Welcome to Driestar Hogeschool, University for Teacher Education
Driestar Hogeschool is a Christian university in Gouda, the Netherlands.
Devotion, reliability, wisdom, affiliation and courage. We believe these to be the most important values in teaching. Our vision on education and our way of working are inspired by the Word of God. Our faith in Jesus Christ is our foundation and point of departure.
Driestar Hogeschool
Driestar Hogeschool is part of a larger organisation, Driestar Educatief, with 65 years of experience in teacher training and education. Driestar Consultancy has helped schools improve their curricula and has helped to equip teaching staff for their task. Special educational needs is one of our areas of expertise. We are closely involved with several primary schools and nurture a close relationship with practitioners in the field, and because of this involvement we know what matters to teachers in their classrooms.
We encourage our students to consider who they are - the way they function in school, in church, in their families and in society. We focus on personal development and professional skills. We work and teach in small groups; the personal attention we give our 1,400 students and the atmosphere of approachability at our university are some of the things we are proudest of. Our university for teacher training ranks high on the list of colleges and universities in the Netherlands.
Our special fields of research are Christian identity and development and “illustrative or exemplary education”, an educational model based on the works of the Swiss scholar Wagenschein’s concept of “Lehrkunst”.
International Class – Christian Education: crossing the borders
Are you a Christian student of education? And would you like a broader perspective on the subject? Then we would like to invite you to join our International Class. As from September 2010, Dutch students and students from all over the world will get together to study Christian education in an international perspective.
More information?
Feel free to browse our website for more information about our university and the International Class.