Neue Heimat Israel

Core features of the practice


  • Organisation:

    Institution name: erinnern.at
    Institution type: Institute for Holocaust Education of the Austrian ministry for education
    Institution URL: http://www.erinnern.at
  • Format:

    Workshop, Instructional material
  • Target population:

    Students, Young people, General public/non-specialist audience
  • Cost (per practice):

    Free
  • Setting:

    No specific setting required
  • Themes:

    Remembrance education and/or history education, Citizenship/democracy education, Antisemitism, The Holocaust and/or other genocides, Media literacy
  • Core activities:

    Group work, Group discussion, Written activity, Film viewing, Image analysis

Additional information about the practice


    Target population

  • Number of participants:

    Up to 34
  • Age of target population:

    16-18
  • Additional specifics:

    National/local specifities (e.g. activity targeted to Swedish school students)

    • Components of the practice

  • Topics and objectives:

    The focus of "Neue Heimat Israel" and the didactic considerations are the narratives of people who have experienced traumatic cuts in their lives. The memories of eyewitnesses and contemporary witnesses convey how historical events have affected their lives, how they have dealt with them personally and what interpretations they give to the past from the present perspective.
  • Materials used:

    Audiovisual material, Online material
    Link to the material:
    1. http://www.neue-heimat-israel.at/
  • Material produced:

    Written material, Online material
  • Sequence of activities - methodology:

    The core of the learning modules focuses on attentive and accurate listening and observing to promote empathetic understanding. The pupils should not only be able to deal with the issue of remembrance, but also get the opportunity to reflect on the feelings that the stories might trigger. Therefore, the sensitization of processes of self-perception and foreign perception is given wide space. The interview excerpts can be viewed via two possible approaches: 1) Video portraits of eyewitnesses (biographical approach): These are short and concise depictions of the life of a human being. For this purpose, the interview sequences were enriched with photos and recordings of the interviews in Israel. The employment with one (or more) video portraits is recommended as an introduction to the work with the interviews. 2) Thematic videos: These are not intended as independent short films, but are related to the learning modules. Based on remembered, narrated and videotaped life stories, the students deal with seven topics that do not reduce people to a victim status but present them in their diversity and as creators of their own history.
  • Length of activity:

    More than 15 hours
  • Is the activity digital?:

    Yes: http://www.neue-heimat-israel.at/home

    • Accessibility and replicability

  • Language(s) in which activity can be delivered:

    German
  • Is specialist knowledge or professional training required?:

    No

Qualitative Details


  • Has this practice been evaluated?

    Yes
    • How many times?:

    10
  • By whom?:

    Participants, Informal non-participant observer, Instructor delivering the practice, Internal evaluator, Formal external evaluator
  • By what means?:

    Informal verbal feedback, Formal verbal feedback
  • Core content knowledge and transferable skills:

    The core of the learning modules focuses on attentive and accurate listening and observing in order to promote empathetic understanding. The pupils should not only be able to deal with the issue of remembrance, but should also to get the opportunity to reflect on the feelings that the stories might trigger.
  • Indicators of success:

    Since the memories and subjective experiences are of much greater importance than the presentation of facts, the context of the interview, the narrative itself, its language as well as facial expressions and gestures must be addressed. Here, on the part of the students irritations are not only allowed, but even wanted. Especially the sometimes visible discrepancy between the experience and the narrated can contribute to the fact that students acquire the competence to deal with the format "contemporary witness interview".
  • Educational coordinator contact details:

    Name: Maria Ecker-Angerer
    Email address: Maria.Ecker@erinnern.at

Scalability

The RETHINK project is concerned with bridging formal and informal education. This section explores the factors that make a practice adaptable.


  • Key factors for successful implementation:

    Materials needed
  • Main challenges to teachers adapting this practice for their students:

    None.
  • Availability of guidance/training/replication materials (and in what language/format currently):

    Yes. Seminars can be booked. For more information see http://www.neue-heimat-israel.at/seminare
  • Other comments or details:

    X