How Primary School Teachers Learn To Act Wisely, Boldly, and Inventively

In this chapter I show by means of examples how the complex transition from tradition oriented to pupil oriented worldview education has taken place in several primary schools in the period between 2008–2016.

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Complexity in Education From Horror to Passion

Edited by Cok Bakker Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands and Nicolina Montesano Montessori Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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ISBN: 978-94-6300-762-7 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-763-4 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-764-1 (e-book)

Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prefacevii List of Figures, Tables and Appendices

ix

List of Abbreviations

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Part I: By Way of Introduction Introduction3 Cok Bakker and Nicolina Montesano Montessori 1. Professionalization and the Quest How to Deal with Complexity Cok Bakker 2. Developing a Better Understanding of Complexity in Education: An Introduction to the Various Research Projects Cok Bakker and Nicolina Montesano Montessori

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Part II: The Core Chapters of the Book 3. Teaching for Love of the World: Hannah Arendt on the Complexities of the Educational Praxis Anouk Zuurmond

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4. Virtuosic Citizenship Gertie Blaauwendraad

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5. Shaping Phronesis: No Polish without Friction Rob Gertsen

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6. Passio Complexitatis: A Dialogical Approach to Complexity Edwin van der Zande

121

7. Co-Teaching: A Means to Support Teachers in Complex Situations? 147 Dian Fluijt 8. How Religious Education Teachers Use Classroom Relationships to Advance the Worldview Identity Development of Their Students 169 Jeannette Den Ouden and Fred Janssen

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9. How Primary School Teachers Learn to Act Wisely, Boldly, and Inventively: The Complex Transition from Tradition Oriented to Pupil Oriented Worldview Education Bas van den Berg 10. Educating Practically Wise Teachers: Personal Formation of Students in an Innovative Teacher Training Program Ton Zondervan 11. Innovative Education and Complexity Dick de Haan

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Part III: Final Reflections 12. Why Complexity Matters Nicolina Montesano Montessori

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13. Final Reflections and Conclusions Nicolina Montesano Montessori and Cok Bakker

283

Notes on Contributors

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PREFACE

This volume is the result of four years of work performed by the combined research groups of the Utrecht University (Faculty of Humanities) and the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Faculty of Education) with the central theme ‘Normative Professionalization’. Th