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Objectives

General Goal:
Empower secondary school teachers to implement decolonizing methodologies and build inclusive classroom environments in collaboration with diversity and decolonization experts

Specific Objectives (SOs):

  • SO1: Promote curriculum decolonization in secondary education.
  • SO2: Professionalize teachers by developing inclusive competences via decolonial approaches.
  • SO3: Enable teachers to implement inclusive decolonizing practices in class.
  • SO4: Encourage cross-curricular, cross-sectoral, and cross-national exchanges to diversify educational experiences.

Activities

  • Engaging & Un‑learning
     Training workshops (online and in-person) for teachers based on literature review and teacher-identified needs. Includes creation of a toolkit and online decolonial library.
  • Acting & Reacting
     International teacher teams co-create lesson plans under expert mentorship. These plans will be piloted and assessed in classrooms.
  • Restoring & Regenerating
     Large-scale, in-person conference in Brussels bringing together stakeholders committed to curriculum transformation.
  • Representation & Narration
     Broader dissemination strategy spotlighting historical biases in curricula and sharing effective countermeasures.

 

Concrete Deliverables Include:

  • A publicly accessible Decolonial Library.
  • An Un‑learning Online Training course for secondary teachers.
  • Practical guidelines for classroom implementation of decolonial methods.
  • A selection of Decolonized Lesson Plans addressing Eurocentrism across subjects.
  • A pan‑European conference on school decolonization efforts.

Timeline & Partners

Project Duration: December 1, 2024 – September 1, 2027

Target Audience: Secondary school teachers and marginalized communities.