Author Archives: Gerard de Kruif
Philosophy with children
Some time ago I found this on Facebook. Though philosophy with children in schools is already existing for a longer time, this FB page is highly recommended – but will…
ESD and me
Over the last few years the Learning Teacher network has started to focus on E(ducation for) S(ustainable) D(evelopment) through playing a key role when it comes to UNESCO actions. In…
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Of late I read in my national newspaper an interview with a 9 year old schoolgirl. She mentioned that it was so relaxing when her teacher started to play classical…
REMINDER
The last magazine of the year 2017 With this edition, we have been wrapping up the production of publications for the year 2017. If you would like to continue your…
Teachers and the Nobel prices
On Sunday, December 10th, 2017 the Nobel prizes were distributed. The chair of the Committee mentioned during his opening speech the start of a new initiative regarding teachers: the Nobel…
(Near-) accidents around the school
Rob knocked loudly on my classroom window and shouted ” Again, a near-accident in front of the school. I believe it is Debbie from your group!!” Many teachers will have…
Are you proud of your teacher education?
Looking for the proud teacher and her/his education on the internet I only found: students proud of their teacher, teachers proud of their students, teachers proud of themselves, how to…
New report on Initial Teacher Education
The EU has just launched a new document that looks at the role of ITT in tackling the challenges in Diversity across the EU. It provides some excellent insights into…
LIKE
“I hate my teacher”. “She is a cow”. “She sucks” “Everyone hates her”. . “Everyone wants her to die”. And so on…. It is remarkable that on the internet we find…
Testing pre-school children?
Important Australian research at the university of Queensland (October 2017) is showing that practicing all kind of skills in the pre-school age (4-7) is absolutely worth spending time on as…