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Dress code at school: Exercise in democracy
June 2021: angry students went to Don Bosco Zwijnaarde with swimming bands and slippers. The reason was the outdated view of the school regulations on dress codes. Teacher Johannes Lippens seized the opportunity and, together with his students, …
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This is how you teach your students to disagree constructively: Tips from Maarten Van Alstein
Something is happening in current events. Result: polyphonic discussion, also at school. Your classroom is the training ground where students learn to disagree democratically on difficult topics. How do you do that without your classroom …
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The interior of a musical instrument: Visual material
Through this article, you will be presented with stunning photographs that reveal the architectural interiors hidden within classical instruments.
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Educational innovation: Six pieces of advice to get your school moving
In any case, innovation is constantly entering your school. And as a team you also want to innovate in a substantiated manner. But where do you get the time and energy? What about resistance? And what if things don't go according to plan? …
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Python in the classroom
Our society is increasingly influenced and controlled by computer systems, apps and algorithms. Countless problems, now and in the future, are solved through those powerful computers. We also feel this digitization at school and in the classroom. …
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The Paperless Classroom: Workshop celebrating 25 years of KlasCement
The format of the page is actually also the content. Made with the Craft app, it is a showcase of what Craft allows you to publish on the net, in a very simple way.
The number of features in Craft is not that overwhelming, but it might be just what …
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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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Crispr: Crash course
The gene editing technique CRISPR unleashed a true revolution in science. How exactly do genetic scissors work? Eos editor Kim Verhaeghe experienced this for himself during a crash course in Crispr in the lab of Joleen Masschelein at KU Leuven and …
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Scale Challenge: Manual
In this article, Joris explains how he came up with the scale challenge and how you can get started with it. He explains which steps he has taken himself and which tools he finds useful.
The videos that belong to this scale challenge can be found …
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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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Preventive work on social-emotional development and well-being: Handbook
With this guide, Trimbos offers teachers inspiration and concrete tools to make a preventive contribution within the classroom and within the school to the social-emotional development and well-being of their students, but also to their …
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