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ABOUT US

The organising team

We are seven Year 3 and 4 students from the NHL Stenden University, studying International Teacher Education for primary schools (ITEps).

All of us are very enthusiastic and excited about the conference and hope that we have created a safe place to talk about human rights and citizenship education in a global context.

These are our goals for the conference:

For attendees both inside and outside of the educational context to gain a deeper understanding of Human Rights and citizenship, and how these two major ideas are interconnected.
For future educators to gain resources and reflect on how they can implement Human Rights education in their classroom.
To have space where attendees can share and exchange their knowledge, perspectives and opinions related to human rights and citizenship.
To create and synthesize tools/activities/materials that can be used in the education of Human Rights and citizenship in the classroom.
To emphasize the importance of future educators to teach children about their rights and ways to defend them.
Encourage critical thinking about paradoxical situations related to human rights/citizenship and differences in culture, religion and norms of countries.

Marie Xhauflair

"With our world and society in crisis mode with issues related to the environment or breaches to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is important that teachers have the knowledge to step up to inform and discuss with their students about these problems. Hence, I wanted to be a part of the student organizing team of the conference Educating For Tomorrow to provide a safe space for the community to share their perspectives and exchange ideas for how teachers can approach these delicate situations and have the expertise and resources to do so in the future."

Marie Meyer

"As an educator I believe you create a community with your students in which each individual is a valued member. But how do social interactions need to be shaped, how diversity welcomed and how decision-making be designed to achieve this goal? When humans come together, these questions and many more are raised – a challenge leading to the core values we deem important. In line with Ubuntu philosophy, I think all human beings are connected, even stronger, that only through others can I experience my own humanity. It is only natural then, to support the idea of universal Human Rights deeply rooted in my professional identity as a teacher.

Why the conference?

Connect – inspire respectful discourse
Explore – shed light on the challenges of teaching internationally
Create – collaborate to design teaching tools
Reflect – on ethical responsibilities of the teaching profession"

Seraina Hollinger

"I’m delighted to be part of the organising team and I hope to contribute to an event that aims at bringing students and teachers together to talk about a fundamental concept, explore definitions, meanings, consequences and boundaries, all in the light of education, hopefully having a positive impact on the future. This vision was strongly influenced by my experience in class during the elective Intercultural Understanding and Religion, where we had discussions that caused a lot of reevaluation of pre-existing opinions and significantly broadened my horizon. I hope this conference can cause its participants to experience something equally valuable."

Lena Lange

"The moment I heard about the opportunity of having this Human Rights Conference at our own campus in Meppel, I knew I had to be part of the student team organising it. I truly hope that the conference will equip every participant with the knowledge and the tools to incorporate Human Rights Education into our everyday teaching. For I believe that Human Rights should be taught as so much more than one ‘special themed week’, in my opinion being a teacher implies the crucial responsibility of allowing all students to explore the meaning human rights have to them, to examine how human rights relate to their own lives and the lives of their fellow human beings and finally, to use them as powerful instruments to change the world and hold governments accountable. That’s why I can’t wait for this one week in November, where a huge community of students, lecturers, educators, activists and enthusiastic learners will come together, united by their passion for human rights, to exchange their views, engage in interactive workshops and discussions, and learn next to and from each other."

Marit Pfrommer

"I joined the EFT Team because I think this conference is going to be very meaningful for us as international teachers. There is so much to learn about Human Rights and the application of Human Rights in the classroom. The most exciting thing about this conference is that participants will learn so much about Human Rights and will create tools that will help them apply Human Rights in the classroom. I am glad to be a part of something so valuable!"

Hannah Cool

"My reason for being involved in the conference is focussed on providing everyone at Iteps with a platform to share opinions and ideas. We have such a rich environment here, but it can be difficult to organise that exchange of knowledge between the different years or with people that are not part of the iteps community. I am excited to have everyone focussed on discussing the same topics and helping them create materials to work with in a classroom. I cannot wait to see what everyone will come up with and hopefully we will be able to get something started that will last longer than the conference week."

Lea Husung

"Being able to plan this conference with a group of students gives us many opportunities to direct our own learning and get into contact with professionals from inside and outside of the educational context. Taking the responsibility for the planning, increases our knowledge about aspects such as logistics, budget and communication. Besides learning to become a teacher, we can expand our repertoire on being part of a professional collaborative environment. I can say that all of us are grateful to have such an incredible opportunity as we can, with the supports of our teachers and peers, create an educational event which will benefit a variety of people."

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