New authority
Just like parents, teachers, schools, Vet trainers and job coaches were very much conscious of the loss of authority in the educational and social system. The traditional authority has been severely eroded, yet in today’s social environment it is neither desirable nor possible to recapture the authority of the past. In traditional society children did what teachers told them to do. By definition, teachers had unquestionable authority. The authoritative, distant often punitive teacher of yesteryear was replaced by a kinder, understanding and more supportive teacher. Today we are at a crossroads; the more liberal approach to education has proven unsatisfactory and only a partial answer to children’s needs, while the authoritarian approach is no longer valid in a world characterized by greater transparency and a more critical relationship to authority.
We seeked answers to this dilemma by defining a New Authority (a concept and approach developed by prof. Dr Haim Omer and Idan Amiel).
This New Authority is based on 5 principles that are simple and easy to apply:
Who was this training designed for?
Webinar objectives
The participants learnt immediately applicable techniques and interventions that created perspective when their work was difficult.
All the interventions were based on New Authority as a theoretical guideline.
Participants learnt more about:
The trainer:
Kristof Das works as a teacher and trainer in an advanced bachelor degree in special needs education at UCLL (University college Leuven Limburg). He conducts research about behavioral problems and he often goes to work in schools to give training on new authority. He’s involved in different national and international projects that are aiming to reduce early school leaving and NEET’s.
He’s a member of the workgroup ‘well-being and bullying’, part of The Flemish Education Council, the official advisory body on the education and training policy of the Flemish Community.
Training fee:
EPR members: 30 euros
Non-EPR members: 35 euros
“Start to can” project partners: the training was for free
This event receives financial support from the European Union, from the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). For further information please consult: http://ec.europa.eu/social/easi
Roberto Zanon – EPR Senior Project and Policy officer (rzanon@epr.eu)