This is the home page of a non-violent approach for helping children and adults with special needs. It offers access to the following buttons: gentle teaching international; gentle teaching places; gentle teaching schools; quality of life; quality of life profile; sensory integration; personal teaching plan; placements and courses.
„A video series profiling policies and practices of education systems that demonstrate high or improving performance in the PISA tests.“ „This series of videos has been produced jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Pearson Foundation to present initiatives being taken by education authorities around the world to help improve the learning performance of their secondary school students. The school systems featured in these videos were chosen for their strong performance in the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a three-yearly evaluation of secondary students in reading, mathematics and science.“ The Pearson Group is a „British multinational publishing and education company“ and the „largest education company and the largest book publisher in the world“ (Wikipedia English, as of 05.10.2016). [Abstract: Site editor’s information supplemented by editors of Education Worldwide]
„Study in Holland“ is a portal created by the organisation EP-Nuffic which supports internationalisation in education in the Netherlands. The website provides information on all aspects of studying in the Netherlands, as well as practical information on everyday life. Furthermore, you will find information on options after having studied, concerning the labour market or further studies. The informations concerning higher education include information on the Dutch education system, search tools to find study programmes or scholarships, as well as information on admission requirements or the recognition of foreign qualifications. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) NWO falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and is the biggest funding institution for science and research in the Netherlands. As such, it also decides about the funding of broader research programmes or strategies. NWO’s website provides detailed and ample information on focus areas, funding criteria, funded projects and research results (sorted by subject area) and much more. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
„NARCIS is the main national portal for those looking for information about researchers and their work. Besides researchers, NARCIS is also used by students, journalists and people working in educational and government institutions as well as the business sector. NARCIS provides access to scientific information, including (open access) publications from the repositories of all the Dutch universities, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and a number of research institutes, datasets from some data archives as well as descriptions of research projects, researchers and research institutes.“ [Abstract: Site editor’s information supplemented by editors of Education Worldwide]
The SCO-Kohnstamm Instituut is a research and reference centre in Europe specializing in research on education, child rearing and child welfare. The Institute operates as an institute within the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, is part of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. Its aims are twofold: Reserch is done in the field of fundamental and applied research. The English pages inform about SCO’s profile, aims, fundamental research and applied research division, international projects and networks.
Formerly known as „Vereniging van Samenwerkende Nederlandse Universiteiten“, the VSNU officially represents the fourteen Dutch research Universities. The association’s website provides information on its focus areas, among others: human resources, research, education, finance, governance & accountability, international affairs, communication & public affairs. Furthermore, under „Facts & Figures“, you can find statistical and other information on the focus areas as well as on students, rankings, or knowledge transfer. The website also provides profiles of the member universities, publications (Open Access is an important issue here), events‘ annoucements and more. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
The Netherlands Youth Institute (Dutch: Nederlands Jeugdinstituut) is the Dutch national institute for compiling, verifying and disseminating knowledge on children and youth matters, such as youth care, parenting support and child education. The Netherlands Youth Institute`s main aim is to improve the physical, cognitive, mental and social development of children and young people by improving the quality and effectiveness of the services rendered to them and to their parents or carers. As an expert centre, the Netherlands Youth Institute connects scientific research to the practitioners` need for knowledge. It supports the youth sector by advising on policy, programmes and implementation, and by training professionals in evidence based methods.
SIO (‚Stichting Internationaal Onderwijs‘) supports initiatives designed to raise the standards of international education in the Netherlands. It acts as liaison between schools and parents. On the website addresses and links about higher education, school list and teacher links ( Dutsch or English as foreign language, to libraries…) are provided.
The website of the Dutch School Inspectorate provides a lot of information on its work, the process of inspection, criteria for evaluating school, as well as many fulltext documents (reports, studies, results from school inspections etc.). The Dutch website moreover provides a school finder where you can filter for many different criteria. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
