School of Education

The School of Education trains and develops enterprising, inquisitive and confident teachers. Here you can become the teacher you want to be. We offer our students a lot of space to broaden or deepen their knowledge. And: we have joined forces with the work field to tackle the shortage of teachers.

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Education

Home base for bachelor, master and associate degree programs 

Dutch-taught degrees in the broad field of education. The School of Education is home to a range of teacher education programs. Our students choose a full-time or part-time program, or a special track: an abridged or job-retraining program. 

They are: 

Associate degrees (Dutch-taught)

  • Pedagogical Educational Professional
  • Teacher Education in Health Care and Welfare

Bachelor degrees (Dutch-taught)

  • Education in Primary Schools (age 4 to 12) 
  • Academic Teacher Training for Primary Education (ALPO)
  • Dual Teacher Education Pabo-ALO
  • Teacher Education in Geography 
  • Teacher Education in Biology
  • Teacher Education in German
  • Teacher Education in Economics
  • Teacher Education in English
  • Teacher Education in French
  • Teacher Education in History
  • Teacher Education in Physics
  • Teacher Education in Dutch
  • Teacher Education in Chemistry
  • Teacher Education in Mathematics

Special programs (Dutch-taught)

  • Lateral entry: teaching qualification in primary education
  • Lateral entry: teaching qualification in secondary education
  • Certificate in Educational Didactics
  • Retraining for Teacher Qualification
  • Abridged program in Teacher Education

Master degrees (Dutch-taught)

  • Teacher Education in Economics
  • Teacher Education in English
  • Teacher Education in Dutch
  • Teacher Education in Mathematics
  • Design of Contemporary Learning
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POST-GRADUATE COURSES AND TRAINING

Want to continue studying? HAN Educatie PRO offers a large number of post-graduate degrees, courses and training programs.

RESEARCH

Home base for practice-based research 

We work together with the degree programs to tackle social issues through groundbreaking practice-based research. At the School of Education, we do this through the following research centers:

  • Extended Teacher Professionalism
  • Learning with ICT
  • Contemporary Assessment and Decision Making
  • Vocational and Professional Education

Researching and educating together

iXperium/Center of Expertise

The iXperium (Center of Expertise) contributes to education in which digital technology is better utilized. The goal is more effective, tailored education. We put ICT literacy of pupils and students on the agenda so that everyone has equal opportunities in society. Together we are building education with ICT.

Partnership for Quality of Learning

Learning changes. We work together with the professional field to look for new knowledge about learning and development, inside and outside the school. And we use that knowledge to prepare our students for the profession. So that in the future you’ll have a colleague you can rely on.

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Partnership for Lifelong Development

We are educating people for professions we don't yet know. Professionals see developments coming their way whose consequences are hard to predict. Rapid automation, digitization and robotization are turning the world upside down. Or not?

Twee studenten in gesprek aan de balustrade/bij trap op LvS10. Student Support Center. Fotoshoot 2023.

Educating Together

Within the School of Education, we educate students to become qualified teachers in primary, secondary and/or vocational schools. Then we do as much as possible with the schools, in partnerships. We educate our students together with these professional development schools.

HAN Academie Educatie, Pabo, Pabo-ALO, ALPO, voltijd en deeltijd, studenten in lokaal begeleiding van docent, 2024

The Learning Lab

Contemporary education is different from traditional education. The focus is on self-regulation and responding to students’ needs. In The Learning Lab, we work together in the triangle of research, education (teacher educators and students) and professional field.

HAN Academie Educatie, Pabo, Pabo-ALO, ALPO, voltijd en deeltijd, studenten in lokaal werken samen aan project, 2024

School of Education Management Team

As well as the following management team members, student advisors Bob Fleer and Roos Peters have also been added to the management team. The student advisors working directly together with the MT.

Management Academie Educatie

Aly Smelt

Dean

Portretfoto Managementteam Academiedirecteur Aly Smelt

Henriëtte de Groot

School manager: primary education

Portretfoto van Henriëtte de Groot, lid managementteam Academie Educatie

Marianne Stienen

School manager: secondary and vocational education

Portretfoto Marianne Stienen, lid managementteam Academie Educatie

Marion van Beek

School manager: research, innovation and master programs

Academie educatie portret Marion van Beek

Frank Derks

School manager: secondary and vocational education

Portretfoto van Frank Dekker, lid managementteam Academie Educatie

Ineke van der Meijden

School manager: secondary and vocational education

Portretfoto lid managementteam Academie Educatie Ineke van der Meijden

René van Heugten

School manager: primary education

Portretfoto van René van Heugten, lid managementteam Academie Educatie

Niels Wiersema

Student advisor

Portret van Studentadviseur Niels Wiersema (web)

Meike Vorselen

Student advisor

Portret van studentadviseur Meike Vorselen

Contact

School of Education

Aly Smelt, Dean
E Aly.Smelt@han.nl
T 06 55240908 (secretarial office)

Aly Smelt

Location

School of Education

Kapittelweg 35
6525 EN Nijmegen
Netherlands

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