Minister of Education congratulates CELSTEC and Iselinge

Yesterday, 25th of June, Minister of State (staatssecretaris) of Education Van Bijsterveldt, congratulated OUNL/CELSTEC and Hogeschool Iselinge on their collaboration in the academic teachers training. "This is a great initiative. It offers young people who want to become a teacher, a whole range of possibilities. This initiative will provide us with more academic trained teachers."

The Minister of State offered her congratulations on the ocasion of the opening of the academic year of the Open Universiteit ánd of the academic teacher training in Doetinchem. Two students of the teacher training received their study materials from Theo Bovens, of the Board of Governors of the OUNL in the presence of among others Margo Andriessen, director of Hogeschool Iselinge, and Paul Zevenbergen, president of the Board of Governors of the IJsselgroep.

Academic teacher training Iselinge

Hogeschool Iselinge starts in September 2009 with the academic teacher training. During their training the students study courses on academic level of the Open Universiteit Nederland. When they graduate, their diploma gives them direct admittance to the master programme Learning Sciences of the Open Universiteit Nederland (CELSTEC).

Teacher ánd researcher

CELSTEC is responsible for the study materials and the examinations. Hogeschool Iselinge for the lectures and the tutoring of the students. No more than 20 students are admitted each year. "With our training programme we want to develop in our students a enquiring spirit", says Margo Andriessen.  "They will be trained as teacher and as researcher. With the academic teacher training, we have been able to trace young talent in our region."