Many find it important that schools contribute to the citizenship of students. In the Netherlands, schools have a statutory obligation to do so. Yet many schools and teachers find it difficult to develop meaningful citizenship education. On the basis of a literature review and six case studies of schools …

Background: With the increased attention on implementing inquiry activities in primary science classrooms, a growing interest has emerged in assessing students’ science skills. Research has been concerned with the limitations and advantages of different test formats to assess students’ science skills. …

In CLIL contexts, school subjects are taught in an additional language, allowing learners to acquire the target language through meaningful use. This places language teachers in an ambiguous position. What is their role in this context? On the one hand, language teachers are expected to collaborate with …

Nieuwsbrief, jaargang 1, nr. 3

Introduction The change from primary to secondary school has a negative impact on physical activity levels of adolescents. Cycling is an easy way of integrating physical activity into adolescents’ daily life. In the Netherland, cycling is rather common and around 80% of adolescents are cycling to school …

Kinderlezing gehouden in het kader van het tekenen van het convenant muziekonderwijs basisscholen gemeente Groningen, Oosterpoort, 14/11/2017

Computational thinking is taking an ever increasing role in education. According to the Netherlands institute for curriculum development there currently is little to no education on this topic in Dutch primary schools. Since teachers are the key to high quality education, it is important to know which …

Posterpresentatie Symposium CoE Healthy Ageing 2017

Poster (A3) en begeleidende brief met de tekst van de kinderlezing als uitgesproken bij ondertekening van het Convenant Meer Muziek in de Klas lokaal Groningen