GUEST SPEAKERS, WORKSHOP LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS
Guest speakers:
DR. JOEL WESTHEIMER
Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University ofOttawa and an education columnist for CBC Radio. Author, speaker, and education advocate, hegrew up in New YorkCity where he taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade in the NYC Public Schools.Inaddition to researching the role of schools in democratic societies, Westheimer studies, writes, andspeaks widely on global school reform, the standards and accountabilityreformmovements, and thepolitics of education and education research.His latest book isWhat kind of citizen? Educating ourchildren for the common good. Find out more atjoelwestheimer.organd follow him onTwitter:@joelwestheimer.Visitjoelwestheimer.org
PABLO MURUZÁBAL LAMBERTI
As a philosophy graduate student, I focused on the aesthetic theory of Schopenhauer, Hegel and Adorno, see the article section for some of my writings on these philosophers. Currently, I'm writing the second chapter of my PhD dissertation on the role of listening as a philosophical virtue and dialogic skill. Please find my university profile, including publications, on my UvA page.
In 2013 I graduated for my interdisciplinary Philosophy teachers degree. At present, I work as an independent philosophy teacher at Jenaplan school De Wilgenhoek and the Vrije Academie in Amsterdam.
A philosophical approach on listening:
“Listening is one of the most difficult elements of having a conversation. We often use the time in which other people are speaking to think about what we will be saying next, instead of really allowing other thoughts to enter our minds. Or we just wait until the other is finished speaking so that we can express the judgements we already had before the conversation even started. In this workshop, we will experience what it is like not to be listened to, and based on this experience, we are going to philosophise about what we need to practice in order to become good listeners. This will not only help us to learn more from the students in our teaching practice, it will also allow for students (and ourselves) to become better speakers, since listening and speaking are more intimately related than we might be inclined to think.”
DR. NATALIE SHAW
Dr. Natalie Shaw holds a university degree in Special Needs Education from Germany and a teaching qualification from the UK. She has taught internationally in China, Cambodia and Germany and has worked in an educational capacity in Thailand and India. Whilst teaching at Berlin International School, she completed a Master’s Degree in Children’s Rights and Childhood Studies, followed by a PhD in Education. After 13 years of teaching young learners, Natalie now works in Higher Education as an Educational Studies lecturer in the International Teacher Education for Primary Schools (ITEps) programme at NHL Stenden University in the Netherlands.
Workshop on dilemmas in the field of children's rights:
"In this workshop, we will jointly develop an idea of the drafting process of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) as the key document outlining the rights of children, involving elements of simulation and anecdotes about the writing process. The core of the session will consist of opportunities to engage with dilemmas in the field of children’s rights, both within a school contexts and in wider society. We will conclude the session by looking at cutting-edge debates that mark the field of children’s rights advocacy and children’s rights education today, such as the contested issue of whether or not terminally ill children may themselves decide to discontinue their medical treatment."
DR. OSKAR GSTREIN
Dr. Oskar Josef Gstrein, MA, LL.M. is Assistant Professor at the department of Governance and Innovation at Campus Fryslân, where he is also member of the Data Research Centre. Currently he is carrying out research in the EU Horizon 2020 project ‘Cutting Crime Impact’ and teaching in the master program ‘Governance and Law in Digital Society’, as well as the minor ‘Data Wise’. At the same time, he is external lecturer at the Europa-Institut of the University of Saarland in Germany
Workshop on Privacy in the digital age:
“Dataleaks, cyber attacks, targeted profiling on social media: Why is privacy in the digital age so complicated? In this workshop we will explore the topic from a human rights perspective and discuss which kind of privacy we have and want. After a brief introduction into the history and current state of data protection, participants will form groups to discuss about their own views. The workshop concludes with a presentation of results.” - This workshop is only available on Tuesday.
DR. LEÓN CASTELLANOS-JANKIEWICZ
Dr León Castellanos-Jankiewicz is Researcher at the Asser Institute for International and European Law (The Hague), where he previously conducted his postdoctoral work for the project on "Memory Laws in European and Comparative Perspective". Currently he coordinates the Netherlands Network of Human Rights Research. Previously, he was also Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence), and Lecturer in the Law of International Organizations at Bocconi University (Milan). He has held research fellowships at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (Cambridge), and Harvard Law School. In 2019, he was awarded the inaugural David D. Caron Prize by the American Society of International Law for best paper presented at the 2018 ASIL Research Forum. He obtained his PhD in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
Workshop on the history of human rights - Why does it matter?:
“This interactive workshop will address the question of where human rights come from and why this matters for human rights claims today. In doing so, it will present two competing historiographies of rights: individualistic and collectivistic. Through the use of examples and in-class debate, the session will aim at showing the consequences of conceiving the historical trajectories of rights through each of these lenses. Ultimately, it will ask how human rights can reconcile individual well-being with collective interests." - This workshop is only available on Monday.
CLAIRE WILSON
Second year student studying to become an international teacher for primary schools at the NHL Stenden University in Meppel, the Netherlands.
Workshop on Human Rights versus Religion:
“This workshop will revolve around a debate that regards the banning of the burqa and
niqab in specific European countries. The question is, “is it justified for a government to impose a ban on religious clothing if it poses a security concern?”
We will first identify the religious dress in question, and then you will be placed in a debate team. You will use sources to either defend or oppose the question at hand, in your team.
At the end of the debate, we will hold a group discussion about your opinion regarding the question using the information you already had before the debate and the new information you obtained during the debate.”
NASTARAN BEIK POURIAN
Nastaran is from Iran where she graduated as a sports teacher from university in Iran. She was a human rights activist there and therefore was forced to leave her country. She came to the Netherlands as a political refugee through an invitation of the United Nation (UNHCR). After a while Nastaran decided to be active for human rights again in the new country that became her new home. She wants to fight injustice around the world not only in one specific country, because she believes that we are all from one land: EARTH. Therefore since November 2018, she is working with amnesty international in the Netherlands and is forming an amnesty student group at ITEps.
Amnesty International workshop 'On the road':
“Learn about Refugees, Human Rights and Movies! Just imagine if you were a
Refugee…What would you do? How would you feel? Together, we will explore the meaning of having to leave your home country and facing fear and destruction. We will understand what it means to be strong and how important Human rights are.
Learn how to use a movie to help students empathise and discover how to deepen their understanding with interesting Lesson ideas. Join us, the Team of Amnesty International, we need you, they need you!!!”
JANINA STRAUß & MADDIE CLARK
Second year students studying to become an international teacher for primary schools at the NHL Stenden University in Meppel, the Netherlands.
Workshop on childrens' rights and citizenship:
"In the first part of this workshop about Children’s Rights and Citizenship we will give a short summary of the history of Children’s Rights, then we will analyse the differences and similarities between Human Rights and Children’s Rights. We will find out from what age on humans count as ‘children’ and from what age on they count as ‘humans’. We will discuss why children are excluded from Human Rights, which human rights are not represented in the Children’s Rights, whether this is justified and what consequences this has on children’s lives and citizenship.
In the second part of the workshop we will have a discussion about the awareness of children’s rights in different parts of the world and about the countries that have not ratified these (yet), i.e. the USA. The participants will then create lesson ideas, tools or other that can be used in primary school classrooms in order to make children more aware of Children’s Rights, their importance and the consequences it has when these Rights are not followed."
MELINA KNISPEL & NIENKE BOLLEMA
Third and fourth year students studying to become an international teacher for primary schools at the NHL Stenden University in Meppel, the Netherlands. Currently both are completing the minor 'Intercultural Understanding & Religion'.
Melina on her experiences with children's rights: "Growing up in the Western world, no one explicitly told me about Children’s rights, as they are well established in this part of the world. Throughout my education, diverse situations of children from a variety of countries have been discussed, and small actions were made. However, when starting ITEps, the final breakthrough has been made by being explicitly taught about Human and Children’s Rights.
In order to make a change in this world, our pupils need to be aware of their rights and need to receive the needed education. Being able to teach in Malaysia, made me reflect on my individual impact as a Western-educated student-teacher, my approaches, and mindset, which sometimes collided with the host-country values. Resulting, awareness but also an understanding of our personal standards and the degree of adaptation is needed in order to fit into society is an important aspect of being an international teacher.
Since the first year, I always implemented ‘rights’ into my teaching and see it as a key to successful teaching."
Workshop 'Shopping for Human Rights':
"Are you aware of what really is in your shopping cart? Throughout this workshop we will explore the influence that global companies have on our local supermarkets and how it affects human rights all over the world. During the session we will draw upon diverse experiences and explore what it takes to make a change."
JAEL NOOMEN & JENS VAN DEN BROECK
Students studying to become an international teacher for primary schools at the NHL Stenden University in Meppel, the Netherlands. Currently both are completing the minor 'Intercultural Understanding & Religion'.
"Can we have a talk?" – The limits of my language, the limits of my world?:
"What is the connection between language, fairness, equality, equity, and social exclusion? Is linguistic education a privilege? How can I communicate in an inclusive way, considering the diversity in modern-day life?
In this interactive workshop, we dive into the Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights, we use modern ethical dilemmas, case studies, personal experiences to get to the bottom of this right and come up with solution how we could create a mindful language policy in classrooms."
KHALED EMAM
Workshop on 'Human rights in the middle east':
If you are a year 3 or year 4+ student, you don’t want to miss out on the programme for Friday! We have a very special visitor coming to Meppel for one sole workshop: Khaled Emam, human rights lawyer and educator from the middle east. Khaled is the director of a human rights organisation, which is part of the network GPPAC (Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict). Throughout the last years, he has been involved in peace-building projects and events around the world, holding workshops on social justice and human rights. As he is currently working at the University of Groningen, we were able to reach out to him and are now incredibly lucky to announce this workshop, taking place on Friday, the 8th of November, from 9:30-11:00.
During his workshop, all participant will discuss, explore and reflect on human rights in the specific context of the middle east. At the centre of the workshop is the interaction and correlation between justice (human rights) and the conflicts in this area.
The number of participants is limited, so sign up for this workshop as fast as you can and get ready for an authentic and utterly valuable learning experience.
When: Only on Friday
Participants: Only year 3, 4 and 4+ students
DBE (Design-Based-Education) workshop leaders:
ROBIN ULSTER AND JAMES DENBY
Robin Ulster and James Denby returned to Canada in 2015 after over 20 years each in classrooms in Canada, Colombia, Turkey, the United States and Thailand. Initially planning on taking a gap year dedicated to some of their professional passions, Robin and James embarked on a new career path in education. Though their backgrounds are in the humanities, they began looking at how design-based learning/teaching could make technology use both more meaningful for teachers and students and also more easily integrated into core parts of the curriculum. Over the last four years they have led professional development with teachers all over British Columbia and published a dozen books for teachers. In addition, they developed curricula and learning materials for teachers to implement courses in topics ranging from artificial intelligence to app design. They are excited to join the ITEPS team and committed to the school’s vision for an education programme rooted in design-based learning.
Volunteers:
Photographers:
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Alicia Riedel
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Claire O'Connor
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Johanneke Dubbe
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Kira Drost
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Sunny Liao
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Teodora Paduraru
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Anisha van Waalwijk van Doorn
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Max van Aanholt
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Lotte Fox
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Melissa Lippert
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Melina Knispel
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Rochelle Smith
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Teresa Pöppelmann
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Maarten Telleman
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Larissa Adam
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Sofia Armadillo
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Suzanne Röseler
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Jule Beckmann
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Feiyan Xu
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Marie Westerdick
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Liselore Wijnholds
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Mick Hill