Call for Applications: More than just one truth?
Tools and perspectives for historical and political education
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH WORKERS TRAINING
“More than just one truth? Tools and perspectives for historical and political education” is an international training for youth workers and teachers and educators who are active in the field of historical and political education. The aim of the training is to foster exchange and share educative tools and methods, that are appropriate for teaching complex history to young people.
The training is divided into three five-day seminars, which will take place in Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Krzyżowa (Poland) and Trebnitz (Germany). During each seminar we will deal with different topics and methods, which will be linked to the respective regional and local history.
Methods and approaches that will be discussed throughout the project include:
• the “Entangled History”-approach developed by the Kreisau Initiative,
• games in historical education,
• using social media for local history,
• working with contemporary witnesses
• methods to counter hate speech and conspiracy theories,
• visits to memorial sites, museums and institutions dealing with history, memory and civic education
We also encourage the participants to share best practices with each other. The aim is to provide a large toolbox of methods and ideas to each educator, that can be used for traditional as well as hybrid and digital learning. After the training, each participant will be granted a certificate.
Timetable:
27.05.-31.05.2022: Seminar in Krzyżowa (Poland) – days prior and after are travel days
31.10.-04.11.2022: Seminar in Trebnitz (Germany) – days prior and after are travel days
2023 seminar in Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
In this training you will:
• Travel to Sarajevo, Krzyżowa (Poland) and Trebnitz (Brandenburg, Germany), get to know these places, their history and exchange with educators from those countries
• Get to know new innovative methods that you can use in your daily youth work
• Learn more about gamification, creative use of social media in education and work with contemporary witnesses and more
• Learn how to deal with hate speech and conspiracy narratives
• Learn how to critically reflect on historical and political education
This training is for you if:
• you are working (or are aiming to work) in the field of historical and/or political youth education
• you aim to improve your methods and share them with others
• you are at least 21 years of age
• you live and work in Germany, Poland or Bosnia Herzegovina
• you can communicate with others in English
Participant’s fee (for the whole training):
For participants from
Germany: 150 €
Poland: 90 €
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 60 €
(covers accommodation, full board, all programme activities including visits to memorial sites, museums and institutions related to the topic of the seminar, exchange with international team of trainers).
Travel costs:
Travel costs will be reimbursed in accordance with the donors’ rules, the maximum amount depends on the seminar location and will be communicated beforehand.
Language: English
Deadline: 15.04.2022
Organizers:
House of German-Polish Cooperation
Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe
Trebnitz Castle Education and Exchange Centre
History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Contact:
Stefan Mehrens
+48 77 407 9525 (House of German-Polish-Cooperation)
