News and media

Media

  • See here the announcement on Linked Inn that our colleague and emeritus professor Micha de Winter won the prestigious Comenius price.

  • PhD candidate Luc铆a Chisari is researching multilingual children's participation in science museums. Interviews with children, their families and museum staff revealed great insights: for instance, how important the role of parents is. And that, above all, you have to listen carefully to the children themselves.

  • "The home language of multilingual children is insufficiently exploited in Dutch education." How to make good use of that home language, Elma Blom investigates in the Multi-STEM project.

  • Elma Blom, together with other researchers, successfully submitted an NWA-ORC application and built a consortium. How did that work?

  • A home filled with languages

    Utrecht University linguists (among them Elma Blom) work to debunk the myths about multilingualism to make room for knowledge and practical tools for every child鈥檚 language development.

  • Taal in uitvoering: Passend onderwijs voor taal en TOS (in Dutch)

    Inaugural lecture Elise de Bree.

Blogs

  • Young People鈥檚 Learning in Digital Worlds.

  • The platform for professionals where practice, research and innovation meet!

  • Multi-STEM is a research project that aims to promote the participation of multilingual children in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

  • A North American student suspected of fraud was later found to have a language development disorder. Elma Blom in a blog on 'Taaldoetmeer'.

  • Is bilingualism good for the human brain or not? For instance, bilinguals' executive functions are said to be extra well developed. What about it?
    Elma Blom in a blog on 'Taaldoetmeer'.

Podcasts

  • KletsHeads, season 1, episode 1.

  • KletsHeads, season 1, episode 5.

  • KletsHeads, extra episode 2,

  • Online youth get the opportunity to develop themselves outside of the mainstream. Even though the media tend to focus on negative consequences, these online spaces can also offer youth opportunities for learning they cannot find at school or at home. PhD candidate Zowi Vermeire joins 'De Nieuws BV' on NPO Radio 1.

Video and knowledge clips

  • Elma Blom about the importance in working together with parents?

  • Lex Wijnroks on the CCE stage. How to recognise, prevent and reduce chronic stress. Especially in children with intellectual disabilities, it is important to identify chronic stressors in time.

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