Special Report on Sar el Wa2et
LAH member and Director at the Center for Lebanese Studies, Dr. Maha Shuayb talks about the Lebanese educational curricula in a special report on #MTVLebanon Sarelwa2et program with Elsy Moufarrej.
Special Report on “Sabah El Nour” program about the “Voices From the Past” exhibition at the American University in Beirut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi-01RfdykA
Article in “Al Modon Newspaper
بعد التغير العمراني الذي شهدته مدينة بيروت، وبعد أن سلخت الأبراج الشاهقة بحر المدينة عن قلبها، أطلقت اللجنة الوطنية اللبنانية لليونسكو و”مبادرة حسن الجوار” في الجامعة الأميركية وجامعة القديس يوسف والكلية العالية للأعمال، “أسبوع الصوت” الأول في بيروت. وهو يهدف إلى التركيز على أهمية الصوت في حياتنا اليومية وتأثيره الكبير على علاقة الناس بمحيطهم المديني،…
Megaphone Article by Dr. Maha Shuhayb about the educational system
انتفض طلاب المدارس اللبنانية في كلا القطاعين الرسمي والخاص، فتفوّقوا على أساتذتهم، وقدّموا درساً بليغاً في الوعي الوطني بعدما استولت السلطة بأحزابها على نقابات المعلمين/ات وجعلت منهم رهينة لقمة رزق أمّنتها من خلال سطوتها على الوظائف في القطاعين. ثمّ عاد الطلاب في الأسبوع الماضي ليحرقوا كتب المواد الاجتماعية المتحجّرة. امتعض بعض التربويّين من «قساوة» المشهد،…
The Suffering during Civil War through the People’s History
Rosette Fadel* On April 13 and 14, 2019 at the American University of Beirut, tenth grade students in eight public schools, in a closing exhibition for the oral history program titled «From Local History Toward Better Understanding of the Past», shed light on social stories based on real life events, personal experiences and impressions, and…
TEACHING AND LEARNING ABOUT LEBANESE CIVIL WARS: LEBANESE HTA STARTS ADDRESSING CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY
The History Curriculum in Lebanon has not been changed since 1970. Different parties have been unable to agree on how to tackle the Lebanese Civil War. The recently established Lebanese Association for History (LAH) took the initiative to start addressing the civil war by organising a seminar in Beirut from 18-19 June on “Teaching and…
Towards an approach to teaching history as a specialized discipline: the experience of the Lebanese Association for History
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Closing Ceremony for LAH’s “Developing History Teachers Capacity to Foster Historical Thinking” program
The closing ceremony for the “Developing History Teachers Capacity for Developing Historical Thinking” training program took place in November 30, 2015 at UNESCO palace in the presence of Dr. Nada Hassan, representative of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The program, which ran between October 2014 and September 2015, is an intensive training program…
LAH DEVELOPS HISTORY TEACHERS’ CAPACITY TO FOSTER HISTORICAL THINKING
The Lebanese Association for History launched a comprehensive Professional Development project“Developing History Teachers’ Capacity to Foster Historical Thinking” for the academic year 2014 – 2015. This training program offers an opportunity for a group of history teachers to benefit from an exhaustive training program. The program introduces a new approach to history pedagogy in Lebanon and proposes refocusing history…