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EHISTO Newsletter #2
EHISTO-partner: University of
Social Sciences, Poland
The University
of Social Sci-
ences is a pri-
vate university
situated in Łódź,
the third biggest
city in Poland.
The University of
Social Sciences
in Lodz was es-
tablished by the
Association of Polish Educators in January 1995. Currently
there are ca. 20000 students enrolled in the University. In our
University students may choose several Faculties:
Educational Studies
Psychology
Journalism & Social Communication
Sociology
Social Work
Computer Studies
The University offers PhD, MA and BA studies, post-graduate
courses as well as specialised training courses on daily,
evening and weekend and extramural basis. The Academy is
also active in scientific research, organisation of national and
international conferences and publishing scientific books.
Since 2005 the Academy is very active in the educational
international projects as coordinator and partner institution.
The Academy provides in-service training for teachers. The
Academy co-operates on the regular basis with secondary
schools in the region of Łódź.
Contact:
Społeczna Akademia Nauk/ University of Social Sciences
Joanna Szczecińska M.A.
Sienkiewicza 9
90-133 Łódź
Poland
Phone: +48 42 664 2278
Fax: +48 42 664 2253
E-Mail:
[email protected]
Website: http://www.spoleczna.pl and www.dpf.spoleczna.pl
University of Social Sciences, Poland
EHISTO-partner school: Hellesdon,
England
Liz Kelleway and Margaret Taylor
(Hellesdon High School)
We have been very pleased as a department to be involved
in the EHISTO-project. We all feel that popular history maga-
zines have the potential to improve history teaching in a
range of ways, but it is quite challenging to think how best to
make use of them with pupils of different ages and abilities,
given the length and quite difficult reading levels of the most
popular history magazines in the UK (BBC History Magazine
and History Today). Involvement in the project has also made
us realise that as a department, we have not perhaps made
as much use of history magazine articles as we might have
done.
The Łódź seminar was an excellent opportunity to develop
our ideas about the use of popular history magazines. As well
as the chance to get to see something of Łódź (which was
really interesting), it was great to get the chance to talk to
teachers from other countries who face the same teaching
challenges. In England, teachers get very little opportunity to
meet up with colleagues form other schools, so this was a
rare treat, not least because we were able to discuss the dif-
ferences in history teaching across the countries involved.
The chance to compare accounts of the causes of World War
One from different European countries, as represented in
popular history magazines, is particularly valuable, given the
centenary of this event next year. We should add that the
project is an excellent example of the potential of such Euro-
pean collaborations to improve educational outcomes. We
also feel that we met a lot of very nice people.
Hellesdon High School (England)