The best insitutes in the Netherlands

Every year in the month October the Dutch Magazine 'Elsevier'
brings out a special "The best studies of the year".
For many years the pedagogical institute KPZ is on the highest
place. Also in 2009 this PABO is the best in the country.
It is an honour to work for the Dalton department of this
institute : Wenke Daltonconsultants / KPZ

New website

At this moment our editor is working on a new website.
In short time it can be found under the name DALTONKNAP.
Just now I am busy to give input to this site and make new
material in addition to our latest book :
free choice assignments based on multiple intelligences.
Available at the end of November.

Dalton school " 'n Profiet "

One of the schools I worked with last year had an official
visitation in order to get the predicat 'Dalton School'.
This small school is named 'n Profiet and is situated in
Ootmarsum.
The school was rewarded with the status excellent.
I congratulate the team of teachers with their great and
solide work.
Dalton International can be proud of such a member !

Dalton Plan Pädagogik

Today Hans Wenke and I worked on the German edition of a book
about Dalton education.
It is an actualized summary of the books we wrote until now.
The book will be available in April 2010.

Dalton development in Poland

Last week two very successful conferences in Lódz and Warszawa.
Anna Sowinska, director of the 'school4child', was host of 60 participants at the conference in Lódz.
The school is invited to be member of Dalton International and such
an invitation was also given to Kindergarten No 31 'Zdzisław Witwicki'
in Warszawa.
A delegation of 12 teachers from Ukraine participated in the Warszawa
conference together with 94 teachers from Poland and Slovakia.
PaedDr. Monika Minová from the University in Presov / SK wants to
restart the co-operation with Dalton International.

Dalton in Poland

Tomorrow Hans Wenke and I go to Poland.
On Wenesday we will introduce Dalton education during a seminar
in Lódz, and on Thursday we give lectures and workshops at the
first Polish Dalton conference in Warsaw.
Dalton co-ordinator for Poland is Anna Wröbel, she is also the
national representative in OMEP

QUOTE

Teachers nowadays can be happy that children don't bring
a remote control to school, because they would be 'zapped away'
during instruction before they realize !

In this context:
Homo Zappiens - Wim Veen