This self-paced course is designed for teachers wishing to improve their instructional techniques for “Learning to Disagree” through innovative teaching strategies. The self-paced course consists of four stand-alone modules, each containing three strategies. Each strategy includes exemplar activities, reflective questions and suggestions on how they can be applied in the classroom. Teachers can choose the modules and complete them at their own pace. The course finishes with a concluding module in which participants are encouraged to think of how they can apply and adapt the strategies to their specific learning environment.

  • Building Technological Bridges with History: the use of digital learning platforms to promote tailored History Education
  • Feeling the Museum: putting oneself in the shoes of students with special needs to understand how to provide the best didactic experience possible
  • Students as Mediators of Conflicts
  • Find out what New Students Bring to the Classroom

    As a response to an increase in new students in the Swedish educational system, the Swedish Board of Education tasked a group of schools and universities to find a way to assess what newly arrived students know in order to provide the best possible education for each student, as well as focusing on their strengths rather than their weaknesses. This resulted in the formation of materials for conducting discourse around history for the purpose of assessing the historical competencies of newly arrived students. This is done in the form of a 70-minute conversation between a teacher and a student. The assessment is meant to provide valuable insight into what the students are already familiar with, so that teachers can take this into account when creating lesson plans.