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EUROCLIO Special Report — Georgia: Uncovering Diversity in History
This special report from EUROCLIO details the methods, conclusions, and preliminary results of a EUROCLIO project on Tolerance Building Through History Education In Georgia. One of the project outputs was a teaching tool “How We Lived Together in the 20th … Continue reading
Islam (Instruction) in State Schools: An EU Lifelong Learning Project
This project addresses the teaching and learning challenges and the need for successful integration through education of Muslim migrants in Europe, as well as providing officials, directors and teachers in school an understanding of international norms for freedom of religious … Continue reading
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Report of the Special Rapporteur. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, in this report released December 2011, provides an overview of his activities for 2011. He then focuses on the varying meanings of … Continue reading
Guidelines for Educators On Countering Intolerance and Discrimination Against Muslims Released
These Guidelines for Educators on Countering Intolerance and Discrimination Against Muslims: Addressing Islamophobia through Education has been jointly developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Council of Europe and UNESCO, with input from academic experts, … Continue reading
Teaching and Talking in Schools About 9/11
Many of the materials mentioned in this list were especially compiled or updated for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in Autumn 2011. Most but not all have a specific focus on teaching, in both formal and informal settings. The list … Continue reading
The 2011 Attacks in Norway: Links
This paper was compiled on the morning of Tuesday 26 July. It contains links to a small selection of the thousands of articles, commentaries and blogs that were been published on the internet over the following days. It starts by … Continue reading
Has Multiculturalism Failed?
This paper was compiled following David Cameron’s speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday 5 February 2011. The speech and media discussions of it dealt with three principal themes: The concept of multiculturalism, and whether multiculturalism in Britain, and … Continue reading
Teaching Sensitive and Controversial Issues
This index of papers offers teachers advice and guidance on how to approach teaching sensitive and controversial topics in schools. Some of the topics covered include creating safe spaces, discussion roles, 'political correctness', media literacy and links to other useful … Continue reading
Reuters: FaithWorld
This blog contains news posts about religion, faiths and ethics, written by Reuters journalists and correspondents. All major world religions are covered.