An introductory course for kindergarten, primary schoolteachers, art teachers, nature pedagogues, environmental educators, special needs teachers, academicians, 3rd and 4th year students in these fields as well as people working with young children. The course is intended to support educators to engage …

Presentation at DIS_SEMINAR #2, 29.11.2022, Platform Kunst=OnderzoekFort de Batterijen, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Online presentation in the context of the launch of the book 'Ecoart in Action', in which I have a chapter.

“Teaching is both an art and a science” (Harrison & Coll, 2008 p.1). Good teaching excites students and cultivates their curiosity to learn more than they are asked. But what if students’ blank faces tell you that the teaching did not land, what can you do? Using an analogy or metaphor to explain the …

Lezing en workshop bij de opening van het academische jaar 2022-2023 op de Hanzehogeschool

A description of an artistic activity that aims to sculpt out of clay the "missing link" in the process of evolution. The process was developed by Jan van Boeckel (inspired by the original activity in Antony Gormley's workshop) www.janvanboeckel.wordpress.com.

Workshop with clay: Silent becoming, Metamorphoses of organic forms