Education with memory value: school classes attend memorials!

Education with memory value: school classes attend memorials!

Education plays a central role in the education about historical and current conflicts. Simone Oldenburg, the President of the Conference of Ministers of Education (KMK), emphasizes how important memorial visits are for school classes. These visits offer a unique opportunity to express the horrors of war and wrongly closer to schoolchildren. Oldenburg emphasizes that the examination of German history, especially the time of National Socialism, is particularly essential to prevent further radicalization of youth and to raise awareness of tolerance and democracy. These activities are not only instructive, but also necessary at a time when extremism is very popular again. Many students: inside could be moved deeply from the experience in memorial sites and develop a new perspective on peace and justice. [SPIEGEL] (https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/simone-oldenburg-kmk-praesidentin-ueber-memorial visits to visits to-a-28adb74a 419e-4a8a-bb30-9d4b88f7) that it is necessary for schools to regularly on the curriculum integrate.

But the current events related to the Middle East conflict raise new questions. On October 7, 2023, Hamas started a large -scale attack on Israel, which led to a humanitarian crisis. Numerous civilians lost their lives in this attack, while many more have been involved in hostage. As a result of this violence, almost two million people in Gaza are now fleeing, and tens of thousands had to let their lives. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that it would wipe out the Hamas, which has the situation more escalating. The terre des Hommes and humanitarian organizations are concerned about the integrity of the civilian population and the violations of international law, which are committed by the Israeli military actions and the blockade of the Gaza Strip. ZDF explains that this escalation not only polarizes the Israeli society, but also led to mass protests against the government.

Education as a key to conflict processing

In the middle of these turbulent times, the educational landscape also offers support. Different educational institutions and actors: Inside, materials and formats provide students: to clarify students: inside the Middle East conflict. In school and extracurricular educational work, the topic of radicalization and extremism is countered. The offer ranges from teaching suggestions to digital materials to workshops for teachers. In this way, the Radicalization Prevention information service regularly provides information about current developments. The educational offers aim to both address anti -Semitism and to promote understanding between different cultures. [BPB] (https://www.bpb.de/themen/infodienst/543186/wie-ume-gemehost conflict-eine-Ueberlicht-fuer-fulen-und-bildungs/) emphasizes that it is important to incorporate young people into a dialogue on such complex topics in order to reduce prejudices.

Living formats such as comics from students: Inside or interactive quiz games invite you to deal with the realities of life in conflict regions. These approaches are crucial to form a generation of students: inside that can think critically and is ready to work for peace and understanding, regardless of the region of the world these conflicts take place.

It remains to be hoped that the educational measures not only contribute to clarification, but can also contribute to the conflict resolution. Because education has the potential to make knowledge and empathy and thus pave the way for a more peaceful future.