Resources

Russia’s war on Ukraine changed the political situation and priorities in education in the country drastically. EWC’s Schools for Democracy in Ukraine team adapted by developing an emergency response in order to continue to support quality education in Ukraine.

A media literacy publication prepared by teacher students in Montenegro as part of the EWC Preparing Future Teachers in the Western Balkans project.

The publication “Democratic culture and peace pedagogy in teacher education: Practice examples from
virtual classrooms” is composed of sessions developed for the online course which was implemented
through the Peace Education Hub of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, within the project ‘Preparing Future Teachers. Educating for Democracy and Human Rights’ (2019-2022).

Audio presentation on whole school approach to development of competences for democratic culture.

Recording of the launch of the Council of Europe and EWC online course “What is Digital Citizenship Education” (May 2022).

Since the beginning of 2016, The European Wergeland Centre (EWC) has cooperated with Utøya and
the 22 July Centre on establishing the national learning program “22 July and Democratic
Citizenship”. This is the Report of Results 2021.

The course helps teachers and other educators to understand the concept of digital citizenship and what it means for young learners to be digital citizens in today’s society.

In the midst of war, Ukrainian teachers have managed to fulfil their professional duties as educators, taken care of their students and made sure that schools continue to play a vital role in society. But EWC recognizes that Ukrainian teachers also need psychological help. This video answers the most common questions about psychological first help for Ukrainian teachers.

A resource developed by the EWC team to help project managers and trainers to better blend online and offline tools for learning and networking in the field of education for democratic citizenship and human rights.

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial survey of 15-year-old students that assesses the extent to which they have acquired the key knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society. The assessment focuses on proficiency in reading, mathematics, science and an innovative domain (in 2018, the innovative domain was global competence), and on students’ well-being.

What is education for democracy and human rights? Why is it important for our societies? This short video gives the answers.

2021 was an eventful year, where the centre provided timely answers to the needs of the present, but with long-term perspectives.