Children studying in a clandestine school in the Kovno ghetto, Lithuania. USHMM, courtesy of Eliezer Zilberis 
A priest and several nuns pose with a group of children at a Franciscan convent school in Lomna, Poland where Jewish children were hidden during the German occupation. USHMM, courtesy of Lidia Kleinman Siciarz 
German passport for Hilde Schindler with the given middle name of Sara and stamped with J for Jude (Jew) Courtesy of the Jewish Museum London
Jewish children at the children’s home in Izieu, France. Soon afterwards they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and murdered. Copyright © Yad Vashem 
Identity cards like this one were issued to all children who came to Britain with the 'Kindertransport', the organised groups of Jewish refugees who escaped from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938-9 Courtesy of the Jewish Museum London
Bringing research and scholarship into the classroom
The Holocaust Education Development Programme (HEDP) is part of the world-renowned Institute of Education, University of London, the United Kingdom's foremost institution for educational practice, theory and policy. The HEDP seeks to transform teaching and learning about the Holocaust. It is leading world-class research on Holocaust education, delivering free professional development for teachers across England, providing high-quality and effective teaching and learning resources and building an interactive community of enquiry and exchange.
Free Continuing Professional Development
The HEDP's free national CPD programme is delivered by internationally recognised experts through innovative workshops in every region across the country. Participating schools receive free high-quality teaching and learning materials and ongoing support.
Directly informed by teachers' experiences
In creating the CPD programme we listened carefully to teachers from across the country about their needs, challenges and experiences of teaching about the Holocaust to secondary school students.
Our groundbreaking research of over 2000 middle and secondary school teachers in England provided the first detailed national picture of Holocaust education in English secondary schools. It reveals that teaching about the Holocaust is seen as important and rewarding, but also immensely challenging and complex. Teachers identified a need for more CPD and high quality teaching and learning materials. Almost 80% said they would attend a full day workshop on teaching the Holocaust to help them in this area.
CPD: research into practice
Bringing the latest developments in learning theory, leading edge research and the most recent historical scholarship into the Holocaust into your classroom, the CPD addresses students’ key questions about the Holocaust and the challenges and opportunities faced by teachers exploring this subject. Effective, engaging, and age-appropriate resources have been created to support teaching and learning in your classroom.
The programme takes a historical, disciplinary approach but can also help you to address issues of diversity, social cohesion, and social and emotional aspects of learning.
To participate in a CPD programme in your area and sign-up for a specific course click here. Please note you must be a middle or secondary school teacher in England.
Acknowledgements
The Holocaust Education Development Programme (HEDP) is part of the Institute of Education (IOE), University of London and jointly funded by the Pears Foundation and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) with support from the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).