Workshop with Lebanese University – Education Faculty
LAH was invited to address students at Lebanese University- Faculty of Education 1. The workshop, led by LAH President Nayla Hamadeh and LAH member and NDU Professor Dr. Bassel Akar, introduced new strategies in history education. We got beautiful Feedback from the students: this is how history becomes fun!This is how we build historical knowledge…
Third Workshop – From Oral History to a Better Understanding of the Past
How to conduct Oral History interviews? How to save and archive interviews? How to enhance students non-violent communication skills? How will we execute the oral history research projects to document the civil war local social history?This is what kept us busy during workshop 3 of the “From Oral History to a Better Understanding of the…
Enhancing the Skills of History Teachers in Lebanon – Workshop 2
The Lebanese Association for History (LAH), in cooperation with the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS), on 27-28 October 2018, held the second Workshop of the project “Enhancing the Skills of History Teachers in Lebanon”, in which the training team also participated in the Educational Center for Research and Development.The Workshop had a team of trainers…
“From Local History to a Wider Understanding of the Past” – Workshop 2
The Lebanese Association for History in partnership with Forum Civil Peace Service (ForumZFD) organized the second two-day workshop within the oral history project “From Local History to a Wider Understanding of the Past” with a group of secondary teachers from public high schools from Mount Lebanon. After conducting their own interviews with eyewitnesses who lived…
CLS and LAH take a historic first step to train teachers, influence policy and advance the curriculum.
The Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) at LAU and the Lebanese Association for History (LAH) are on a mission to transform how students in Lebanon learn history.According to CLS Director Dr. Maha Shuayb, the teaching of history in Lebanon has been “hijacked by politicians,” and the textbooks used by students across the country have not…
From Local History to a Wider Understanding of the Past
The first workshop was held with public high school teachers from Mount Lebanon in launching the oral history project entitled “From Local History to a Wider Understanding of the Past” organized by the Lebanese Association for History and the ForumZFD. The project aims at creating a clearer vision of the past, namely the civil war…
Closing Ceremony for “How to make our students young historians?” Program
Celebrating the closing ceremony for “How to make our students young historians?” program in collaboration with Center for Lebanese Studies and funded by the Dutch Embassy in Lebanon. This ceremony brings to an end, two-years filled with serious, commited, hard, and effecient work. Participanting teachers were also awarded with certifcates for successfully completing the 6…
Enhancing the skills of history teachers in Lebanon Program
The Lebanese Association for History, in cooperation with the Centre for Lebanese Studies, presented a four-day training workshop that was full of teamwork and fruitful interaction within the educational development program “Enhancing the Skills of History Teachers in Lebanon”.The program is considered as an intensive training program for a group of trainers accredited by the…