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Pour une démocratie engagée: Vox Populi et l'éducation à la citoyenneté dans les écoles du Québec Year of publication: 2017 Author: Ariane Godbout Corporate author: Fondation Jean-Charles-Bonenfant Au tournant des années 2000, les acteurs politiques du Québec ont décidé d'intégrer l'éducation à la citoyenneté dans le nouveau Programme de Formation de l'École québécoise. Cette mesure, qui visait à contrer le désengagement des jeunes de la sphère politique, a cependant posé de nombreux problèmes aux acteurs du milieu scolaire lorsqu'est venu le temps de la mettre en pratique, au point où l'on envisage maintenant de retirer des pans importants de cette composante du cursus des élèves québécois. L'essai proposé vise à comprendre l'origine de ces obstacles et à proposer des manières dont l'Assemblée nationale et le Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, avec le programme Vox Populi, pourraient mieux appuyer les acteurs du milieu scolaire en matière d'éducation à la citoyenneté. 
Education on the Holocaust and on Anti-Semitism : An overview and analysis of Educational Approaches Year of publication: 2006 Corporate author: OSCE. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) This study provides both the background on what is already being done in the field of Holocaust education and the identification of good practices to support future efforts by OSCE states and civil society. It also highlights new challenges that need to be addressed in education on both the Holocaust and on anti-Semitism. The first part of the study is based on information provided to the ODIHR by national ministries of education; national delegations of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF); experts; educators; Jewish communities; and NGOs, in response to a questionnaire sent out by the ODIHR between December 2004 and April 2005. Comprehensive recommendations regarding Holocaust education conclude this first part of the overview. The second part of this report constitutes a first step in this regard: using country overviews on four OSCE states, it highlights the need to supplement Holocaust education in response to new forms of anti-Semitism and provides a number of relevant recommendations. (By the publisher) 
Moral and Civic Teaching in French Schools, a Consistant Transversality? Year of publication: 2017 Author: Anne-Claire Husser Corporate author: Éthique en éducation et en formation This paper will examine the issues of the French « moral and civic education » syllabus, enforced in September 2015, and analyse the difficulties that hinder its implementation in schools. Considering the cross-sectionnal dimension of the learning goals outlined in this program, we will give special consideration to the way French teachers may fit to teaching approaches and methods developed within the framework of Belgian and Quebec didactic researches in a context where moral education is considered as a teaching specialty unlike France. L’enseignement moral et civique dans les établissements scolaires français, une transversalité consistante? Year of publication: 2017 Author: Anne-Claire Husser Corporate author: Éthique en éducation et en formation Deux ans après l’entrée en vigueur du nouvel enseignement moral et civique, le présent article se propose de revenir sur les enjeux de ce nouveau programme et sur les difficultés spécifiques de sa mise en oeuvre dans le système scolaire français. Compte tenu de la dimension fortement transversale des objectifs de formation poursuivis par la réforme, il convient en particulier d’interroger les conditions d’appropriation par les enseignants français d’outils et démarches développées dans le cadre d’une didactique de l’enseignement moral en Belgique et au Québec où il constitue, contrairement à la France, une discipline de spécialisation pour les professeurs. 
Seeing, Hearing and Feeling: How Can a Visit to Auschwitz Encourage Young People to Practise Citizenship? In 2005 the first national educational visit to Auschwitz took place for Scottish pupils aged between 16 and 17 years. This study examines the impact this had on pupils in Fife Region, the third largest local authority in Scotland. Soon after this visit, pupils formed ‘The Auschwitz Experience Group’, and over a year organized the ‘Anne Frank and You Festival’, a large-scale community initiative that focused on citizenship issues. The research sought pupil feedback on the educational visit and identified key issues of importance for teachers and cultural managers who work alongside education services. (By the author) 
Making Democracy an Ethic and a Pedagogy Year of publication: 2017 Author: Christophe Point Corporate author: Éthique en éducation et en formation This article presents the argument that an ethics of democracy in the school requires an appropriate pedagogy. This pedagogy cannot be limited to theoretical content or to an assortment of civic actions because democracy is not composed either of a particular set of facts, concepts or dates, or of an undetermined social behaviour. According to the approach of John Dewey, who places inquiry at the center of his definition of democracy, we wish to demonstrate a double benefit from pragmatist thinking. For ethics, in defining democracy as a habit of collective thinking, we wish to construct values that can be shared by all participants in the school environment. For pedagogy, this habit of inquiry can lend itself to all subjects taught at school without limiting itself to a particular discipline. Finally, we will propose a modeling of this democratic education for a step-by-step didactic progression. Faire de la démocratie une éthique et une pédagogie Year of publication: 2017 Author: Christophe Point Corporate author: Éthique en éducation et en formation Cet article présente l’argument suivant : une éthique de la démocratie à l’école nécessite une pédagogie appropriée. Cette dernière ne peut se limiter à un contenu théorique ou à un éventail de gestes civiques, car la démocratie ne se réduit ni à un ensemble de faits, concepts ou dates particulières, ni à un comportement social vague. Suivant la démarche de John Dewey qui place l’enquête au centre de sa définition de la démocratie, nous souhaitons montrer un double bénéfice de la pensée pragmatiste. Pour l’éthique, en définissant la démocratie par une habitude de pensée collective, nous voulons construire des valeurs pouvant être partagées par l’ensemble des acteurs du milieu scolaire. Pour la pédagogie, cette habitude de l’enquête peut alors se prêter à toutes les disciplines enseignées à l’école sans se limiter à un domaine particulier. Enfin, nous proposons une modélisation de cet enseignement démocratique pour une progression didactique par étapes. Gathering the voices: Disseminating the message of the Holocaust for the digital generation by applying an interdisciplinary approach The aim of the Gathering the Voices project is to gather testimonies from Holocaust survivors who have made their home in Scotland and to make these testimonies available on the World Wide Web. The project commenced in 2012, and a key outcome of the project is to educate current and future generations about the resilience of these survivors. Volunteers from the Jewish community are collaborating with staff and undergraduate students in Glasgow Caledonian University in developing innovative approaches to engage with school children. These multimedia approaches are essential, as future generations will be unable to interact in person with Holocaust survivors. By students being active participants in the project, they will learn more about the Holocaust and recognize the relevance of these testimonies in today’s society. Although some of the survivors have been interviewed about their journeys in fleeing from the Nazi atrocities, for all of the interviewees, this is the first time that they have been asked about their lives once they arrived in the United Kingdom. The interviews have also focused on citizenship and integration into society. The project is not yet completed, and an evaluation will be taking place to measure the effectiveness of the project in communicating its message to the public. (By the author) "Why are we learning this ?" : Does studying Holocaust Encourage better citizenship values ? Year of publication: 2008 Author: Henry Maitles The relationship between learning about the Holocaust and the development of positive values may seem common sense, but in reality there is a complex level of development and understanding. The research reported here, which was sponsored by the Scottish government, was designed to ascertain whether learning about the Holocaust has an impact on young people’s general citizenship values and attitudes; does learning about the Holocaust allow them to extrapolate from the events of the Holocaust to present-day issues, such as racism and discrimination? The study followed a cohort of approximately 100 pupils (aged 11–12) who had studied the Holocaust and compared their values one year later both to their earlier attitudes and to those of their peers who had not studied the Holocaust. As we might expect, the results were not always as predicted, particularly when it came to the pupils’ understanding of anti-Semitism or genocide; in general, however, the study’s core group maintained more positive values than they had before their lessons on the Holocaust and showed more positive values than their peers who had not studied the Holocaust. (By the author) Intercultural Education : Special Issue : Holocaust Education : Promise, Practice, Power and Potential (Vol 24) Issue 1 & 2 Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: International Association for Intercultural Education | Routledge "Intercultural Education is a global forum for the analysis of issues dealing with education in plural societies. It provides educational professionals with the knowledge and information that can assist them in contributing to the critical analysis and the implementation of intercultural education." This issue is about the promise, practice, power and potential of Holocaust Education.