Home Education in The Netherlands

Lobbying for home education

redactie — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:50:44 +0000

Influencing the field of politics for home education A look into successful lobbying in the Netherlands From February to April 2011 there was quite a bit of turmoil in the Netherlands about home education. As in some other countries, the existence of home education in the Netherlands was at stake. The Minister of OCW (Education, [...]

ToCamp 27-29 May 2011

redactie — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:40:33 +0000

ToCamp is a camping weekend with workshops, meetings and other activities for and by home educators. It will be held 27-29 May 2011 in Aalten, The Netherlands. You can join the mailgroup ToCamp2011 for questions and updates. For more information: www.ToCamp.nl

Welcome

redactie — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:32:31 +0000

Are you looking for information about homeschooling or home education in The Netherlands? Will you move here and would you like to continue homeschooling? You are welcome to join the English language mailinglist about home education in The Netherlands for contact, support and information. Basic information on Dutch law and home education can be found [...]

Audio of presentation Henk Blok

redactie — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:39:23 +0000

The presentation on “Educational Objectives in School and Home Education” by Henk Blok and most parts of the following discussion can be listened to at: http://home-education.podomatic.com/

Samenvatting presentatie Henk Blok

redactie — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:35:03 +0000

Vrijheid en gebondenheid: twee wegen naar dezelfde doelen? Samenvatting van de presentatie door Henk Blok, 24 mei 2008 (PDF) De presentatie en discussie zijn ook te beluisteren in het Engels.

The Decline of Modern Schooling and the Emergence of a New Civic Sector of Education – Christian Beck

redactie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:53:58 +0000

The paper of the speech by Christian Beck of May 25 is now available at his website: The Decline of Modern Schooling and the Emergence of a New Civic Sector of Education Abstract: Pisa (2006) shows positive correlation between economical development and learning results in OECD-countries. But specially USA and Norway with highest gross national [...]

The Unschooling Unmanual

redactie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:39:35 +0000

Nanda van Gestel, opening speaker at the HeTof weekend 2008 has set up a website about “The Unschooling Unmanual”, a book she contributed to. This inspiring collection of personal stories, essays and articles about unschooling can now be ordered directly from Nanda at www.unschooling.nl.

Henk Blok – Educational Objectives in School and Home Education

redactie — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:18:00 +0000

Biography: Dr. H. Blok (Henk) is educated as a psychologist. He works at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty for Social and Behavioural Sciences, Division Pedagogy and Educational Studies. He performs research in the educational domain. His speciality is research in primary education. From 1992 till 2000 he also acted as a teacher at a primary [...]

Alan Thomas en Harriet Pattison – Hoe werkt informeel leren?

redactie — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:27:57 +0000

Biografieën: - Alan is een ontwikkelingspsycholoog en docent met interesse in hoe kinderen leren. Hij heeft gewerkt aan universiteiten in Engeland, Spanje en Australië en voor een tijdje bij de Bernard van Leer Foundation in Den Haag. Hij is nu een “Visiting Fellow” (gastdocent) bij het “Institute of Education” (Onderwijs Instituut) aan de Universiteit van [...]

Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison – How does Informal Learning work?

redactie — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:24:18 +0000

Biographies: - Alan is a developmental psychologist and teacher interested in how children learn. He has worked at universities in England, Spain and Australia and for a time was at the Bernard van Leer Foundation in Den Haag. He is now a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London. - Harriet has [...]