Official Opening

• Opening speech by Mrs Olympia STYLIANOU, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus

Introduction

• My story, Our stories: Getting to know each other and introducing each other to our education system with regards to history education by Dr Chara MAKRIYIANNI, Coordinator, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Ministry of Education and Culture
• Short presentations on each country’s history education aims and policy on the workshop theme by participants in alphabetical order by country, as follows:

1. Maler HELMUT - Austria
2. UladzislauBEIZERAU- Belarus
3. DanijelCUTURIC- Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. MilivojDRETAR- Croatia
5. Milvi MartinaPIIR- Estonia
6. MatthiasFECHNER- Germany
7. GeorgeKOULOURAS- Greece
8. MarcoMAGGI - Italy
9. EvelinaBALODE - Latvia
10. DalinaUBARTAITE VINGIENE -Lithuania
11. RaymondSPITERI- Malta
12. DzoanaPERKAJ- Montenegro
13. MiguelBARROS- Portugal
14. VesnaKOSTIC- Serbia

Presentation

• Children’s rights and the work on history education in Cyprus: community based initiatives for students of diverse backgrounds by Mrs Leda KOURSOUMBA, Commissioner for Children's

Sweet and food exhibition – Let’s taste! PHOTOS

Presentations & Workshops

• What does it mean to think historically? Promoting historical understanding in classrooms of mixed abilities and diverse backgrounds and developing channels of communication with the wider community by Dr Richard John HARRIS, Lecturer in History Education, University of Reading/Council of Europe representative

• History teaching and intergroup relations: the case of Cyprus by Dr Charis PSALTIS, Assistant Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus

• Τeaching and learning history to students of diverse backgrounds by Dr Eleni THEODOROU, Lecturer, Social Foundations of Education, The School of Arts & Education Sciences, European University Cyprus

• Curriculum theory and diverse classrooms: challenges for history education and 'A Look at our past' as an example of taking them up by Dr Stavroula PHILIPPOU, Lecturer of Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Education, University of Cyprus

• Developing ‘big pictures’ of the past by Loukas PERIKLEOUS, Special Teaching Fellow for History Education at the Department of Education, University of Cyprus

• Modern History of Cyprus in the making – Promoting historical understanding in classrooms of mixed abilities and developing channels of communication with the wider community through the lens of the pioneers of Cypriot Photojournalism by Christos ARGYROU, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute
• A look at the Chirokitia archaeological site: examining and reflecting http://www.khirokitia.org/english/neolithikos_oikismos.shtm

• Educational visit to Lefkara Primary and Secondary School: observing lessons and discussing with teachers and students

• An educational walk at the Lefkara village 
  
• Exploring the within-the-walls divided capital of Cyprus (A walk to get to know the neighborhood around the hotel: Ledra Street, the buildings along the Buffer zone, Ledra Palace, the Venetian Walls and the moat, with a stop at the Home for Cooperation) by Marios EPAMINONDAS, Office for European and International Affairs, Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus

Museum education programme

• Organised learning experience: an educational programme of the Ministry of Education and Culture by Kleo FLOURENTZOU & Georgia KARAVIOTOU, Museum Education, Ministry of Education and Culture
• Reflecting on the experience

Workshops

• Promoting effectiveness for all students in mixed ability history classrooms through differentiated Instruction by Dr Stavroula VALIANDE, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Ministry of Education and Culture

• Musical encounters: teaching history and exploring diversity through music by Dr Antonia FORARI, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Ministry of Education and Culture

PESTALOZZI Workshops Reflection  

• Ways forward : online publication with contributions from participants and trainers
• Evaluation Questionnaire
• Closing