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Israel Neumann in the Fort of Breendonk: In-depth school visit
This page is intended as an in-depth explanation after a visit to the Sammellager Breendonk. Students learn about the life of one of the prisoners, Israel Neumann.
The page uses a podcast on this topic and contains a dozen questions on the theme. The …
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Update of the Flemish material indicators until 2021
Circular materials story: The Flemish circular economy does not yet translate into a reduced material impact.
We are increasingly successful in keeping materials in the cycle. Our reuse and recycling figures are increasing, we are producing more and …
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Bring the Roman Emperors to life
Article about the opportunities to connect contemporary technology with the past. How can we make young people aware of both the opportunities and risks of such technologies? In this teaching material you put yourself in the shoes of figures such …
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Material Matters: Article with inspiring insights
Article providing insights and arguments for a transition from a neoliberal economy to an alternative economy.
These are based on the book Material Matters, the alternative to our predatory construction society by Sabine Oberhuber and Thomas Rau.
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Nuclear energy: Critical explanation
What can we expect from small modular reactors (SMRs)? The media increasingly argue that small modular reactors (SMRs) are sustainable, cheap and safe and justify a possible investment in nuclear power plants in the future. The political …
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The need for a real democracy: Article with inspiring insights
De Stemming, a study commissioned by De Standaard and VRT, published on May 11, is downright alarming. The main article, which presents findings from this research, is rightly entitled SOS politics . Three sentences from the report say a lot. One …
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The sacred nature: Article with inspiring insights
Article that delves deeper into the core insights of the book The Sacred Nature .
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The Curse of the Nutmeg: Discussion
Discussion and reflections on the book The Curse of the Nutmeg about the VOC and colonialism and the impact on the environment today.
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Greek and Minecraft: Acropolis Adventure
How do you bring educational technology into the classical languages? Last academic year, my students and I designed teaching materials that did just this! We developed two levels in which students could explore ancient Rome and learn more about …
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Bring Greek myths to life with AI!
In this article you will read about a teaching approach that introduces students to three myths: the myth about Scylla and Charybdis and two about King Midas, with his donkey ears or his trademark golden touch . They discover the characters and are …
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Dealing with Socially Acute Questions in the English-Language Classroom
This article provides tools that second language teachers can use for a constructive intercultural dialogue in the event of socially undesirable interactions in a mixed language group. A case study of a racist statement during an interfaculty …
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Willem van Moerbeke. Medieval Connoisseur of Ancient Wisdom - Pegasus novus 3
Article about Willem van Moerbeke, translator of ancient Greek philosophical and scientific texts. He had transferred Archimedes, Galenus, Proclus and especially Aristotle to Latin, the academic language of the then scholars in Western Europe. …
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