24 Mar 2025 A week of exchanges on parental involvement with Cleopatra
In 2024, her visit unfortunately couldn't take place, but this year we had the honour of welcoming Cleopatra Muma Chona from Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS) for a week at eNSPIRED. The jam-packed schedule included a conference in Rotterdam, a school visit in Aalst, and a hybrid webinar at the VVOB office in Brussels. Cleopatra's visit gave us the opportunity to reflect on the global challenges in education. But even more importantly, it reignited our energy to dream of a sustainable school environment where parents and teachers work together to take charge.
05 Feb 2025 Chilipo Gunda: "Without Ubuntu, we forget what truly makes us human."
How do you ensure that education is not just focused on knowledge, but also fosters a sense of community and global citizenship? Chilipo Gunda, Senior Teacher at Saint Andrews International High School (SAIntS) in Malawi, advocates for an approach grounded in the African philosophy of Ubuntu.
26 Jun 2024 eduSHARE from Rwanda | School debates to improve language proficiency
Rüth Tack and Grieke Terryn, final-year students at VIVES University of Applied Sciences, completed an internship at a primary school in Masaka, Rwanda. This school teaches learners from the first year in four languages: Kinyarwanda, Swahili, English, and French. However, the teachers noticed that the learners struggled to speak these languages fluently. Therefore, the headteacher introduced the subject of ‘debate’.
26 Jun 2024 eduSHARE from Suriname | Sound gestures
In Suriname, young children are introduced to the letters of the alphabet through sounds and sound gestures. This approach surprised and inspired Merel Homblé and Lotte Tack, two education students from VIVES University of Applied Sciences, during their international internship.
26 Jun 2024 eduSHARE from Suriname | The Flag Parade as a sign of unity
Pauline Van Belegem and Vere Bevernage, two final-year students in the Bachelor's programme for primary education at VIVES University of Applied Sciences, completed an internship at a primary school in Suriname in the spring of 2024. During their internship, they participated several times in the 'Flag Parade' and witnessed its positive impact on the students. They decided to further explore this topic as part of their eduSHARE project.
18 Jun 2024 In-Depth Insights from Professor Angela James of South Africa
In-Depth Insights from Professor Angela James of South Africa: Climate Education and Community Involvement
04 Jul 2023 eduSHARE from South Africa | Home language in the classroom
In 2023, Barbara Vauterin and Lisa-Marie Deman, two final-year students of the Bachelor of Primary Education at VIVES University of Applied Sciences, went to Durban in South Africa. They did a three-month internship at Mthombeni Primary School. During this international internship, we asked them to identify inspiring or interesting educational practices that can be used in teacher training in Flanders. For this purpose, they used the eduSHARE flow.
06 Jun 2023 eduSHARE from Rwanda | Girls in technical education
This eduSHARE was developed by Lise Delbeke and Febe Deschrevel, two final-year students of the educational bachelor of secondary education mathematics and economics at VIVES University of Applied Sciences. During their internship at a secondary school in Rwanda, they interviewed four students about how to get girls more interested in technical education.
20 Feb 2023 Planetary citizenship: a more holistic and inclusive approach
eNSPIRED spoke to Silvia Elisabeth Moraes. She works at the Faculty of Education of the Universidade Federal do Ceará in Brazil and is currently supervising an interdisciplinary project on planetary citizenship in the curriculum of a Brazilian university. While you have probably heard of global citizenship, Silvia prefers to talk about planetary citizenship.