We saw inhumanity close up: What is gained by school students from Scotland visiting Auschwitz?

As the education for citizenship agenda continues to impact on schools in the UK and with the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) in conjunction with the Scottish Government introducing its Lessons From Auschwitz (LFA) project for students and teachers in Scotland, this article focuses on the Scottish...

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Published in:Journal of curriculum studies 2011-01, Vol.43 (2), p.163-184
Main Authors: Cowan, Paula, Maitles, Henry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active Learning
Attitude Change
Auschwitz
Bildung
Citizenship
Citizenship Education
Community Relations
Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Crime
Curriculum development
Death
Denkmal
education
Ethnic Groups
European History
Evidence
Experiential Learning
Foreign Countries
Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
History Instruction
Holocaust
Holocaust studies
Jews
memorials
Outcomes of Education
Perceptions
Program Effectiveness
Scotland
Staatsbürgerschaft
Student Attitudes
Student Development
Students
Teachers
United Kingdom
War
World Views
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Summary:As the education for citizenship agenda continues to impact on schools in the UK and with the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) in conjunction with the Scottish Government introducing its Lessons From Auschwitz (LFA) project for students and teachers in Scotland, this article focuses on the Scottish context and investigates the school processes by which students are chosen to participate in the LFA project, the impact the LFA project has on student personal growth, and the range of follow-up activities in their schools and communities. The methodology employed online questionnaires and face-to-face interviews which were designed to ascertain student perceptions of the LFA project and the impact that this project had on student participants, their schools, and their communities. Findings demonstrate that the student cohort were highly academic students who took their responsibilities on return to their schools very seriously and organized a wide range of events, both in their schools and in their communities. There was clear evidence that the LFA project had led to extra teaching and awareness of the Holocaust, racism, and human rights; and that students' citizenship values had been enhanced.
ISSN:0022-0272
1366-5839
1366-5839
DOI:10.1080/00220272.2010.542831