Working in schools and training teachers

Teachers see digital media literacy skills as fundamental to their students’ learning. We train classrooms of students as well as cohorts of teachers to consider information with a critical eye, regardless of subject area.

Our interactive, award-winning classroom workshops for children aged 10-15 unlock young people’s innate understanding and curiosity about the fast-changing online worlds they inhabit, sharpening their ability to evaluate and navigate wisely.

We aim to reach the broadest range of schools and offer our services to classrooms free of charge.In-person classroom visits are available in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland and Switzerland in multiple languages. Online, our sessions are available internationally.

Training for teachers, teacher-trainers and school managers is hands-on, inclusive and run by journalists, offering discussion and follow-up resources.

All sessions are led by professional journalists whom Lie Detectors has individually selected and trained to ensure consistent quality, transparency, ethical standards and skill transfer.

We have trained 2,000 teachers internationally and worked with more than 135,000 children in 7,000 classrooms in Europe.


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Hosts

92%

teachers recommend Lie Detectors

77%

teachers will use new skills in own classroom settings

Hosts

92%

teachers recommend Lie Detectors

77%

teachers will use new skills in own classroom settings

  • "I investigated and investigated until I found the answer. It was really cool."

    11-year-old pupil
    Carl-Humann School, Berlin

  • "We're just planting little seeds in their heads: check it out, trust yourself."

    Wilfried Rütten
    Former Director of the European Journalism Centre

  • "Can you come back next week?"

    6th grade pupil
    European School of Brussels, Belgium

  • "Lie Detectors is a powerful answer to disinformation."

    Mariya Gabriel
    Former European Commissioner for Education and Youth

  • "Everybody needs the tools to be a journalist"

    Andreas Schleicher
    OECD Director of Skills and Education

  • "I felt really uplifted, like we can really make a difference out there."

    Anna Mulrine
    CorrespondentThe Christian Science Monitor

  • "Our pupils are hooked. The interest among us teachers is gigantic. We'll ask you back next year."

    Patrick Brauweiler
    High school teacher

  • "This is one of the most meaningful and important projects I have been involved in during my school career!"

    Regine Brand-Schmidtlein , Middle school teacher, Cologne

  • "The task of readers is to triangulate, evaluate and build knowledge. Our capacity to navigate ambiguity with a reliable compass has become the key."

    Andreas Schleicher, OECD director of education and skills

  • "When I grow up I want to be a journalist (or a dancer)."

    11-year-old , Belgium

  • I particularly liked the open, respectful and humorous approach with the pupils. You could see that they immediately felt at ease and took part in the lessons with confidence and interest.

    Claudia Pöhlmann, middle school teacher, Vienna, Austria, April 2024

  • I think the project is just fantastic and I am very grateful that it is possible to do this project every school year in all year 6 classes. We have already integrated this at our school.

    Kathrin Barth, middle school teacher, Sulzbach/Saar, Germany, April 2024 

  • I teach this subject in my classes, and a visit from a journalist reinforces what we've already learned in school, and makes us realize that not all the information around us can be trusted, through a voice other than my own (that of a teacher).

    Marie Bostyn, high school teacher, Brussels, Belgium, March 2024

  • Children are confronted with a lot of information, so it's important that they develop strategies for sorting out true and false information. It's also a great way to start developing critical thinking skills.

    Vlora Misini, primary school teacher, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2024

  • One of the best training courses I was privileged to attend, I'm now almost 60, so I've already got quite a few under my belt

    Teacher from Kirchberg an der Pielach, Austria

  • It was fun and it was nice that the profession of journalism was explained, as I am still unsure which direction I would like to go. It was very inspiring, thank you 😊

    13-year-old, Cologne, Germany,  April 2024

  • Thank you for your visit. I hope you had as good time as I did, thank you for reminding me of the important things, and also for the two Polish classes that we’ve missed because of the visit. I hope you will travel to many more interesting places, and I wish you all the best.

    11 years old, Warsaw, March 2024

  • Today I had a parent-teacher meeting and parents said that the pupils came back impressed with the classes. Both children and parents were delighted with the workshops.

    Maria Kowalewska, teacher, Warsaw, Poland, June 2024

  • I was surprised that the fake news could look so realistic.

    Teenage student Akademisches Gymnasium Linz, Linz Österreich

Student feedback

Frequently Asked Questions: All you need to know about our work in classrooms and trainig teachers

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Our approach

  • An interactive approach allowing schoolchildren to raise and explore their own concerns

  • Small groups to maximise engagement by children and teachers

  • Playful and politically neutral approach to ensure inclusivity

  • Age-appropriate material and empowerment with relevant tools

  • Materials that work at all levels of digital connectedness and that teachers can re-use

  • Collection of feedback from teachers and schoolchildren

  • Follow-up material and training where required

  • Planning is tailored to address individual scheduling needs

  • Lie Detectors is committed to reliably providing classroom visits that are non-political, honest, measured and respectful so every child and teacher may feel included and safe. See our ethical guidelines here.