General Information

Minor:

Internationalisation & diversity in Education

Faculty of Education

Program 2013

Contents

Introduction 3

General Information about Hogeschool Utrecht 4

Organisation of the minor 6

The Program 8

Literature 17

Appendixes 19

Appendix 1: Teacher Competences

Appendix 2: Professional goals for the schoolpractice

Appendix 3: Assignments

Appendix 4: Courses and credits

Appendix 5: Incident Method

Appendix 6: Assessment standards

Introduction

In this brochure, you will find information about the program of the minor

Internationalisation & diversity in Education, that we offer to both international and Dutch (HU-) students. You’ll find general information about the programme (i.e. courses, credits, etc.) and the specific course descriptions.

The first part of the brochure gives information about our faculty, its departments and courses.

This International minor is offered every year as our international Erasmus programme to international students studying at foreign teacher training institutes with whom our faculty has a bilateral agreement. The program starts in September 2013 and lasts till the end of January 2014, altogether 5 months and 30 ec.

Joske van Dulmen (coordinator of the minor)

joske.vandulmen@hu.nl

Lecturers:

Dik Groote Haar (Department of primary education)

dik.grootehaar@hu.nl

GertJan Boog (Department of primary education)

gertjan.boog@hu.nl

Jaap Patist (Department of secondary education)

jaap.patist@hu.nl

Emmie den Boon (Department of primary education)

emmie.denboon@hu.nl

Prachodayat Biesheuvel (Department of primary education)

prachodayat.biesheuvel@hu.nl

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International coordinator department primary education

Eliane van Herwaarden

Eliane.vanherwaarden@hu.nl

Utrecht, April 2013

General information about Hogeschool Utrecht

The Hogeschool van Utrecht is one of the largest universities of higher professional education in the Netherlands. The university offers a wide variety of programmes in technology, commerce and administration, communications, health care, teacher training and social welfare.

Faculty of Education

The Faculty of Education is one of the largest teacher training institutes in the Netherlands with approximately 7000 students. The majority of students follow initial teacher training courses on a full-time or part-time basis.

Expertise

The Faculty of Education, with approximately 400 staff members, is a centre of expertise in the field of new teaching methodologies. It encourages student teachers to adopt approaches like independent learning and problem-based learning in their teaching, with an emphasis on the teacher as a facilitator. The faculty also focuses on the integration of ICT and subject teaching. Courses take a student-centred approach. Students are required to carry out their own research, write projects and give presentations.

Department of Primary Education

The Primary Education Department (the Institute Theo Thijssen) offers a 4-year course training of primary education teachers (age range 4-12 year). The initial year provides an introduction to the profession of primary school teacher. The second and third year focus on the primary school curriculum. These years also include teaching practice periods in schools. In the third year the students choose to specialise in teaching younger children (4-8 years) or older children (8-12 years). In the fourth year students spend the majority of their time in the schools as student teachers.

Department of Secondary Education

The Secondary Education Department (the Institute Archimedes) offers courses in

training of secondary education teachers (age range 12-18 year) in languages, social sciences

and sciences.

Languages

A wide variety of courses are offered in the following subjects: Dutch, Dutch as a Second Language and English, French, German and Spanish as foreign languages. In the case of Modern Foreign Languages the majority of courses are taught in the target language.

Social Sciences

Social Sciences offers full-time and part-time teacher training courses in the fields of Geography and History.

Sciences

The department offers courses in Life Skills, Biology, Chemistry, Health Education, Mathematics and Physics.

Department of Special Education

The Department of Special Education (the Seminarium voor Orthopedagogiek), provides a 2-year in-service degree course in Special Education. In addition an extensive in-service programme of short intensive courses is offered to the Dutch primary, special and secondary schools on issues related to special educational needs. The Department of Special Education also offers a three-year Master’s programme in special educational needs for teachers with a bachelor’s degree (the Special Education Diploma).

Department of Dutch Sign Language

A very special department of our faculty is the Department of Dutch sign language and deaf studies. This institute started in 1997 the training teacher/interpreter and offers education and research at a very high level. It is the only place in the Netherlands for this kind of study. The institute offers education at bachelor- and master-level.

Organisation of the minor

Targetgroup

This international minor is open to both international students from our international partner universities and to Dutch students who are participating in teacher training studies or studying psychology/pedagogics. We focus on those students who want to work in education.

Objectives

The main objective of the program is to develop: world citizens, internationally minded people: i.e. inquiring, knowledgeable and caring people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. The need to provide equal opportunities for all will be a big challenge in the years to come. This minor will make students aware of this challenge education in Europe is currently facing.

The citizens of a pluralist society and multicultural world should be able to accept that their interpretation of situations and problems is rooted in their personal lives, in the history of their society and in their cultural traditions; that, consequently, no individual or group holds the only answer to problems; and that for each problem there may be more than one solution. Therefore, people should understand and respect each other. Teachers play an important role in learning the next generation how to deal with others and to act as responsible people.

Another important objective of the minor is to inform students about developments in internationalisation and education in Europe. Into the next millennium European projects in schools will become increasingly important. Teachers familiar with international issues will be a real asset to a school with international aspirations.

Structure of the minor

A: Introduction & theoretical framework: wk 1 - 7

Students from different countries meet and learn from each other. People have to learn to understand the world around them, at least as much as is necessary for them to lead their lives with some dignity, develop their occupational skills and communicate with other people. During this first period the focus will be on world citizenship and all the students will formulate their learning objectives. The students will be introduced in the educational systems of different countries.

Activities: Lectures, workshops, excursions, school visits.

B: Practice/internship: 8 weeks

All the students do (school)practice & research during 8 weeks.

Activities: Intensive school practice and research

C: Finishing the minor: Last 4 weeks

The focus of the students is on finishing the minor by selfstudy on reports and presentations.

Activities: social activities and selfstudy: working on reports and portfolios, presentations of evidence, reflection on experiences and evaluation of the minor.

Method and organization

Research is an important component throughout the minor. Development of learning and communication values also play a vital role. With guidance from their coach the student will grow through their research, practice at an intern school and their daily experiences. An investigative and reflective attitude, combined with a critical overview of the concepts are major factors during the course. There are instructive meetings to introduce the various themes and make the content explicit. The student will work on their own targets, so self and co-directed learning in groups plays a significant role. Gaining knowledge and experiences while focusing

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