John Hamer - HISTOLAB

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Top skills

Consulting on History Education Projects
Professional Development, History Education
Advocacy of good practices in history education
Research, History Education

Fields of expertise

Local History
Political History
Transnational History
History of History Education
International Organisations Work on History Education
Research on History Education
Histories of Violence
Europe
Asia
Cross-regional

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Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

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Publications

Publications Hamer, J. (2005) History teaching and heritage education – two sides of the same coin or different currencies?, in Littler, J. & Naidoo, R. (eds) The Politics of Heritage: The Legacies of 'race', Routledge, London & New York Hamer, J. (2010) Teaching history for reconciliation and tolerance in conflict and post-conflict situations, in Policies and practice for teaching sociocultural diversity, Council of Europe Joint author, A look at our past, Cyprus, Council of Europe, 2011 https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680492f86 Joint author, Shared histories for a Europe without dividing lines, e-book, Council of Europe, 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/history-teaching Hamer, J. (2015), Human rights as reflected in the history of art, Journal of the Association for Citizenship Teaching, Teaching Citizenship, Vol. 42, Autumn 2015 Joint author, Developing a culture of co-operation when teaching and learning history, Council of Europe, 2016 (joint author) https://www.coe.int/en/web/history-teaching Joint author, Moral Education and social studies programme: curriculum for grades 1-12, Crown Prince Court, Abu Dhabi, 2017 https://moraleducation.ae/ Joint author, Quality history education in the 21st century: principles and guidelines, Council of Europe, 2018 https://www.coe.int/en/web/history-teaching Hamer J. (2019) History Education in the Caribbean, in: Cajani L., Lässig S., Repoussi M. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Conflict and History Education in the Post-Cold War Era. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham Hamer, J. (2021) Teaching History in Post-Conflict Societies: a personal reflection, Symeon Issue 11, Department of History, University of Durham https://www.durham.ac.uk/media/durham-university/departments-/history/DU-History---Symeon-11-2021.pdf 50 Conference/seminar papers for the Council of Europe and government ministries/agencies 12 reports on history education, teacher education and assessment

Experience

Teaching in primary, secondary schools and colleges in Canada and the UK Chief examiner for national examinations in history Government inspector for the teaching of history and museum education in schools and colleges in England Education policy adviser to the UK Heritage Lottery Fund Expert consultant for the Council of Europe and other bodies Chair of educational consultancy working internationally

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John HamerBA (Hons Mod Hist); MA (Education)