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Vassiliki Sakka, Historian, School Consultant, ex EUROCLIO Association
President.
The impact of the EU elections: The rise of
European far right and the case of Greece. Which is
the role of history teaching in this context?
EU Leadership Approval at Record Low in Spain, Greece( January 8, 2014)
The new political majority emerging from the elections will shape European legislation over the next five years in areas from the single market to civil liberties
The fields of education, migration policy, human rights, civil liberties, working rights etc are the fields at stake
The Parliament - the only directly elected EU institution - is now a linchpin of the European decision-making system and has an equal say with national governments on virtually all EU laws. Voters will be more influential than ever
EU elections: what is at stake here?
The fields of education, migration, human rights,civil liberties, civil rights etc Are at stake. This is already well understood
not only in the area of bail out countries. These elections are really important. What shift will E.U. Parliament take?
Which areas are at stake here?
Education or learning?
Critical thinkingVisual and media
literaturePublic uses of
historyThink global, act
local
Golden Dawn activism (Meligala, September 2012): revival of Greek Civil War discourse
Golden Dawn: evening history lessons
Rhodes: Neonazi graffitti at
Kahal Shalom Synagoge (1575-1577)
Nazism/fascism: no nationality
Racism has no nationality or ethnicity
Decontructing the nazi rhetorics ...
supports the development of responsible and innovative history, citizenship and heritage education by promoting critical thinking, multi-perspectivity, mutual respect, and the inclusion of controversial issues.
advocates a sound use of history and heritage education towards the building and deepening of democratic societies, connecting professionals across boundaries of communities, countries, ethnicities and religions.
seeks to enhance the quality of history and citizenship education through capacity building for educators and producing and implementing innovative teaching tools
EUROCLIO Association:
Must make students understand that:
History is based on evidence
History is made of multi-layered narratives
History is interpretation Based on the ethic
responsibility of the Historian and
The History Teacher in the frontline
Why History?
What kind of citizens do we need?
Aggelos Palikidis (ed.), (2013). Critical approaches to nazi
phenomenon, Athens: Epikentro
(bottom up activism and initiatives by Greek educators
at all educational levels: primary, secondary, tertiary)
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