DEMRED

Several European countries have experienced terrorist attacks in recent years. The attackers have claimed allegiance to a variety of ideologies, most commonly Islamist and right-wing ideologies. They have used a variety of methods and caused different degrees of damage, both psychological and material.

2021 marked 10 years since the terrorist attacks in Oslo and at Utøya 22 July 2011. There are important lessons to learn both from Norway and other countries’ experiences with educational responses to terrorist attacks, and the role of education in preventing extremism, ensuring democratic resilience.

“It can be useful to look outside our own education systems for inspiration.”

Teachers and educators from Northern and Western Europe met on the island of Utøya to learn, share, and give feedback on the role of education in building democratic resilience.

Expert group

EWC and Council of Europe work with a group of experts to develop learning materials and trainings for the DEMRED project.

Advisory Board

Representatives from institutions and experts in different countries who work with preventing extremism and/or promoting human rights education and education for democracy.

Resources

Teaching Controversial Issues

This page with video tutorials gives a basic introduction to Teaching Controversial Issues (TCI) and how to work with them in classroom, school and beyond.

Signposts teacher training module, Teaching about religions and non-religious world views in intercultural education

This manual is developed to be used in teacher education. The aim of the training module is to offer safe ways for teachers to address issues connected to religion and non-religious world views in the framework of intercultural education.

Learning Resources on 22 July 2011

This digital resource provides guidance and tools for teachers on how to teach about 22 July, democracy and citizenship as an interdisciplinary topic, in different subjects and on different levels from 1 – 10th grade.