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Audio of presentation Henk Blok

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/

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

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 [...]

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Henk Blok – Educational Objectives in School and Home Education

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 [...]

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Activities Overview

Activities May 17: edited & updated with speakers program and even more fun Friday 23 May 17.00 and later Reception

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

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 [...]

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