Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Language edition
Funding for the Workbooks has been generously supplied by:
The Bosnian language version of the JHP books was produced in autumn 2007 and is available for dissemination. Mr Dzevdet Tuzlic is the Coordinator of the BiH phase of the JHP and Mr Enes Milak is the Editor of the Bosnian language edition of the history books.
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Work on the Croatian language edition of the books was completed in October 2007 and the books were presented to the public at a launch and press conference in Zagreb on October 12th. With Dr Erhard Busek introducing the project and the books, followed by a press conference, the event made an immediate impact and an expression of interest to fund the teacher training phase was made by one of the dignitaries on the spot. Mr Kresimir Erdelja is the Editor of the Croatian language edition of the history books.
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On publication of the Workbooks in the Serbian language version, a press conference and roundtable discussion was held in Belgrade (November 2005), with speeches and participation from the Minister of Education, Dr. Slobodan Vuksanovic, the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe, Dr Erhard Busek and the Executive Director of the CDRSEE, Mr Nenad Sebek. Under the expert guidance of Dr Dubravka Stojanovic and with strong teamwork and support, the JHP in Serbia has flourished despite some potentially destructive setbacks, such as withdrawal of support from the Ministry of Education. Nonetheless, despite some negative media towards this, the overall press coverage has been supportive and widely encouraging.
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Work is currently underway to secure funding more teacher training workshops in Serbia over the coming year as well as an additional print run and an update of the Workbooks.
Evaluations of the Teacher Training workshops were undertaken at each event. The results were overwhelmingly positive and the recommendations and areas for improvement are being fed back into the JHP teacher training process so as to continually improve and update the entire project.
Teacher Training Activities with the Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Workbooks
Funding for the Teacher Training workshops has been generously supplied by:
5-7 December 2008: Joint History Project – A weekend of activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnian language edition of the Joint History Project workbooks was presented on Friday, December 5, in Sarajevo in a press conference organised by the CDRSEE in cooperation with Mediacenter, Sarajevo. The press conference was the start of a weekend of JHP related activities in Bosnia and was followed by the third Teacher Training conference, which took place in Banja Luka on Saturday and Sunday December 6-7. For full article, click here.
29-30 November 2008: Local Teacher Training Workshop for the Joint History Project held in Rijeka, Croatia. The first of three Croatian local teacher training workshops gathered 5 teacher trainers, 3 of whom were also trainers at the first conference in Zagreb, while the remaining 2 were participants from Rijeka, at the initial event. Click here to read more
20-21 September 2008: Training of Trainers Conference in Zagreb. Training activities were initiated in Croatia with the holding of the Training of Trainers Conference in Zagreb, at hotel Antunovic. The event gathered four trainers from the team of CDRSEE international trainers, and two local trainers, selected by our partners. The team of international trainers introduced the JHP, the overall project, the Workbooks, as well as the methodology of interactive, participative teaching to participants. To read more, click here.
30 October 2007: JHP roundtable discussion in Zagreb. Echoing the participative and multi-perspective methodology of the JHP workbooks, the JHP project is in itself a democratic process. With this in mind, the CDRSEE and the Croatian Helsinki Committee invited both supporters and critics of the JHP to a roundtable discussion. Click here to read the whole article.
21 - 22 June 2008: First Local Teacher Training Workshop for the Bosnian Language Edition of the JHP Workbooks. Jajce, Bosnia Herzegovina was host to the first local teacher training Workshop for the Bosnian language edition, gathering over twenty history teachers from the country. The Workshop was led by local language editor and teacher trainer Enes Milak as well as by professors of history and teacher trainers Munib Efendić and Mirko Ljubez. Professors Efendić and Ljubez were first introduced to the JHP at the Training of Trainers Conference held in April 2008 in Sarajevo. Click here to read the whole article.
14 - 15 June 2008: First JHP Training Activity takes place in Pristine. With project partners, the Kosovo Education Center (KEC), the Joint History Project took its first steps in Kosovo on June 14th and 15th with a training of trainers’ workshop in Pristina. Click here to read the whole article.
18 – 20 April 2008: First Training of Trainers Conference for the Bosnian Language Edition of the JHP Workbooks. Overcoming the previous political setbacks to the BiH phases of the JHP, a group of dedicated teachers, trainers and CDRSEE staff successfully carried out a positive, constructive and beneficial Training of Trainers’ conference in Sarajevo. Click here to read the whole article.
18 October 2007: Joint History Project press conference and book launch in Zagreb. On October 12th, 2007, the Croatian language edition of the 4 Workbooks was launched in Zagreb with a keynote speech by Dr Erhard Busek, Special Coordinator of the Stability pact for Southeast Europe. Click here to read the whole article.
1-3 of September 2006, A ‘Training of Trainers’ Conference took place in Belgrade. 15 specially selected teachers attended, gained and developed new skills with which to train teachers in the use of the History Workbooks.
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Participants at the Belgrade Training of Trainers conference |
With 93% of participants showing a definite willing to use the material in their classes and 100% noting that the Workbooks had a lot of positive aspects, the workshops was heralded as a success.
Having completed their training, the trainers will now go on to train other teachers and Serbia will be the first country in which the project is fully handed over to the final beneficiaries – the teachers and students of Serbia.
21-22 October 2006, Local Teacher Training Workshop in Niš, energetic discussions, sharing of ideas, development of skills and mutual support were the underlying themes. The highlight of the event was a visit by the President of Serbia, Mr Boris Tadic who expressed his interest and support.
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Participants of the Local Teacher Training workshop with the President of Serbia Mr Boris Tadic |
25-26 November 2006: Local Teacher Training workshop in Novi Pazar, the interest among teachers of the region in joining the event was high. The focus of the event was to discuss ways of enriching history lessons using the JHP books. 25 teachers and 5 trainers participated in two days of lively and constructive discussion. Τhe event in Novi Pazar was the first local training session in which the participants came from multi-ethnic communities, populating the area of Sandzak. The workshop profited from the diversity of participants finding common ways of preparing the ground for a peaceful future.
Several teachers emphasised the importance of the “Alternative Teaching Material” in counteracting stereotypes and hate speech and facilitating a less conflict-laden future for the new generation. The new methodology was perceived as a challenging new way to enrich teaching.
16-17 December 2006 Local Teacher Training workshop in Belgrade, involving a total of 31 teachers and 5 trainers.
2-4 February 2007, Local Teacher Training Workshop in Novi Sad, , with attendance by the Education Secretary of Vojvodina at the welcome dinner.
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