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Israel Neumann in the Fort of Breendonk: In-depth school visit
This page is intended as an in-depth explanation after a visit to the Sammellager Breendonk. Students learn about the life of one of the prisoners, Israel Neumann.
The page uses a podcast on this topic and contains a dozen questions on the theme. The …
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Hair in philosophies: Teaching idea
ILD project focusing on the hairdress and all kinds of rituals involving head hair in ten philosophies. The ritual or tradition is presented and the underlying idea or value is always indicated.
The material is an impetus to study (the difference …
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Barbie: Movie review
The page asks students to reflect on male/female stereotypes and (possibly) brings back memories of their own Barbie doll days. Some students have seen the film and can talk about it.
Experience shows that students (girls) indicate that they used to …
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The Spirit of Peace in Paul: Book Review
The Spirit of Peace in Paul , a study in Biblical Theology discusses the central role of peace in the New Testament, with particular attention to the Pauline writings, and argues that this peace is a work of the Spirit. The chosen methodology …
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Material Matters: Article with inspiring insights
Article providing insights and arguments for a transition from a neoliberal economy to an alternative economy.
These are based on the book Material Matters, the alternative to our predatory construction society by Sabine Oberhuber and Thomas Rau.
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Dealing with Controversial Topics in the Classroom: Ezine
This e-zine contains a number of articles and interviews from TerInfo, a Utrecht University project, and from the School & Safety Foundation.
In the interviews, experts explain relevant themes such as polarization, terrorism and entering into the …
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Prevention in education is more than teaching about illegal drugs: Vision text
Vision text to support the addiction prevention learning line, fitting within effective prevention and the alcohol and drug policy at school.
Background information for teachers to get started in an evidence-based way on addiction prevention at the …
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Recovery economy: Environmentally friendly and financially beneficial
By repairing a product instead of replacing it (purchasing a new product), the lifespan of the product is extended. This saves materials and greenhouse gas emissions during the production of a new product.
For products that consume a lot of energy, …
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The material footprint of Flemish consumption
The materials footprint of Flanders or Raw Material Consumption (RMC) is the total of primary raw materials that are extracted worldwide as a result of Flemish consumption.
These primary raw materials are minerals, fossil raw materials, biomass and …
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Global environmental benefits through local and circular textile consumption
In order to meet our Flemish consumption needs, we currently have to obtain a large part of the required raw materials from abroad. Reuse, recycling and high-quality, local production of textiles can ensure that the extraction of primary raw …
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Climate footprint: Sustainable compared to a fast fashion T-shirt
European consumption of textiles has the fourth largest impact on the environment and climate change, after food, housing and mobility. Textile consumption is also in the top three factors that place the most pressure on water and land use and in …
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Running Up That Hill: Class Discussion
The Netflix series Stranger Things is popular with students. In this blog post background is provided about an old song by Kate Bush, which is collected here as a kind of theme song . You can use the lyrics of Running Up That Hill as a starting …
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