European Association of History Educators EUROCLIO-HIP

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EUROCLIO HIP BiH Association of history teachers of Bosnia and Herzegovina REPORTONPROMOTIONOFTHETEACHERTRAININGSEMINARBRIDGING HISTORIESINBOSNIAANDHERZEGOVINA Gorade,28March2009.

In the framework of the project Bridging Histories in Bosnia and Herzegovina, EUROCLIOHIP BiH (Association of the history teachers and proffessors of Bosnia and Herzegovina) organized a seminar for the history teachers and professors. The event took place in Gorade on March 28 of the 2009inHotelBeharGorade(theprogrammeisattached1pg.4) 26 history educators from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, members of the association EUROCLIOHIP BiH, as well as the representatives of the Pedagogical Institute of Gorade Canton, a representative of Ministry of education,cultureandscienceofGoradeCantonwerepresentattheevent. The seminar was opened with a welcome speech of the Melisa Fori, Bosnian project coordinator. There was then a welcome speech was given by Mrs. Enisa Trako. Edin Veladzic presented the work of EUROCLIO organization. This was the first opportunity for many participants to come into contact with a seminar organized by the EUROCLIOHIP BiH, therefore allowing them to hear something more about Association itself and about past, present and some futureactivitiesinthepresentationgivenbyEdinRadui,presidentoftheassociation. Parallel workshops on the material were given by Elma Haimbegovi and Marija Naletili, two of the textbook authors, during the morning and afternoon session, so all the participants could attend them. Workshop 1, entitled Mens sana in corpore sano by Elma Haimbegovi about the issues of health care of the ordinary people in Yugoslavia, many of the participants found very interesting for the long debate and presenting different perspectives. And workshop 2, entitled FromliteracycoursestocomputersMarijaNaletili,reflectingoneducationalsysteminYugoslavia provoked some issues. Both workshops were marked with the highest grade in the evaluation questionaire. Afterthepresentationsandworkshops,therewasaplenarysessiondedicatedtocurriculumanalysis. Discussion on actual trends in history teaching, the situation and modernization of curriculum was led by Edin Radui, President of the EUROCLIOHIP BiH Association. Participants found this session as a good opportunity to discuss more the issues that they are dealing with in their every day activities in the classrooms, especially pointing out the obstacles made by the conditions in the education in their region. A number of observations by teachers and professors of history from the area Bosnian Podrinje Canton and a small number of teachers from the area of Foca (Republika Srpska)werethefollowing: Lackofthecabinetteaching

Insomehighschoolsduringoneschoolyeararetherearethreedifferingcurriculainuse,and a similar number of textbooks focusing on entirely different subjects in history from often verydifferentandconflictingperspectives. This Canton does not have its own curriculum for history teaching. Mainly it is relied on the curriculumthathasbeeninSarajevoCanton. Discrepanciesbetweenthecurriculaandtextbooks problemofthecurriculaforvocationalschools(egmedicalschool)wasraised. Historyeducationinhighschoolsisreducedtotwoyears,andafteritistaughtastheelective subject.Thefirstclassdealswiththeold,middle,andanewagehistory,andinsecondgrade theyteachmodernhistory.Inthethirdandfourthgrade,studentsaretaughtelectionissues. We got the example of the Economic School, where applicable EUVET program, ie, modular programthatallowsmuchmorefreedom. Especially it was emphasized the discrepancy curricula with textbooks in secondary schools. In the elementary schools this problem is somewhat less pronounced, but nevertheless improvementisneeded. The question of freedom of teachers is strengthened. The teacher has a 40% freedom to workaccordingtohis/herschoice,butstillneedstoprocessalltheunits.AttheHistoryasan electivesubjectthefreedomofteachersismuchmoreeasilyattainable. It was is strengthened by the issue of whether to process all the thematic groups, or to focus only on some topics that would be taught on more detailed and easier way. For example,in5thclassmayfocusonlyononeortwoancientcivilizations. Pay attention to a broader European context and emphasize some positive trends from the history, especially when we talk about the history of modern period. In this way, direct the children to use history to positively reflect on the world around them and to understand processes. It was agreed that there should be a reduction in the focus on the rich history of thewarevents,andmoreofafocusonthehistoryofeverydaylife,culture,etc. It was emphasized in particular importance of developing critical opinions with students engagement in the subject. It is a question that always remains open and that they always canandmustworkandimprove. Thissessionprovokedgooddiscussionaboutthecurriculaissuesanditwasgreatopportunityforthe participants to share some of their experiences and views on these issues, especially regarding implementationofnewmethods.TheparticipantsalsoansweredthequestionnaireonCurricula. Thelastsessionoftheworkshopwasaimedforthereflectionsonthematerialandseminaraswellas to some discussions on the issues that the teachers meet in their teaching process. There were a lot of questions and interesting remarks. The seminar had was noted to be inspiring and played host to a positive and cheerful atmosphere, receiving an average grade of 4.6 in the evaluation questionnaire.

In Sarajevo, on 24.4.2009.

Melisa Foric

PARTICIPANTS LIST Training seminar for history educators

Bridging Histories in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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