Internationalise your Classroom

This minor is not present during the minor market on March 14.

As the world keeps changing and classrooms become more diverse, you, as a future teacher, need to be able to adapt. This program is designed for international and Dutch teacher training students who wish to specialize in international and/or bilingual education.  

If you are aiming for a career in international or bilingual education at primary or secondary level around the globe, or if you are interested in internationalizing your classroom at home, this minor is for you. Besides theoretical courses, you will do a short and intensive school-practice/internship at an international or bilingual Dutch school (primary or secondary education), for half a semester.  

Admission

You are expected to have attained English CEFR level B2.

The Examination Board determines which minors do not have a higher professional education level and/or have an unacceptable overlap with the compulsory curriculum of your own study programme. Check at the page Not allowed minor courses under your institute which minors are not allowed. This page will be updated from 29 February for the 2024-2025 minor offer.

Content

Education in Europe and beyond is constantly changing. Primary and secondary schools have to be prepared to educate their students for a world in which everything seems to be connected. Rapid developments in technology and communication and instant access to information about ideas, goods and services from all over the globe have an influence on students’ and teachers’ ideas, values and knowledge. Learning systems and teaching methods need to change to adapt to these developments. At the same time, teachers teach classrooms with students from diverse backgrounds.  

Given all this, you need to be prepared and equipped with the skills and knowledge to be able to adapt to these changes. You have to educate your students to be responsive to the challenges and opportunities of the changing society we live in. You can help your students to be competent in diverse settings and to have respect for different cultures.  

Learning objectives

After completing this minor, you are able to:  

• Demonstrate your view on global citizenship in education in order to raise awareness of it within a school and promote integration into the curriculum;  
• Define culture in its broadest sense, and describe how cultures shape us, and how culture changes;  
• Recognize, identify and appreciate diversity amongst students and use diversity within multicultural and international classroom as opportunities;  
• Identify and critically discuss key-concepts in European educational materials, such as identity, heritage, citizenship and culture;  
• Define internationalization at home and abroad and explain its relevance within education;  
• Conduct school-based research and collect data and make recommendations for the school where the research was conducted.  

Courses

The programme takes place during one semester and contains the following courses: 

Assessment 

Literature 

The following literature will be discussed during the minor. You will receive a definite reading list before the start of the minor.  

• C. Nunez, R. Nunez Mahdi, L. Popma (2021). Intercultural Sensitivity. Van Gorcum  
• Walliman, R. (2011). Research methods. The basics. London: Routledge  
• Sales, A., Traver, J.A. & Garcia, R. (2011). Action Research as a School-Based Strategy in Intercultural Professional Development for Teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27, 911-919  
• Dulmen, J. van (2018). School Practice Assignments. 2016-17 (online)  

Schedule

Classes are scheduled on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Block A and Wednesdays in Block B. The internship in Block B is organized on the other days, after consulting your school mentor. Due to the tight schedule and the internship the program is not suitable for parttime students. 

With the exception of the first teaching period of the academic year (starting September), the lesson and test schedules are always posted on Mijn Rooster four weeks before the start of each teaching period. The schedule for the first teaching period of the academic year can be found on the site three weeks before the start. The most up-to-date schedule is always visible on Mijn Rooster. 

At HU, full-time education may be scheduled between 08:30 and 19:00. 

Additional costs

€ 175,-