Many of my posts concern my work in secondary education in The Netherlands where I teach art related classes, in English, classes of Dutch children you have chosen to follow a bilingual form of education.
To make finding these general education posts I’ve list a number of them on this page. You can of course also use the ‘tag cloud’ on the right and see where that brings you.
Some things would just never work in an online lesson
Reflections on the 2020-21 school year
Back to school…how have things changed?
A month or perhaps two without proper school and let the panic begin
Five weeks into distant learning, the pros and the cons
Well it’s a daily rhythm of sorts
Finding humour in distant learning
The Image conference Brussels – has a conference ever fitted me better?
An app as a serious story-telling device
Differentiation in the art room – are there things for other departments to learn?
Climbing at altitude with thirteen year olds and a teacher with altitude sickness….well sort of
Winning an award….well, nearly
Love and Mercy – choosing the right film in class
Surrealism, a sandwich and the start of the school year
Swept along on a wave of enthusiasm
A week is a long time in politics…what are the opportunists up to seven days later?
Brexit – an educational view from Europe
Classes with split personalities
Cooking as an educational metaphor
A motivation and reward discussion in class
Immigration as a subject in education
The art teacher, Dirk and a very old computer game
Tonal drawing and a favourite non-Internet resource
“Design, design, did someone say design?” – what the art department did
Once in a while something special comes along…..
