Teaching controversial issues – developing effective training for teachers and school leaders
Countries involved:
Cyprus, Ireland, Montenegro, Spain and the United Kingdom with the support of Albania, Austria, France and Sweden
Overall objective:
- The aim of the project was to develop effective training on teaching controversial issues and strengthen the capability and confidence of teachers and school leaders in this area within a number of Council of Europe and European Union member states and beyond.
Achieved results:
- Scoping paper - on why teaching controversial issues in citizenship and human rights education is important and setting out the principles and processes that underpin the effective teaching of controversial issues;
- Production and piloting, of a training programme for teachers in the participating countries to ensure its relevance in different regions, countries and contexts;
- The strengthening of the capability and confidence of teachers and school leaders - for the benefit of children and young people both now and in their roles as citizens going forward;
- An international conference to share the learning and outcomes with other member states and European and international partners.
Podcasts
Yulia Pererva highlights the growing awareness that addressing controversial issues in school is essential for democracy and human rights, and discusses how the tools developed within this project can be of help.
Elena Papamichael explains how the pilot project « Teaching controversial issues – developing effective training for teachers and school leaders » has been implemented in Cyprus.
David Kerr underlines the importance of developing effective training for teachers on teaching controversial issues throughout Europe.
Bojka Djukanovic refers to the interest this project has raised in Montenegro and describes the positive reactions of teachers in Montenegro towards the training sessions and knowledge acquired through them.
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 here.
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