Teaching in the Netherlands
Teaching in the Netherlands
A winter course on Dutch Education
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Teaching in the Netherlands
Teaching in the Netherlands
A short course on Dutch Culture and Education
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
13 January-3 February 2017
Always wondered if European kids are any different or what teaching at a Montessori school in Holland would be like? Would you like to experience the variety of schools the Dutch offer their children? Are you ready to teach Dutch children?
Always wanted to see Europe from within? Looking forward to meeting people in the Netherlands? Fancy walking through the busy streets of Amsterdam and stopping for a coffee in a grand café. What about checking out Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum and comparing notes on Mona Lisa at the Louvre?
This Winter Course may just be the thing for you!
In co-operation with our partner universities overseas, the Faculty of Education at HAN University of Applied Sciences, offers a three-week Winter Course for (teacher) education students of their partners in Nijmegen in January 2017. The Winter Course offers education students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of Dutch Education, to meet their Dutch counterparts, visit a variety of Dutch schools, teach Dutch children, and learn about educational concerns in the context of a Western European country.
Teaching in the Netherlands
Programme Outline
Week1
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Fr. Jan 13 pm Arrival in the Netherlands. Pick-up service from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Resort De Zeven Heuvelen in Groesbeek
Welcoming drink and dinner
Sa. Jan 14 am
pm
Getting your bearings; shopping
Cycling and walking tour of Nijmegen and its surrounding area: polder, rivers, church steeples, flower market and beer gardens.
Su. Jan 15 Dutch diversity
Visit to Dutch Open Air Museum in Arnhem
Mo. Jan 16 am
pm
Tour of Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen campus
Seminar 1: Introduction to Dutch Culture and Society Seminar 2: Dutch Educational system
Seminar 3: Diversity in Dutch Education 1: Alternative Education and Reform schools
Tu. Jan 17 am
pm
Seminar 4: Diversity in Dutch Education 1: Alternative Education and Reform schools
School visit I
We. Jan 18 am
pm
School visit II
Seminar 5: Innovations in Education
Th. Jan 19 Free time; no programme
Jan 20-22 3-day study trip to the West of the Netherlands: Holland
Kinderdijk, windmills and dikes
Delft, city of kings, pottery and Vermeer The Hague, seat of government and royalty
Amsterdam, cultural capital of the Netherlands; Rijksmuseum or Van Gogh museum, Anne Frank museum
Two overnight stays in the west of the Netherlands
Week 2
Create your ideal school
Mo. Jan 13 am
pm
Seminar 6: Teaching or learning?
Ideal School workshop
Tu. Jan 24 am
pm
Ideal School workshop Ideal School workshop
We. Jan 25 am
pm
Ideal School workshop
Final presentations Ideal School
Practical guidelines for teaching practice projects
Jan 26-29 Start 4-day trip to Paris, France
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Week 3
Teaching Practice
Mo. Jan 30 am
pm
Designing the teaching projects in schools (in groups)
preparation TP1
Tu. Jan 31 am
pm
Teaching Practice 1: carrying out the projects in schools (in groups) Reflection and preparation TP2
We. Feb 1 am
pm
Teaching Practice 2: carrying out the projects in schools (in groups) Reflection and preparation TP3
Th. Feb 2 am
pm night
Teaching Practice 3: carrying out the projects in schools (in groups)
Reflections and official closure of the winter course Farewell Party
Fr. Feb 3 am shuttle service to Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport)
Practical Matters
Arrival
Participants should arrive on Friday 13 January around 1 pm. A pick-up service will leave at 2pm from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Students who arrive earlier or later will have to make their own arrangements for getting to Nijmegen by train (ca. 90 mins from Schiphol or Amsterdam; trains run until about midnight).
Accommodation
Participants will be accommodated at the Holiday Resort “De Zevenheuvelen”. This holiday wellness park is located just 5 miles from the centre of Nijmegen (160,000 pop.) in a small village called Groesbeek (20,000 pop). At the park you will be accommodated in a modern group accommodation, which sleeps six-eight people in double rooms. Accommodation is self-catering with a fully equipped kitchen. You will have to organise and cook meals amongst yourselves. Shops and supermarkets are within walking distance. Bed-linen is provided, but please bring your own set of towels. Free wireless internet is available in each
bungalow. You will have easy access to Nijmegen by frequent bus service (every 20 minutes). If you like, you can check out this bungalow park at
www.dezevenheuvelen.nl
City Trips
The programme includes day-trips and a guided tour to Dutch towns like Delft, The Hague and Amsterdam. During the weekends (or even during the evenings) students can make their own choices to visit other places. Nijmegen has
excellent train connections with Amsterdam (80 mins), Brussels (150 mins), Cologne (90 mins), Berlin (240 mins). A trip to Paris is already included in the programme.
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Weekend to Paris
Included in the programme is a short trip to Paris. The journey by coach will take 6 hours. You will be accommodated in low-cost hotels. Excursions to the main sights of Paris (Tour Eiffel, Louvre, Sacré Coeur) will be organised. Cost for hotel and transportation are included in the programme fee. Meals, local transportation (metro) and entrance fees for the different venues are not included.
HAN University of Applied Sciences Nijmegen Campus
The seminars are hosted at the Nijmegen campus of Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen. Students will be able to use internet and library facilities. The various campus buildings offer healthy cafeteria food at reasonable prices. Check out the facilities in Nijmegen at www.han.nl.
Credits and Tuition
Course credits are set and awarded by the home university in consultation with HAN University of Applied Sciences. Completion of the 3-week summer course, including pre-reading and assignments, will award 7,5 ECTS credits. The home institution may possibly award more credits when embedded in home courses or independent study. Tuition is charged by and paid to the home institution.
Costs
The programme fee is € 1,560 per student on the basis of exchange, and € 2,460 including tuition fee. This fee includes:
Self-catering accommodation in shared bungalows in Groesbeek Local transportation to and from Nijmegen campus on weekdays Field trip to the West of Holland with overnight stay in The
Hague /Amsterdam
Day trips to museums including entrance fees
Weekend trip to Paris (includes only hotel & roundtrip) Insurance (liability, travel insurance, health)
Transfers to/from Schiphol Airport to the accommodation Naturally students will have additional costs:
Airfare to the Netherlands
All meals, drinks, free time, going out, souvenirs etc. Optional pre- or post-course travelling through Europe Costs beyond the programme
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Registration
Registration for the Teaching in the Netherlands, a Short Course on Dutch
Culture and Education will go through the International Office of your home
institution. Your registration with HAN University of Applied Sciences should be in by 1 September 2016 at the very latest. Registration can only be accepted if a registration fee has been paid to your home institution. Your registration is final on 15 September 2016.
The course can accommodate up to 25 participants. A minimum number of 12 participants is required to run the course; cancellation of the course by the organisers - for lack of recruitment - is possible until 15 September 2016. Hence flights to Amsterdam should not be booked before this date!
Information
See your local International Office for more information. For further information on the part of the Dutch organisers please get in touch with Mr Ben BARTELS at: HAN University of Applied Sciences
Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen International Office PO BOX 6960 NL–6503 GL NYMEGEN The Netherlands E: [email protected] T: +31 24 353 0405 F: +31 24 353 0404
