DALTON MAGAZINE

Reports

Education on the Dalton plan in China (pdf file)


Oktober 2005

Vladimír Moskvan visited the Dalton schools in Japan.
More information and report soon.
 

 

 

 

 

May 3th 2005

On May 3th the International Dalton Conference took place in Brno. Representatives from different countries participated in this conference.
See : Gallery

 

  

 

 

April 2005

The third book about Dalton education written by
Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke, will be introduced
during the International Dalton Conference in Brno
on 3th May 2005 by the publisher Wim Kooyman.

 

 

 

May 5th 2005

The Altalános Iskolá in Györszemere celebrated during an official meeting their membership of Dalton International. The Mayor of Györszemere unveiled the plaque.
Teachers and students are happy with their new status.

  

 

 

 

 

 

First official Dalton conference for Hungary (18th March 2005) by Roel Röhner
On Friday 18th March 2005 the first official Dalton conference for Hungary took place in the Altalánis Iskolá Györszemere.
 

25 October 2004

During a Dalton seminar in Brno  the Millington Primary School from Portadown got the membership of Dalton International. The principal Derek Holden and two of his teachers, Wendy and Steven, proudly received the official plaque.

   

 

 

 

A group of teachers and officials from Brno visited the city of Leeds / UK
by Roel Röhner

 

September 2004
Ildefon Winter takes her official leave as the headmistress of Dalton school 'de Klipper' on Wednesday 29 September 2004. Ildefon participated several times in the international conferences in Brno. During the last conference week an international group visited the Általános Iskola in Györ / Hungary.

 

 

 

 

September 2004
Ilse Mayer from Vienna and Zsuzsa Gömöry (with her daughter Marta from Györ/Hungary) visited Dalton schools in the Netherlands. The first visit was to Dalton school 'de Twijn' in Utrecht and the next days they visited the 'Brederode Dalton school' in Santpoort-Zuid,
the Dalton secondary school in The Hague and the 'Dalton College'in Zutphen. Visitors from Austria and Hungary in Dalton school 'de Twijn'.Visitors from Austria and Hungary in Dalton school 'de Twijn'.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

July 2004

Hans Wenke and Roel Röhner are writing a third book about Dalton education.
New innovative elements will be worked out and a lot of practical idea's will be added.
Some topics : quality development - Dalton and multiple intelligences - new inspiration
from other Reform movements.
 

   

 

17. June 2004
Hans Versnel, former coordinator in Utrecht for the City link with Brno, was appointed as 'Member of Honour' for his support to the Dalton project between Brno and Utrecht. Hans Versnel couldn't be present at the Dalton conference in May but today Roel Röhner gave him the plaque during an informal meeting.

 




 

 

New T-shirts of Dalton International available.
Different colours : blue - yellow - red - black
Frontside logo Dalton International, backside different languages
For information :
vmoskvan@chalabalova.cz

   

 

June 2004
Dalton School 'Chalabalova', Brno/CZ and Dalton School 'de Twijn', Utrecht/NL
got a European reward for a Comenius project. Together the pupils of the schools produced several years an international newsletter Çomenius Times'.
Coordinator of this project was the 'Millington Primary School' in Portadown/N-I.
see REPORTS in MAGAZINE

   

 

 

 

 

Official delegation from Brno and Utrecht in Northern Ireland by Roel Röhner

 

Visit to Nothern Ireland by Roel Röhner
Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke visited the "Millington Primary School'
in Portadown / Northern Ireland from 19 - 23 May 2004.
Derek Holden, principal of the school, invited the two Dalton consultants
for a first contact with the school.
 

Visit Általános Iskola, Györszemere (Hungary) by Richard van den Berg

 

International group participated in dutch dalton conference by Roel Röhner

 

MAY 2004
During the opening of the 8th international Dalton conference
in Brno the board of the Czech Dalton Association pronounced
the honourable membership for :
Rowena Danziger      Sydney
Roel Röhner             Houten
Pavel Vlach               Boskovice
Hans Wenke             Meppel
 

   

 

 

 

3-7 April 2004
An official delegation from the city of Brno visited Utrecht from 3-7 April 2004.
One of the results of this 'citylink' is the founding of Dalton International.
Vladimir Adam (head of the youth and sports departement in Brno) ,
Jana Sancova (head of the international department) and Vladimir Moskvan
(headmaster of the Chalabalova Dalton school and president of the Czech Dalton Association) visited several officials in Utrecht. Vladimir Moskvan could proudly present the first copy of the Magazine of Dalton International to the deputy Mayor of Utrecht René Verhulst. In the evening of 6 April the delegation, together with Roel Röhner, gave a presentation of the 'Dalton project Utrecht - Brno' for the deputy committee for international relations of the city of Utrecht.

   

 

First Dalton seminar in Slovakia by Roel Röhner

 

 

 

Dalton Austria by  Edeltraut Mattes

 

Schoolvisit students Akademie der Diözese Linz / Austria
Students of the Pädagogische Akademie in Linz
 

 

December 2003

Vladimir Moskvan was honoured as one of the major representatives
of innovative schools in Czech Republic.
The Dalton development in Brno has a spinn-off effect all over the
country. Reason for the Ambassador of the United States of America,
Mr. Craig Stapleton, to show his gratitude for the implementation of 
an educational concept proceeded from the U.S.A.

Picture from left to right : Vladimir Moskvan - Mrs. Dorothy Stapleton - Mr. Craig Stapleton

 

 

November / December 2003

These months several activities will take place on the occasion of the parting of Rowena Danziger as the headmistress of Ascham, that fabulous girl’s school in  Sydney.
Dalton International is greatly indepted to her
for the support she gave to the international development of Dalton education.
( see DALTON LINKS : History of Dalton at Ascham)

 

November 2003
One of the most important newspapers in Norway payed attention to the new Dalton development in Bergen. Mona Skjonhaus was interviewed. It’s even on the newspapers net website. Click here for the interview:  http://www.bt.no/utdanning/article206802

 

Dalton seminar 21 and 22 Oktober 2003 in Brno/CZ
Under auspices of the CERNEDA project, the Czech Dalton Association, Dalton International and the City of Brno an international Dalton seminar took place in the 'Husova Dalton School' in Brno. On Tuesday 21. Oktober more than 130 participants from different countries could listen to lectures of Prof. Vladimir Smekal (Mazaryk University Brno) ,  Roel Rohner (Dalton consultant / the Netherlands) and Hans Wenke (Dalton consultant / the Netherlands).

In the afternoon two rounds of 13 workshops inspired the participants to use ideas in their own practice. One special workshop was given by Derek Holden, director of a primary school in Portadown / N.Ireland. After these workshops several schools exchanged material in a 'Dalton Market'.

The next day four Dalton schools in Brno opened their doors for groups of collegues. Intensive contact between collegues was the result of this school visit.

At the end of this seminar every participant received an official Dalton Certificat
from Vladimir Adam (head of the educational department of the City of Brno).        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2003
Mona Skjonhaug / Norwegian Dalton Association organized a first Dalton conference in Bergen. A representation from Dalton International took part in this conference with several lectures. Next schoolyear there will start a new secondary Dalton school in Bergen
and probably a Dalton nursery school.

 

September 2003

From the 1th of January 2004 Susan Preedy will be
the new headmistress of Ascham / Sydney.

Susan Preedy


After her visit to the International Dalton Conference
in Brno (May 2003) , she visited several Dalton schools in the Netherlands.

visit Daltonschool de Twijn Utrecht

visit Brederode Daltonschool te Santpoort-Zuid

Lunch with Susan/ Brederode Daltonschool, Santpoort-Zuid

Visit Jan van Scorel College Alkmaar

 

June 2003
On the 13th of June the Art school "ZUS Veveri" from Brno/CZ
will give a performance of the musical "The Path" in the opening
of a festival in Utrecht/NL.
This musical is an original product of the school and is written
by Ales Kucera and Leos Kuba.

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 2003
This article was published in the magazine of our pedagogical faculty.
It describes the visit of an official delegation from Brno and the interest
in the Dalton training in this institute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 2003
On May 6th the International Dalton Conference took place in Brno. Representatives from different countries participated in this conference. See picture of a workshop.
More under MAGAZINE and GALLERIES

 

 

 

 

 

February 2003
Programme of the International Dalton Conference
available in this website. Registration for this conference is already is possible :
 or later by using the formularin this website under CONFERENCES.

18 - 25 January 2003
Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke will visit the Dalton schools in Brno. They have a meeting with representatives of the Pedagogical Faculty of the Mazaryk University, and make a visit together with Vladimir Moskvan and Alexandr Polak (both directors of Dalton schools) to the "Europaschule" in Vienna. The "Europaschule" is one of the nominated members of Dalton International. The next International Dalton Conference ( 6 and 7 May 2003) will be prepared together with the board of the Czech Dalton Association. See report of this visit later.

6 - 11 January 2003
Johanna Raeburn, head of the mathematics department of the Ascham School in Sydney, makes a visit to some Dalton schools in Holland. On the 6th of January she will visit Dalton school "de Twijn" in Utrecht, 7 and 8 January she is the guest of the  "Stedelijk Dalton College" in Zutphen and from 9 till 11 Johanna Raeburn will visit the Dalton secondary school in Vught.

December 2002.
The Art school in Brno (ZUS Veverï) made contact with the Art Institute (UCK) in Utrecht. A new aspect of the international development and Dalton contacts.

 

 

Oktober 2002
A delegation from the Dalton schools in Brno visited the Dalton school in Moscow.
See MAGAZINE for a report.

Oktober 2002
Roel Röhner visited for the second time the Ascham school in Sydney.
This famous Dalton school is strongly involved in the development of Dalton International.

April 2002
In the Netherlands the two Dalton specialists Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke wrote another book about Dalton education. After their first book , published in 1999 (second edition in 2001). Czech edition in 2000 under the title :"At' Žije Škola" . Both authors wrote "Dalton Education, a lasting inspiration". A manual for teachers and students, with a lot of practical tips and advices. Inspired by the ideas of Helen Parkhurst, the authors based their publication on  her most important conclusions in Education on the Dalton Plan, to show the actual value of the Dalton concept.
The book came out in April 2002.

Roel Röhner and Hans Wenke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 2002
Vladimir Moskvan  gave a lecture during a conference in Poznan. 

 

 

 

 

January 2002
Hans Wenke and Roel Röhner gave a workshop in the Chalabalova Dalton school in Brno. 30 teachers from this school and the Dalton school Kridlovicka participated. 

 

 

 

 

Innovational Management of the Basic School through the example of the Dalton Plan
by Vladimír Moškvan (2001)
 

Dalton abroad
by Judith Sheridan / The Dalton School New York
 

Visit delegation from Dalton Brno to Dalton Moscow by Vladimír Moskvan

The Ascham School Sydney by Roel Röhner 

   

 

An article in the Moravské newspaper about
the Daltonconference in Brno 2001.