Education at Utrecht University and Lecturer at Columbia University's Teacher College about democracy and history education. How do we as teachers and educators deal with hate speech and extremist viewpoints in the classroom? How do we get students to understand the fragility of democracy? And what role do teachers play as 'agents of change', including in societies in transition to democracy?
2021-11-2533 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 10: AssessmentWe are joined by two teachers, Christoph Schiebold from the International Montessori School in Brussels and Riitta Mikkola from Karakallio School in Espoo, Finland, to talk assessment: How do we do it? Formative? Summative? What are the challenges? And from which age should we grade? Our episode is part of a larger thematic focus on assessment and linked to our webinar series on the topic. Want more? Head over to our YouTube channel for recorded sessions.
2021-09-0341 min
Talk Eastern EuropeEpisode 77: Inside memory sites - The Warsaw Rising Museum*** Support Talk Eastern Europe. Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/TalkEasternEurope In this special episode of Talk Eastern Europe, Adam and Maciek have a conversation with Maria Kobielska, a memory scholar and assistant professor at the Department of Anthropology of Literature and Cultural Research at the Jagiellonian Univeristy in Kraków Poland. She is also the co-founder of the Research Center for Memory Cultures at the University.This episode is being produced within the framework of the project titled “Contested Histories Onsite”, a project which aims to place Europeans in discussions and debates on multiple histo...
2021-07-2255 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 9: Conflict, Reconciliation and History EducationWe speak with Prof. María Emma Wills Obregón, based in Bogotá, about the role of history education in tackling recent memories of conflict and the reconciliation process in Colombia. Prof. Wills was part of a team that developed a toolkit with methodologies and lessons for debating the historic memory of the conflict with students. What are the pedagogical legacies of the conflict? What advice can she give history educators wanting to teach difficult and contentious topics?
2021-06-2546 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 8: Teaching history with footballWe discover the potential of 'the beautiful game' in education. We speak with two teachers, Enrico Cavalieri in Italy and Hellen Janssen in the Netherlands, about their experiences teaching history through the lens of football. Enrico talks about his lesson plan, exploring the rise of fascism in Europe, migration, World War II and the Shoah, with the life story of Jewish-Hungarian football coach Árpád Weisz. Hellen meanwhile, is no football fan, but still found inspiration for her teaching practice with the rich material from EuroClio's project Football Makes History.
For more on Enrico's lesson plan - alo...
2021-05-2537 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 7: Emotions in the classroomIn this episode, we speak with history teacher Dr. Amaia Lamikiz and Prof. Michalinos Zembylas on the place and role of emotions in history education. Should we encourage emotions as a tool for teaching or are they "in the way", clouding the vision of both teacher and student? What strategies are available for teachers when emotions do arise?
2021-04-1548 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 6: The powers of historical knowledgeWe speak with Prof. Arthur Chapman and Dr. Maria K. Georgiou about the powers of historical knowledge, highlighting the recent book edited by Prof. Chapman: "Knowing History in Schools: Powerful knowledge and the powers of knowledge". The book includes a chapter co-authored by our two guests and we speak with both about its key concepts, the social justice potential of history education and how the ideas of powerful knowledge can make its way into classroom practice.
The book, published by UCL Press, is open access and is free to download on uclpress.co.uk.
2021-02-2347 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 5: Canons in history educationWe discuss the concept of historical canons with EuroClio founder Joke van der Leeuw-Roord and Prof. Karel van Nieuwenhuyse of the KU Leuven. As the Dutch canon has recently been revised and a canon for Flanders is in the works, we look at the controversies surrounding both canons and ask ourselves what role canons can have in history education - if at all! What are their shortcomings? How do they relate to national curricula? What are the implications for history teachers?
2020-12-1959 min
EdQuarter Presents: The Education StationHistory education and diversity in schools with Nick DennisWe spoke to Nick Dennis about the impact of the pandemic on the curriculum and his role as director of studies, how history education is changing, and practical steps to improve the recruitment and development of staff to increase ethnic and gender diversity.
Nick Dennis is currently director of studies at St. Francis’ College, Letchworth and also a fellow of the Schools History Project, the UK’s premier historical education think tank. He has presented a series of historical documentary programmes for the World History Project, where he also sits on the advisory board. Nick is a memb...
2020-11-2900 min
Nodes of DesignNodes of Design#38: Understanding the Past by Jonathan Even-ZoharJonathan Even-Zohar is a trained historian with a broad view of history and heritage education and how civil society and political actors abuse the past for promoting both democratic and non-democratic values.
He was also the former Executive Director of EUROCLIO – European Association of History Educators, where he has been able to work with thousands of history educators across the continent and beyond to initiate, lead and deliver high-quality collaboration projects, funded by the European Union, as well as through private foundations. He is also a keynote speaker at various occasions like TedX and many more.
In...
2020-10-3024 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 4: TextbooksWe discuss the role of textbooks in history education with a critical reflection on why need them and how we should use them. What makes a good textbook and how can we compliment our teaching with other sources? Podcast hosts Maayke de Vries and Katria Tomko are joined by Dr. Maren Tribukait from the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research in Braunschweig (Germany) and Ann-Laure Liéval, teacher at Lycee Fenelon in Lille and teacher trainer at Sciences Po Lille (France).
2020-10-0632 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 3: History under threatWe discuss persecution and censorship, the importance of history and history education in safeguarding and promoting democratic values and ask ourselves why historians are so dangerous to so many different regimes. We highlight the work of Prof. Antoon de Baets, founder of the Network of Concerned Historians , and zoom in on the recent and worrying developments for history education in Brazil under President Jair Bolsonaro with Prof. Arthur Ávila.
Consult the latest (2020) report of the Network of Concerned Historians here and join their latest campaigns here.
2020-08-2448 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 2 Bonus: Interview with Dr. Rose BorundaOur interview with Dr Borunda contained so much interesting insights that we decided to publish it as a bonus episode. In this part of the interview, Dr Borunda mentions how ethnic studies is on the rise in the US, which aims to include indigenous knowledge in the curriculum, and challenges the eurocentric perception of knowledge. In the episode, Dr Borunda refers to the website California Indian History Curriculum, which provides educators with a counter-narrative on the history of the Americas: https://www.csus.edu/college/education/engagement/indian-curriculum.html
2020-07-1619 minPast Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 2: "Forgive but not forget"In this episode we look at how historic events are remembered, celebrated and commemorated. We explore the topic through the lens of the Mayflower 400 events taking place in the Netherlands, the UK and the US this year and commemorating the arrival of the first settlers to the New England colonies from England by way of Leiden in The Netherlands. We speak with Dr Rose Borunda (author of the book What is the Color of your Heart: A Humanist Approach to Diversity”) from Sacremento State University, with Leiden University lecturer Dr Eduard van de Bilt and with Leiden400 coordinator Jonathan Ev...
2020-07-1650 min
Past Times - Talking and Teaching HistoryEpisode 1: History and Digital Media LiteracyIn this episode we talk with Prof. Sam Wineburg (Twitter: @samwineburg), who is head of the Stanford History Education Group. In our episode we focus on “civic online reasoning”, thus skills that everyone should be familiar with in order to find reliable sources on the internet. Professor Wineburg emphasizes the role of history and history educators in providing young people with the skills needed to maneuver a time of mass confusion.
Be sure to visit https://sheg.stanford.edu/ and https://cor.stanford.edu/.for the many great and free resources Stanford has developed for history educators.
2020-06-1842 min
EduGadkiS3 Ep27: Odcinek 49 - Jacek Staniszewski, czyli historia bez dat49. odcinek EduGadek zawiera rozmowę z Jackiem Staniszewskim, który tym razem dzielnie radzi sobie z rolą edugadkowego gościa. Poza tym, że Jacek jest jednym z twórców naszego podcastu, jest też dyrektorem Akademii Dobrej Edukacji w Warszawie, w której uczy także historii. Nasz gość wraz z Kubą Lorencem prowadzi blog DoKlasy.pl oraz należy do Stowarzyszenia EuroClio, zrzeszającego nauczycieli historii z całej Europy. Nowe narzędzie do skrzynki z narzędziami dorzuci Sebastian Ropel, nauczyciel geografii i informatyki z Flagowej Szkoły Microsoft z Gdańska.
A co konkretnie opowie nasz gość w tym odcinku Edu...
2019-11-2431 min
EduGadkiS2 Ep15: Odcinek 36 (2.14) - Kuba Lorenc, czyli ocenianie z innej bajkiW tym odcinku spotykamy się z Kubą Lorencem. Kuba od 12 lat uczy historii i WOS w Monnet International School w Warszawie, w szkole z IB, czyli międzynarodową maturą (International Baccalaureate Organization). Od 2011 do 2017 roku pracował w Instytucie Badań Edukacyjnych, gdzie zajmował się badaniami nad edukacją historyczną w Polsce. Jest współautorem bloga doklasy.pl i współautorem artykułów naukowych, raportów z badań oraz poradników dla nauczycieli. Uczestniczył w wielu seminariach i projektach organizowanych przez międzynarodowe stowarzyszenie nauczycieli historii Euroclio. W grudniu 2017 roku obronił doktorat z historii na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. Motywem przewodnim odcinka jest specyficzny rodzaj oceniania pracy...
2019-02-2434 min