Section Education and Communication
Election of the Teacher of the Year
Each year the Dutch Physical Society organizes the election of the Physics Teacher of the Year. Secondary schools are invited to nominate their excellent physics teachers. The winner is announced during our conference FYSICA.
In recent years, the following persons were elected Teacher of the Year:
2020 Martijn Leensen (Ds. Pierson College, Den Bosch)
2019 Michiel van Duin (Pallas Athene College, Ede)
2018 Sjaak van Doorn (Gertrudis College, Roosendaal)
2017 Hans Bruning (Comenius Lyceum Amsterdam)
2016 Saskia Plekkenpol (Griftland College, Soest)
2015 Leo van Dijk (Maaslandcollege, Oss)
2014 Jan van Riswick (Raaijland College, Venray) and Paul de Haas (Kandinsky College, Nijmegen)
2013 Annette de Boer-Arts (Gymnasium Celeanum, Zwolle)
2012 Fons Bleijendaal (Zaanlands Lyceum, Zaandam) and Ton Versteegh (KWC, Culemborg)
2011 Arjan Pruim (Nuborgh College, Elburg)
2010 Giuseppe Salvati (Spinoza Lyceum Amsterdam)
2009 Kirsten Stadermann (Praedinius Gymnasium, Groningen)
2008 Bart van Dalen (Sint Michaël College, Zaandam)
2007 Kees Hooyman (Bonifatius College, Utrecht)
2006 No election
2005 Benno Berendsen (Bonhoeffer College, Enschede)
2004 Wil Schraven (Sint Vitus College, Bussum) – Honorable mentions for Sim Blaauw (Piter Jelles, Leeuwarden) and Johan van Steensel (Calvijn College, Goes)
Become a member of the Section Education and Communication
Would you like to become a member of the Section Education and Communication and to be informed of its activities? Just send an email to the NNV office.
The Section Education and Communication was formed in 2003 by a merger of the Sections Education and ‘Natuurkunde practica’. The aim of this Section is to foster the quality of physics education at all levels. To this end, the Section builds on the knowledge and expertise of all NNV members.
Board:
Erik Woldhuis (SLO, chair)
Wouter van Joolingen (UU)
Wilfred van Elsäcker (NVON)
Lodewijk Koopman (teacher)
Peter Koopmans (teacher, publisher)
Gerco Onderwater (RUG)
Marieke Wolthoff (PTvT)