‘We need to know what happened in Europe in order to understand the Europe of today’

Despite the importance of history teaching to understand our past and present, Matjaž Gruden, director of democratic participation at the Observatory for History Teaching in Europe, worries that it is falling down the list of priorities in education across Europe.

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It is a truism that we need to know our past in order to understand our present. For that, the way that Europe teaches its history is vital. But there are worrying signs that it is being neglected, says Matjaž Gruden, Director of Democratic Participation of the Council of Europe. [EPA-EFE/MATTEO BAZZI]

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This article is part of our special report The importance of teaching Europe’s past.

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