Call for joint training session from 04/10/2021 till 08/10/2021

Dear colleagues/students/teachers,

We are thrilled to invite you to our joint training for the teachers of the network universities on teaching sensitive issues which will be held online from 04/10/2021 till 08/10/2021.

The event will be composed of various workshops conducted by academic lecturers from the University of Tartu, Central European University, Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Hradec Králové. Topics of these workshops vary from teaching about Islam, gender or migration and more.

One of the workshops will be held by our special guests – Maria Deldén, PhD, and Gull Törnegren, PhD, from the Dalarna University, Sweden. They will focus on strategies for leading classroom discussions on controversial and sensitive topics. They will also present the roles that the teachers could and should take in these situations and introduce an ideal conversation model.

Workshops agenda is following:

Monday, 4.10.2021

• 16.35- 18.10 (CET) Social work with foreigners – how to perceive migration and migrants how to talk about it?. Facilitator: JUDr. et Mgr. Filip Rigel, PhD – Hradec Králové University. Language: Czech

Tuesday, 5.10.2021

• 10.00-12.00 (CET) Inclusice classrooms and inclusive pegagogy. Facilitator: Jekatyerina Dunajeva, PhD – Central European University. Language: English
• 13.00-15.30 (CET) Teaching about radicalisation. Facilitator: Heidi Maiberg – University of Tartu. Language: English

Wednesday, 6.10.2021

• 8.30-11.30 (CET) Teaching sensitive issues – strategies for leading classroom discussions. Facilitators: Maria Deldén, PhD & Gull Törnegren, ThD – Dalarna University. Language: English
• 12.25-14.00 (CET) Multicultural education – teaching activities. Facilitator: Mgr. Vanda Vaníčková, PhD – Hradec Králové University. Language: Czech
• 14.30-16.00 (CET) Teaching about islam. Facilitator: Elo Süld, PhD – University of Tartu. Language: Estonian

Thursday, 7.10.2021

• 14.00-15.30 (CET) Quick judgement vs reasoning. How does morality work?. Facilitator: Dr hab. Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska -Warsaw School of Economics. Language: English
• 16.00-18.00 (CET) Teaching sensitive topics in sensitive times. Facilitator: Urszula Markowska-Manista, PhD – University of Warsaw. Language: English

Friday, 8.10.2021

• 9.30-12.00 (CET) Teaching about gender issues in contemporary world. Facilitator: Heidi Maiberg – University of Tartu. Language: English

Please, make a registration for the event here. ZOOM links will be shared with you before 04/10/2021.