Institute of Education London

Holocaust Education Development Programme

Registration for CPD in Holocaust education 2012 is now open! For more information visit the HEDP website.

The IOE's Holocaust Education Programme was established in 2008 to develop and deliver a world class, research-informed, professional development programme for teachers in secondary schools throughout England. 
Made possible by the generous support of the Pears Foundation and the Department for Education (formerly DCSF), the Holocaust Education Programme has already established itself as the UK's leading centre for the study and development of teaching and learning about the Holocaust, and is the largest provider of teacher professional development in Holocaust education.

The Holocaust Education Programme is involved in a range of activities of national and international significance.  However, its principal focus is to provide a free two-day CPD programme for teachers across the country.

Informed by the Holocaust Education Programme 's national research report (based on responses from more than 2,000 teachers) the CPD is also underpinned by leading edge research and scholarship in Holocaust education.   The CPD addresses key questions raised by those who teach about this challenging and important subject:

• How can we move young people without traumatising them?

• How can we do justice to a complex history?

• How do we ensure that victims and perpetrators are not dehumanised?

• What are the limits of historical empathy?

• How do we engage students who do not take the Holocaust seriously?

• How can we relate our teaching about the Holocaust to understandings about other genocides?

The HEDP has already worked with thousands of teachers who are consistently impressed by the excellence of the programme and its relevance to classroom practice.    Teachers who teach about the Holocaust are, therefore, invited to sign up for this world-class programme. For further information and CPD registration please visit the HEDP website.