European Innovation Days in History Education

The European Innovation Days in History Education is the annual main event organised by HISTOLAB which showcases innovative ideas on how to improve, or revolutionise, the teaching of history across Europe. The event brings together history teachers, academics, researchers, practitioners, junior professionals, and students all in the field of history education to engage with one another on ideas previously submitted through an open call, or by attending the side events organised by the HISTOLAB partner organisations.

2024 Edition

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2024 European Innovation Days in History Education

The 2024 European Innovation Days in History Education took place on 3-5 April. This was the second consecutive year of the event, this time held at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg, France.

The event welcomed over 130 participants over the course of the three days, including 40 students and teachers who were the recipients of the 2024 HISTOLAB Award for Innovative School Projects in History Education.

Some of the highlights of the conference included two discussion panels based on two of the themes of the conference:

“Amplifying marginalised voices in history education”

 

“How to teach at memorial sites.”

 

 

The other themes,

“How can local history be connected to wider historical events on a European or global level?" 

 

"How can new technology and digitalisation be used in history education?”

helped to shape the selection of projects to take part in the event, and the criteria for the HISTOLAB Award for Innovative School Projects in History Education as well.

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Each year, the Innovation Days comprises both project presentations and workshops, to allow for more interactive sessions between the speakers and the participants. This year, the workshops covered teaching history through the use of Lego, Sport, music, graphic novels, e-learning materials, social media content and historical architecture.

Finally, one of the most important moments of the conference was the first official presentation of the HISTOLAB Toolkit for History Classes: Debunking Fake News and Fostering Critical Thinking.

Please find out more about the HISTOLAB Toolkit through the following link and press release embedded within. Click here

2023 Edition

European Innovation Days in History Education 2023 - Highlights

The first edition of the European Innovation Days in History Education was held on 8-10 March 2023 in the European Economic and Social Committee for the first two days, and the third day took place in the House of European History.

More than thirty projects from both established history education associations and individual schools and teachers were featured over the course of the three days.

One of the highlights of the event was the ceremony for the first HISTOLAB Award for Innovative School Projects in History Education, which was presented to four schools:

• Olena Pchilka Lyceum from Kovel, Ukraine
• Municipal Establishment Lyceum "Maksymum” of Kropyvnytskyi City Council in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine.
• "Ivan Vazov" Secondary School from Mezdra, Bulgaria
• Osnovna Škola Gradac from Gradac, Croatia

 

Full event report available (PDF 892 Kb)