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"Tkuma" Institute has experience in organization and conduction of educational events for school and university students, school teachers. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, regional institutes of advanced teacher training, "Tkuma" Institute organized special system of seminars for improvement of teachers' skills.
"Tkuma" Institute has unique experience in creating textbooks. School History textbooks created by "Tkuma" Institute won All-Ukrainian State Contests and were released in hundreds of thousands of copies.
"Tkuma" Institute effectively cooperates with regional office of Junior Academy of Sciences. On the base of "Tkuma" Institute winter and summer sessions of JAS are conducted. During this events school students have an opportunity to work with the Holocaust museum holdings, consult the Institute and Museum research associates and meet famous Ukrainian and foreign scholars.
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On March 25, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Institute of Advanced Teacher Training (DRIATT) held a regional exhibition-presentation "Pedagogical Achievements of Dnipropetrovsk Region Teachers – 2015". The event was attended by 987 educational institutions from 13 cities and 22 districts of Dnipropetrovsk region. The purpose of the event is distribution and introduction of innovative achievements of teachers of Dnipropetrovsk region.
Within the program meeting of heads of district and city methodical association of teachers of history and social sciences was held. At the invitation DRIATT Dr. Igor Shchupak, Director of "Tkuma" Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum "Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine", and Irina Piskariova, "Tkuma" Institute and Museum Head of Educational Programs, participated in the event.
Invited historians shared their experiences in the application of modern methods of teaching the lessons of history. In particular Igor Shchupak presented multimedia version of World History textbook for the 11th form pupils and caused a lively debate among educators. The participants noted that the current project is interesting for the younger generation.
Also Dr. Shchupak presented textbook "World History" for pupils of 7th form. Scientific and practical approach to learning the material suggests the reference to multiple historical versions. Such method of presentation teaches pupils to form their own opinions and establish logical connections between events and facts.
The meeting ended with informal communication with teachers, during which teachers find out more about introduction of multimedia educational programs and "Tkuma" Institute educational programs.
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On February 20-22, the Annual Open Tournament “Dnipro Open”, conducted by NGO “New Vision” since 2009, was held in Dnipropetrovsk. “Tkuma” Institute has been supporting debate tournament for pupils and students three years in a row, so the opening event traditionally took place at the “Menorah” Center in the “Sinai” concert hall. Here the first debate workshops and guided tours around Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” for tutors and debaters took place.
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On February 25, 2015 the seminar for History teachers of Lviv schools "Ukrainian Dimension and Relevance of Historical Material in Modern Textbooks" was conducted. During the event teachers discussed new textbook by Dr Igor Shchupak on the Middle Ages History for the pupils of the 7th form, as well as multimedia e-book "World history. World War II and the Holocaust". The presentation of "Tkuma" Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum "Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine" activities was held.
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On February 24, 2015 "Tkuma" Institute organized and conducted seminar for History teachers of Lviv regions "Ukrainian Dimension and Relevance of Historical Material in Modern Textbooks". The seminar was conducted within the framework of joint project of "Tkuma" Institute and Yad Vashem "Studying the World War II and the Holocaust History for Tolerant Society Formation". During the event teachers discussed new textbook by Igor Shchupak on Middle Ages History for the pupils of the 7th form and multimedia e-book "World History. World War II and the Holocaust".
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On February 6-7, the History faculty of the Dnipropetrovsk National University conducted the second stage of the Ukrainian Competition and Defense of the Research Works of the Students-Members of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. This year “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust became a partner of this competition.
Dr. Igor Shchupak, Institute Director, and Denis Shatalov, Institute Research Associate, became the members of Expert Committee and participated in the defense in the sections “History of Ukraine” and “Local History Studies”.
In his speech, Dr. Shchupak emphasized the need of studying the tragic events of the 20th century as the basis for formation of tolerance in the society. The Institute Director told students and their curators about the prospects of cooperation between young researchers and “Tkuma” Institute, including the possibility of taking part in national and international seminars and competitions. In addition, “Tkuma” Institute plans to publish the collection of the best works.
Read more: Holocaust Researches Presented at the Small Academy of Sciences