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The Launch of the UNESCO ISEEA Report
Since 2019, prof. Nienke van Atteveldt has been co-chairing the The UNESCO ISEEA together with co-chair Anantha Duraiappah, director of UNESCO MGIEP, and Marieke Buil as research fellow.
The UNESCO ISEEA report from the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), created as a collaboration of more than 300 experts from 45 countries, was published recently, calling a personalised learning experience a human right under the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The report calls for a shift in the focus of education. Prof. Nienke van Atteveldt explains: "The current education policy with a focus on meritocracy has unintentionally contributed to increasing inequality, new forms of 'elitism' and a focus on the individual, both internationally and in the Netherlands. In order to reshape education, a shift is needed, among other things, to emphasize learning potential instead of merit, and that education must simultaneously stimulate both cognitive and social-emotional development."
See the full report here.
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Anne de la Croix Awarded Senior Comenius Fellowship by NRO
Anne de la Croix was awarded a Senior Comenius Fellowship by NRO, accompanied by a 100.000 grant, for the project ‘Caring together, learning together: introducing parents of children with disabilities as educational partners’. Medical students and other future health care professionals need to be more sensitive to the patient journey, care networks, and professions outside the hospital. In this project, parents of children with disabilities are introduced as educational partners. These parents form a rich learning resource due to their knowledge and experience. Parents get educational training and are collected in a ‘parent database’ so they can participate in multiple modules and courses. This innovation is characterized by collaboration and interdisciplinarity. It creates an understanding of the patient journey, knowledge of care networks, awareness of a career outside the hospital, and empathy in communication.
