The profile for Partner-institution:
Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands (Hum. Association Germany)
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| Address: |
Wallstrasse 61-65, 10179 Berlin |
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Berlin |
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+49 30 61390460 |
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+49 30 61390452 |
| Email: |
lku@humanismus.de |
| Web: |
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| Studentages: |
18 - > |
Additional information:
Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands.
Bereich Lebenskunde/ Lehrerfortbildung(teacher training).
The Humanistic association is responsible for „Lebenskunde instruction”, an optional subject about ethical and social learning in Berlin schools. Humanistic education (Lebenskunde) is dedicated to teaching the values laid out in the UN’s declaration of human rights. Self-determination and responsibility towards other people are two basic topics of the subject.
The Humanistic association is also responsible for teacher training and organises studies at the TU (Technical University Berlin).
Migration as an essential topic:
A lack of education concerning migration and a lack of any personal contact with migrants have led to the development of racist and xenophobic attitudes amongst Berlin’s pupils. To combat this problem, the Humanistic Association has organised (in co-operation with the UNHCR) teacher training seminars and an information campaign about refugee children. Up to now migration has typically not been covered in the general curricula in Berlin’s school system. Lebenskunde can help fill this gap.
In Berlin, as in other cities in Europe, migrants are concentrated in particular districts, making the quota of migrant children in these schools very high. The lack of migration topics in these schools is clearly evident. Based on the Lebenskunde principle of developing lessons from the interests of pupils, we have started a new project (working title: “Filming and Expressing My Identity: Children’s Views of Their Own Migration History). By producing a video (interviews in the families, etc.), the pupils are encouraged to investigate their own migration history. This may help them to become aware of their identity, which often lies between two cultures. In exchange with German pupils this can help to support a process of mutual cultural understanding.
The "My world- your world" project, where we organize mutal visits between children who live in different cultural spheres is another important activity in this context.
Bernhard Stolz
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