The Roles and Limits of Teachers

Is the mission of teachers “merely” to teach their subject or also to actively contribute to the shaping of the personality of young people and their moral and civic outlook? Do teachers have the “right” to speak about topical social and political events? How should they communicate their views with fellow citizens and their pupils? Where is the border between, on one hand, efforts to orient students with regard to society and politics and to lead them to a critical perspective and, on the other, willful political agitation? These questions will be aired in an afternoon discussion organised by Ostrava’s PANT association, which runs the Moderní-Dějiny.cz (modern history) website, in cooperation with the Václav Havel Library and the NGO People in Need.