Teaching controversial issues

This training pack is a professional development programme for teachers designed to support and promote the teaching of controversial issues in European schools.

 Download in Albanian, Czech, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian.

Managing controversy

This tool aims to help strengthen the managing of controversial issues at whole-school level.

 Download in Bulgarian, Czech, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Macedonian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian and Swedish.

Learning how to handle controversial issues in schools and other education settings - A Good Practice Guide

This guide captures the rich learning that has emerged over past years from the promotion of the two manuals ("Teaching controversial issues" and "Managing controversy") across Europe.

 Download in English and French.

Available in English, German, Polish and French

Promoting Democracy in Schools: Practical Resources to Support Teachers’ Initial and Continuous Professional Development

Avaliable in English, Spanish and Portuguese

Handling Controversy in schools through human rights and citizenship education - Peaceful coexistence and communication, conflict resolution, social mobilisation

Download in Bulgarian, English, Greek and Macedonian

Methods and approaches for teaching controversial issues in primary and secondary education

Download in Macedonian

Resistance to misinformation and online recruitment - Guide for the use of teachers made by the Freedom House Romania foundation

Download in Romanian

Schools for the benefit of the community

• Guide for carrying out service-learning projects - Download in English and Romanian
• Self-Evaluation Tool - Download in English and Romanian
• Online Training Syllabus - Download in English and Romanian

Digital Resistance - Handbook for Teachers

An empowering handbook for teachers on how to support their students to recognise
fake news and false information found in the online environment.

Download in English, French, Georgian, German, Greek.

coLAB Toolkit - Inclusive practices towards refugees in higher education

Reflections from a year long project delivered across four European countries to create an entry point for refugees with professional experience and qualifications into work in higher education.

Download in English, French and Spanish.

 Democratic School Governance for inclusion: a whole community approach

 Lessons learned and results of the implementation of the whole community approach for social inclusion. A report produced in co-operation with Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary,   Montenegro, Poland and Romania.

  Download in English.

 Strategy Paper and Tools for teachers and teacher trainers

 “Developing competences for Democratic Culture in the digital era”

  Download in English and Italian.

Addressing violence in schools

A collaborative and reflective report on sustainable means for addressing and preventing violence in schools.
Download in English and Ukrainian.

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How to develop the ability of students to assess information from media and social networks?

A tool for teachers to develop learners' analytical and critical competences towards online information.
Download in English, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Russian.

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Travel Pass to Democracy: Supporting Teachers in Preparing Students for Active Citizenship
State of citizenship and human rights education concentrating on the training of teachers in Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro and Romania.

This booklet is an assessment of the state of citizenship and human rights education with a specific focus on teacher training.
Download in English, Croatian, Hungarian, Montenegrin and Romanian.

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Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education: a diversity of approaches
Analytical review of the findings of a survey on the development of competences for democracy and human rights in Belarus, Georgia, Lithuania and the Russian Federation.

This analytical report focuses on the development of skills for promoting social cohesion, valuing diversity and handling differences.
Download in English and Russian.

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Three Country Audit of the Lower Secondary Citizenship and Human Rights Education Curriculum
The principles of the Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in the curricula of France, Finland and Ireland.

This report assesses the degree of reflection of the principles of the Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in the curricula.
Download in English, Finnish and French.

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