Jan Folkert Deinum

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StreamClass

• Jan Folkert Deinum
• University of Groningen
• j.f.deinum_at_rug.nl

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The situation

• Typical Dutch teachers have been
• educated in Dutch primary schools
• educated in Dutch secondary schools
• educated in Dutch higher education
• educated in Dutch teacher education
• All within
• Dutch culture
• Dutch educational traditions
• Dutch habits
• Dutch paradigm
• ..

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The problem

• Teachers are only used to the educational system
  and culture of their own country
• Teachers have not much acces to other educational
  systems/cultures
• Teachers have no insight in how their subject is
  taught in other countries
• Teachers are not aware of the specifity of their
  own education

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The solution
Sustainability !
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The sustainable solution
Videoconferencing
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Cooperation Edinburgh - Groningen

• Student teachers show each other videos of
  teaching a certain subject in the local context
• Two subject groups

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What will students do?

• Recording video of lessons
• Editing the video with focus on what do you
  think is different from UK/NL
• Video is placed on a website
• Add text to explain what can be seen in video
• NL and UK students watch each others video
• Videoconferencing between groups in NL and UK,
  discussing the videos
• Additional contact by breeze meetings
• Writing final report

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Questions/discussion