Observatory on history teaching in Europe
“Teaching history, grounding democracy” is an exhibition that draws a parallel between the institutional history of the Council of Europe, its milestones and achievements in history teaching and the major events of the 20th and 21st centuries. It also shows the efforts of the Council of Europe, the only international organisation to have run programmes in this area since 1949, to promote quality history education.
More than 70 years of experience at the Council of Europe have enabled its 46 member states to bring history education into line with the Organisation's core values: human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
This booklet is meant to guide you while exploring the different timelines presented in the exhibition. It also provides a deeper understanding of the links between international history, European construction and history teaching at the Council of Europe.
You will thus discover the story behind the construction of the Council of Europe and how it has kept #HistoryAtHeart
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Introduction1949-1962: The establishment of initial European co-operation activities in the area of history teaching
A. From the first resolution of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe to the European Cultural Convention
B. Conferences on history textbooks
C. Impact and outcome of the conferences
1962-1990: Increasingly structured co-operation on history teaching
A. Creation of the Council for Cultural Co-operation
B. The symposiums on secondary education
C. From the Resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly against pro-fascist and racist propaganda to work on the pedagogy and didactics of history
1990 to the present: Teaching history in a pan-European Council of Europe
A. Meetings on history teaching in the “New Europe”
B. Teaching the history of Europe in the 20th century: the major intergovernmental projects
C. The Observatory on History Teaching in Europe
Perspectives for the future