Euroclio: European Association of History Educators for a critical and transnational history didactics

Abstract

Euroclio, European association of History Educators is a 25 years old network that put together over 80 national associations from 50 countries, in Europe and worldwide. Euroclio is an association that stands for a critical vision, a multi-perspective approach and a didactic methodology of inclusive history teaching, focused on sources. It is an NGO, with an office in The Hague, founded by the Council of Europe and 14 national history teachers’ associations in the period immediately following the Berlin Wall fall. In all these years Euroclio run projects which, through the work of the staff, the participation of teachers and university professors and the collaboration of various professional figures, created teaching materials, courses and shared practices starting from operators’ experiences. The article presents the Euroclio activities trying to make available all the necessary information to follow its initiatives and participate in.