History Teaching

Beyond the textbook - Principles and values

List of seminars held between 1953 and 1991 and available reports

Reports

"Against bias and prejudice. The Council of Europe's work on history teaching and history textbooks" (1995)

"Contre les stéréotypes et les préjugés. Les travaux du Conseil de l'Europe sur l'enseignement de l'histoire et les manuels d'histoire" (1995)

contains the recommendations made on history teaching and history textbooks adopted at Council of Europe conferences and symposia between 1953 and 1995

Contient les recommandations faites sur l'enseignement de l'histoire et les manuels d'histoire adoptées lors des conférences et symposiums du Conseil de l'Europe entre 1953 et 1995

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List of seminars held between 1953 and 1991

Concerning History textbooks
Conference on "The European Idea in history teaching
Calw, Germany, 1953

Conference on "The Middle Ages"
Oslo, Norway, 1954

Conference on "The Sixteenth Century"
Rome, Italy, 1955

Conference on "The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Royaumont, France, 1956

Conference on "The Period from c. 1789 to c. 1871"
Scheveningen, the Netherlands, 1957

Conference on "The Period from c. 1870 to c. 1950
Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey, 1958

Symposium on "Religion in School History Textbooks in Europe"
Louvain, Belgium, 1972

Conference on "Co-operation in Europe since 1945, as presented in Resources for the Teaching of History, Geography and Civics in Secondary Schools"
Braunschweig, Germany, 1979

Educational Research Workshop on "History and Social Studies - Methodologies of Textbook Analysis"
Braunschweig, Germany, 1990

Concerning History teaching

Symposium on "History Teaching in Secondary Education"
Elsinor, Denmark, 1965

Symposium on "History Teaching in Lower Secondary Education"
Braunschweig, Germany, 1969

Meeting of Experts on "History Teaching in Upper Secondary Education"
Strasbourg, France, 1971

Symposium on "Teaching about the Portuguese Discoveries in Secondary Schools in Western Europe Lisbon, Portugal, 1983