Diverse Classrooms--Opportunities and Challenges

Overview & Synopsis

In April 2009, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam invited more than 30 experts in the field of Holocaust education from a dozen countries for a three-day seminar to share their thoughts and experiences to provide insight into the kinds of opportunities and challenges educators might face in the future when teaching about the Holocaust in diverse classrooms and other diverse contexts. This article presents a number of questions which highlighted the discussion of new successful ways of teaching the Holocaust. In the authors' opinion, the themes highlighted in this supplemental issue of "Intercultural Education" will help educational professionals in the fields of, for instance, Holocaust education, human rights education, citizenship education and intercultural/multicultural education gain insight into how teaching about the Holocaust and related issues can help them to see how their disciplines are interconnected.