Flip the System to take EI World Congress by storm
Today, the anticipated book and call to action for teachers, unions, and parents, Flip the System, is being presented at Education International’s Seventh World Congress, where copies are available to delegates.
Join the book launch and meet the editors Jelmer Evers and René Kneyber at 18h00 on the third floor of the Shaw Centre in the exposition area.
Editor Jelmer Evers is a history teacher in a secondary school and is involved in classroom innovation. Jelmer gives advice, workshops and guest lectures on new forms of pedagogy and is involved in designing a new innovative teacher training college. He writes columns and articles for educational magazines and has edited Het Alternatief. He was nominated Teacher of the Year 2012 and named one of The Netherlands' 23 'New Radicals' by national magazine Vrij Nederland in 2013. He was nominated for the Global Teacher Prize in 2014.
Editor René Kneyber is a mathematics teacher in secondary school. He has written popular books on classroom authority and discipline and has edited multiple high-profile books, including the Dutch book Het Alternatief and the Dutch translation of Embedding Formative Assessment by Dylan Wiliam. In 2015 he became member of the Dutch Education Council on royal commendation.
To learn more, read the Jelmer's latest blog piece on the Education in Crisis website.
Join the conversation online with #flipthesystem and #unite4ed
Follow @jelmerevers and @rkneyber on Twitter
“Flip the System: changing education from the ground up” can be ordered at Routledge and Amazon
