Straight from the Netherlands: A Comparison of Governance & Financing of Public Schools Between Here and There
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Equity Center Radio | May 7, 2010 | Henk van Hezel, an Education Specialist from the Netherlands, Compares the American Educational System to the one in the Netherlands
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A visitor from Mars; no, but Henk van Hezel is visiting from almost as far away. He is visiting the United States from the Netherlands to study our system of public education. Mr. van Hezel is an educational consultant in the Netherlands and works with numerous public school “districts” on how to best run their schools. He also works in the Netherlands with the Summer Institute’s international program for Doctor of Education students at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, under the auspices of Dr. Austin Vasek, its program director, who also joins him today in the broadcast booth.
Mary Hardin-Baylor’s College of Education offers the Summer Institute in Holland for third year students in its Doctor of Education degree in Leadership in Educational Administration (LEAD). Educational leaders and practitioners in the LEAD doctoral degree program visit, during the summer months, in order for each of the three years in the program, and study in, Austin, Texas, learning about how state governments’ work in relation to public education; Washington, D.C., studying the federal government’s impact on public education; and, finally, in The Netherlands, comparing their techniques of governance and philosophies of educational financing to our system. The experience provides each doctoral student with knowledge of the world of education in a different environment than the one with which they are most familiar . The Institutes are one of the unique aspects of the design of this particular doctoral program. Through the opportunity to travel to The Netherlands, where they are supervised by Mr. van Hezel, doctoral students are immersed in another culture, organization, and ideas.
Educational administrators and board members, our public officials and others interested in the United States public education structure need a world view, as culture, society, and learning become increasingly complex and interrelated.
On today’s program, hosted by Wayne Pierce, our guests explain this distinctive program and some of the differences between education in Europe, especially in Holland, and the United States. Interesting and informative, to say the least. We are sure that this different perspective on public education and a dissimilar system of its delivery will enthrall the listener.
Our Guests, Dr. Austin Vasek and Henk van Hezel, with Host Wayne Pierce
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