Contested Narratives and Controversial Issues in Citizenship Education

The project ConCitizen explores how contested narratives and controversial issues is included - or not included - in the subjects history, religious studies and civics.
ConCitizen aims to develop new didactic methodologies in school subjects that are especially prone to controversial issues and contested narrative. The basic approach is to address these issues, not by ignoring disagreements and positions, but through a deeper understanding of contested narratives in diverse societies and a practical training in communities of disagreement.
The partners will cooperate in a combination of investigative mapping and didactic experimenting across the participating institutions.
Projektet is funded by the European Union. It is a collaboration between five institutions:
Adyan, Lebanon
Cyprus Open University, Cyprus
Queen's University, Northern Ireland
OsloMET, Norway
University College Copenhagen, Denmark
University College Copenhagen is lead on the project.

ConCitizen projektet undersøger hvordan konkurrerende narrativer og kontroversielle emner inkluderes - eller ekskluderes - i undervisning i historie, religion og samfundsfag. ConCitizens formål er at udvikle nye didaktiske tilgange, der understøtter lærere i at arbejde med kontroversielle emner og konkurrerende narrativer i undervisningen så de giver en større forståelse for forskellige positioner i samfund præget af diversitet

The project have five results:
1. National and transnationale concept mappings on contested narratives and controversial issues + Curriculum mappings
2. Semi structured interviews with schoolteachers on contested narratives and controversial issues
3. Teaching tutorials for students teachers + pedagogical models for teaching contested narratives and controversial issues
4. Virtual exchanges with BA/Master students and co-creating development of a Virtual exchange format for student teacher classes
5. A textbook on contested narratives and controversial issues for student teachers containing theoretical perspectives, pedagogical methodologies and examples of contested narratives and controversial issues from different national contexts.