This chapter examines some of the challenges of unlearning anthropocentrism - i.e. the deep-seated cultural, psychological and enacted prejudices of human specialness - in nature-based early childhood education programs. We begin with a critical exploration of recent trends in environmental philosophy …

De lerarenopleiding voor lichamelijke opvoeding introduceert de studenten in de vakdidactiek van het bewegingsonderwijs. De vakdidactiek is een theoretisch hulpmiddel om praktische lesgeefvragen te beantwoorden. De aanleiding van dit onderzoek is de vraag of de Calovakdidactiek in voldoende mate aansluit …

Teacher beliefs have been shown to play a major role in shaping educational practice, especially in the area of grammar teaching―an area of language education that teachers have particularly strong views on. Traditional grammar education is regularly criticized for its focus on rules-of-thumb rather …

Jeannette Doornenbal voorzitter van de kennistafel PACT voor Kindcentra vertelt over de tussentijdse resultaten en het proces van de kennistafel

In autumn 2016, Malmö University started two “fast track” trajectories for teachers with refugee backgrounds. The participants were offered an education of 26 weeks as an introduction to the Swedish school system, consisting of content courses, professional Swedish and workplace learning. The aim of …

Workshops for students of the PABO.

It has been argued that teachers need practical principled knowledge and that design research can help develop such knowledge. What has been underestimated, however, is how to make such know-how and know-why useful for teachers. To illustrate how principled knowledge can be “practicalized”, we draw on …