Education topics
A strong foundation in and around school
School is an important part of the everyday lives of children and their parents. What can you do as a school to establish a strong foundation?
Education plays an important role in increasing equal opportunities for students. What are the most common issues? And what can you do to promote equal opportunities?
Primary school is the place for children to express their views, participate and have a say in matters that concern them. What is the importance of student participation and how do you approach it?
Education and care arrangements
An education and care arrangement is a collaboration between education and youth care, specifically for children who need educational and care support. How do you approach this?
Questions and dilemmas in education
Reducing performance pressure in education
Children and young people are increasingly experiencing stress due to school or their studies: because of the pressure to move up to the next year, receive a 'high' school recommendation, achieve high grades and meet other people's expectations. When learning becomes more difficult, for example because all kinds of things are going on at home, this can negatively affect students' self-confidence and well-being. What can you do as an education professional to reduce performance pressure?
Discussing bullying in the classroom
Everyone can help ensure that every child feels comfortable in the group. That is why it is important to take action when you see that someone is being bullied. However, not everyone wants or dares to respond in the same way. What is appropriate for the children in your class?
What can the school do about bullying?
As an education policymaker, you want all students to feel safe and enjoy going to school. Bullying does not contribute to a safe climate. What can the school do to prevent and reduce bullying?
What can the school do for children whose parents are separating?
It is in children's interests that their development at school is disrupted as little as possible by their parents' separation. This requires the school and the parents to inform and communicate with each other as effectively as possible about matters that are important to the child.
What can I do at school for students in an unsafe home situation?
For children in an unsafe home situation, the support of their teacher is important. How can you identify signs of an unsafe situation? How do you talk about unsafe situations in the classroom? And what can you do as an education professional for a child who is unsafe?
I suspect that a student is being abused. What should I do?
If you suspect child abuse, you are required as an education professional to follow the reporting code. After any report, you remain involved and continue to be an important professional who provides support to the family. As an education professional, you can make a significant difference to a child and their family.
How do you talk to students about traumatic events?
Traumatic events such as a war, earthquake or violence in the neighbourhood also affect your group or class. Students may bring images, opinions and feelings to school. What they see and hear on the news and children's news, on social media and in their surroundings elicits reactions. This requires attentiveness, conversation, empathy, time and space in everyday teaching. How do you as an education professional at primary and secondary school deal with sadness, fear and unrest about traumatic events?