Projects for Teachers

On December 12-13, the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical seminar “Updated programs on the history of Ukraine: how to teach in the conditions of the russian-Ukrainian war” was held in Uzhhorod, organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine together with “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies. The participants of the event were history teachers and methodologists from all over Ukraine.

Welcoming words to the seminar participants were made by chief specialist of the Directorate of pre-school, school, out-of-school and inclusive education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Honored Education Worker of Ukraine Rayisa Yevtushenko (Kyiv), doctor of historical sciences, professor of the department of socio-humanitarian and ethical-aesthetic education of the Transcarpathian Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education Roman Ofitsynskyi (Uzhhorod), head of “Tkuma” Institute educational programs Iryna Piskariova (Dnipro). They emphasized that the search for answers to the challenges of modern war is urgent today; opposition to the ideology of racism; and especially – further development of the concept of Ukrainian historical education, which should be based on modern methodology; consideration of the history of Ukraine in a global dimension; clarifications and unification of definitions; the study of the Holocaust and other genocides in the general context, which includes the current genocide of the russian federation against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.

Dr. Igor Shchupak made an online lecture “Rewriting history or liberation from the Soviet paradigm? Updated programs and history textbooks under the conditions of the russian-Ukrainian war”. Iryna Piskariova together with the history teacher of secondary school No. 62 Larysa Peliuukh (Dnipro) organized a discussion about the experience of participating in the International competition of creative works “Lessons of War and Holocaust – Lessons of Tolerance” as a response to the challenges of modernity.

The experience of teaching history under the conditions of russian aggression was shared by Tetyana Lanevska, history teacher at the Kupiansk Lyceum No. 2 of the Kupiansk City Council, a methodologist at the Center for Pedagogical Innovations and Information of the Poltava Academy of Continuing Education, as well as heads of methodical services of regional institutes of postgraduate pedagogical education and other colleagues.

We would like to thank to everyone who participated in the seminar! We believe that there will be more live seminars and conferences next year. In particular, in liberated Ukrainian cities and villages.