{"id":11,"date":"2018-01-26T13:48:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T13:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/vssuws\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:25:52","slug":"dr-paula-cowan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/vssuws\/meet-the-team\/dr-paula-cowan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Paula Cowan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paula is a Reader in Education at the School of Education, University\u00a0of the West of Scotland, and Director of Vision Schools Scotland. Originally\u00a0a primary teacher, Paula has engaged in Holocaust educational research\u00a0for more than twenty years. This has involved her writing teaching resources\u00a0for Scottish primary and secondary teachers to support their teaching of\u00a0the Holocaust and Citizenship, collaborations with the Anne Frank Trust UK,\u00a0the Holocaust Educational Trust, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and the\u00a0National Holocaust Centre and Museum, and delivery of CPD in Holocaust\u00a0education to local authorities.<\/p>\n

Paula is a former trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and currently a\u00a0UK delegate on the International Holocaust Research Alliance where she is co-chair of the committee, responsible for refreshing the IHRA recommendations about T & L about the Holocaust which will be available in 2025.<\/p>\n

Publications (last 4 years)<\/p>\n

\u25fe Szjenmann, C.C., Cowan, P. & Griffiths, J. (eds.) (2018). A Primary or Secondary Concern: Holocaust Education in Schools in the 21st Century.<\/span> London, Palgrave MacMillan.<\/p>\n

\u25fe Cowan, P. and Maitles, H. (2017) Understanding and Teaching Holocaust Education<\/span>. London, Sage<\/p>\n

\u25fe Cowan, P. (2015) Reconceptualising the Holocaust and Holocaust education in countries that escaped Nazi occupation: A Scottish perspective<\/span>. In E.D. Stevick, E.D. & D. L. Michaels, D. (eds.) Holocaust Education: Promise, Practice, Power and Potential, London, Routledge, pp. 167-179.<\/p>\n

\u25fe Cowan, P. (2015) A Selective Annotated Guide to Holocaust Websites<\/span>, Prism 7, pp.96-101.<\/p>\n

\u25fe Cowan, P. and Maitles, H. (2015) Holocaust Education in Scotland: Taking the Lead or Falling Behind?<\/span> In Z. Gross and E.D. Stevick, (eds.) As the Witnesses Fall Silent: 21st Century Holocaust Education in Curriculum Policy and Practice, Springer, pp. 439-452.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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