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Does addressing prejudice and discrimination through Holocaust education produce better citizens?

Author(s): Cowan, Paula; Maitles, Henry

Date: 2007

Topics: Holocaust Education, Citizenship, Curriculum, Evaluation, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Longitudinal Studies, Schools: Primary / Elementary, Schools: Non-Jewish

Abstract: Previous research on teaching the Holocaust, primarily case studies in either the primary or the secondary sectors, suggests that Holocaust education can contribute to pupils' citizenship values in a positive way. Yet, in common with other initiatives, this evidence focuses exclusively on the short term impact of Holocaust education. Our ongoing longitudinal research is concerned with both the immediate and longer term effects of Holocaust education on pupils' values and attitudes. Initially focused on primary pupils aged 11–12 years, it has followed them into the first year of secondary to examine whether the general improvements in attitudes found in the first stage of the research has been maintained. Further, we are able to compare their attitudes with pupils in their year who did not study the Holocaust in their primary schools. This article draws conclusions from this study.

‘We saw inhumanity close up’. What is gained by school students from Scotland visiting Auschwitz?

Author(s): Cowan, Paula; Maitles, Henry

Date: 2011

Topics: Holocaust Education, Educational Tours, Curriculum, Citizenship, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Schools: Non-Jewish

Abstract: As the education for citizenship agenda continues to impact on schools in the UK and with the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) in conjunction with the Scottish Government introducing its Lessons From Auschwitz (LFA) project for students and teachers in Scotland, this article focuses on the Scottish context and investigates the school processes by which students are chosen to participate in the LFA project, the impact the LFA project has on student personal growth, and the range of follow‐up activities in their schools and communities. The methodology employed online questionnaires and face‐to‐face interviews which were designed to ascertain student perceptions of the LFA project and the impact that this project had on student participants, their schools, and their communities. Findings demonstrate that the student cohort were highly academic students who took their responsibilities on return to their schools very seriously and organized a wide range of events, both in their schools and in their communities. There was clear evidence that the LFA project had led to extra teaching and awareness of the Holocaust, racism, and human rights; and that students’ citizenship values had been enhanced.

Never Again! Does Holocaust Education Have An Effect On Pupils' Citizenship Values And Attitudes

Author(s): Maitles, Henry; Cowan, Paula; Butler, Eamonn

Date: 2006

Topics: Holocaust Education, Evaluation, Citizenship, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Schools: Non-Jewish, Schools: Primary / Elementary, Schools: Seconday / High Schools

Abstract: Research aiming to examine whether teaching the Holocaust, in the upper primary, either as part of a study on World War 2 or as a topic on its own, has an impact, both immediate and longer term, on pupils' citizenship values and attitudes, and particularly those values and attitudes relating to various minority or disadvantaged groups in Scotland.

Holocaust Education in Scotland: Taking the Lead or Falling Behind?

Author(s): Cowan, Paula; Maitles, Henry

Editor(s): Gross, Zehavit; Stevick, E. Doyle

Date: 2015

Topics: Holocaust Education, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial