On this educational platform, we offer a variety of research-based resources for educators to integrate into their practice. These resources include films, audio-visual articles, expert interviews, 360°-tours, as well as online courses.
We have curated relevant cases developed with regional expertise for further exploration. All materials are freely accessible to users and grounded in both research-based and regional insights.
Dr. Faten Mbarek discusses how education can be improved and carried out through the use of film.
Resources for Educators
Pedagogical Framework
The material presented on our learning platform both applies and promotes diverse strategies to help educators effectively engage with topics like diversity, inclusion, and social justice.
Narrative Approach:
This approach is applied as an additional tool for analysis in research seminars and training modules in the ICHR project. It aims to explore how narratives shape both national and group identities, including one’s own and others, current and historical narratives. Narrative competence involves analyzing and deconstructing these narratives, asking questions such as how they are created, who creates them, and who they are intended for.
This process lays the foundation for reconstructing narratives, empowering religious minorities to challenge majority perceptions, and facilitating the integration of minority traditions into the national narrative. Furthermore, the narrative approach is presented as a tool for critical analysis of storytelling through the use of films in education.
Human Rights-Based Approach:
Our research-based content builds upon principles of equal human dignity and equal human rights for all individuals, regardless of differences in gender, religion or other identity factors. This approach encourages learners to reflect upon the implementation of these universal rights and principles in their communities, not least related to non-discrimination and majority/minority relations.
Comparative Approach:
Our resources are available for educators and learners to explore the conditions of religious and ethnic minorities in different parts of the world, focusing on conflict-ridden societies in selected ODA countries. By using our materials in a comparative way, learners can identify patterns and differences that may help their understanding of majority/minority relations in their context.
Interdisciplinary Approach:
Approaching a topic from different disciplinary perspectives enhances a deeper understanding of the underlying patterns and challenges. This also applies to education about human rights and inclusive citizenship. For instance, exploring a country’s religious diversity may be integrated into various subjects, such as history, social science, music, art, and religious studies.
Video: Professor Claudia Lenz on the use of narrative approach.
Open Access Courses:
Digital Courses for Educators: Nuances of Inclusive Citizenship
Strengthen your expertise with our free courses on religious diversity, exploring identity dynamics, including majority-minority relationships, and conflicts leading to mass atrocities.
Course 1: Religious Diversity & Dialogue
Course 2: National Identity and Citizenship (UPCOMING)
Course 3: Genocide & Mass Atrocities (UPCOMING)
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