InSite CPD Programme
 
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Imre Nagy Memorial, Budapest
InSite: 20th century conflicts for 21st century learning

Applications for InSite 2008 have now closed. You can register for updates and to be kept updated about our 2009 programme through our quick and simple Keep Me Informed section, or by clicking here.

InSite is an inspiring and all-expenses-paid immersive learning programme for teachers, museum educators and education professionals.

The InSite Immersive Learning Programme is a unique continuing professional development opportunity aimed at teachers, museum educators and other education professionals who want to increase their knowledge of twentieth century conflict and commemoration, and their confidence in teaching and learning outside the classroom. 

InSite includes:

  • Nuremberg Dinner
    All expenses paid trips to Germany and the Czech Republic and Hungary.
  • Preparatory and follow-up visits to branches of the Imperial War Museum (most likely London.)
  • The opportunity to network with other educational professionals from a variety of backgrounds.
  • Workshop sessions with Museum staff.
  • Question and answer sessions with eyewitnesses.
  • The opportunity to produce an innovative learning project linked to your own profession.

To read what participants in our 2007 Pilot Programme had to say about their experiences, please click here.

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The InSite Programme aims to:
  • Build confidence for teachers in leading successful, focussed and outcome led educational trips using museums, historic sites and their collections.
  • Increase subject knowledge of the impact of conflict in the twentieth century with particular emphasis on post-1945 events and the Cold War.
  • Build awareness of the issues inherent in teaching controversial and sensitive subjects and confidence in the delivery of these subjects.
  • Provide training in risk assessment, health and safety, itinerary planning and other practical issues arising from leading educational trips.
  • Increase motivation for leading educational trips.
  • Train people to act as advocates for learning outside the classroom within their own area.
  • Facilitate mutual learning exchanges between teachers and other educators, particularly those working in museums, libraries and archives.

For more information about the themes of the programme, please click here

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