Partners

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Homepage https://www.thomasmore.be/en/welcome

Contact information

Vanessa Dockx

International Coordinator Teacher Education

Thomas More Kempen

Campus Vorselaar & campus Turnhout

Vanessa.dockx@thomasmore.be

Information about the institution

Most of the courses will be held at campus Vorselaar, founded in 1902 and one of the oldest teacher training institutes in Belgium.

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When?

Our 20 ECTS-programme is from the beginning of February to the beginning of May.

Our 30 ECTS-programme is from the beginning of February to mid-June.

We start with a welcome day.

Linguistic requirements

Our programme ‘More to explore’ is in English and offers a programme on education for future teachers. We require an A2 level for participating students and a B1 level in English for students interested in practice.

Why choose Thomas More?

Thomas More is the largest university college in Flanders, offering over 50 bachelor and master degree programmes in the province of Antwerp, in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. The Academic Bachelors and Masters are part of the association of KU Leuven as of July 2013. This means that their courses are KU Leuven courses, organized on the campuses of Thomas More University of Applied Sciences. They work together closely with related professional bachelors. As a result, Thomas More is a fully fledged knowledge centre and engine for regional innovation. With Thomas More (1478-1535) the university college follows in the footsteps of the English humanist, scientist and author. In addition, the name ‘More’ also refers to more course programmes, more regional spread, more cooperation agreements, more horizons.

More than 17,000 students and 1,800 staff  members

More regional spread with campuses in Antwerp, Geel, Lier, Mechelen, Sint-Katelijne-Waver,

Turnhout and Vorselaar.

More than 30 Professional Bachelors in 7 study areas.

More than 20 Academic Bachelors and Masters in 4 study areas (see the website for all the options)

We’d like to welcome you as one of our incoming Erasmus students!

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Course catalogue

Are you a student in early childhood, primary or secondary education or interested in education in general? What about studying in a renowned teacher training institution in the heart of Europe? In the international class at Thomas More campus Vorselaar you get the possibility to study for 3 or 5 months in a full English-taught programme together with other International and Flemish students!

(Brochure – International programme Thomas More)We focus on the 21st century skills and in learning with and from each other, in classes but definitely also through outdoor education.

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In our international class we focus on the 21st century skills

•    Teachers who are competent in foreign languages
•    Teachers who think creatively and are open-minded
•    Teachers who are flexible and team players
•    Teachers who are problem solvers and decision makers
•    Digital competent teachers for digital natives in schools
•    Teachers who are lifelong learners

In the different modules the students discover not only our campus, but also the surroundings. We plan different excursions all over Belgium with a focus on education.
Furthermore, a full week in the Netherlands is part of the program since we focus on Europe and compare schools, school systems and learning outcomes. Apart from that students participate in online project work with students all over the world.

Want to know MORE?

https://www.thomasmore.be/en/exchange-programmes/exchange-programme-teacher-education-vorselaar

Information about the region

Vorselaar is a small town with a great history situated in the province of Antwerp in Belgium. You can easily visit our famous Belgian cities such as Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp and Brussels. It only takes a couple of hours to visit Paris, Köln, London or Amsterdam on weekends. We will help you with finding accommodation. The average price for a room is about € 250/ 300 per month.

International experience guaranteed. Belgium is home to the headquarters of the European Union – with easy train connections to Amsterdam, Paris, London and Berlin -making it a true international hub.

Multilingual. English is widely spoken throughout Belgium (on top of the 3 official languages: Dutch, French and German).

Open-minded. Belgians are known for being openminded and are always excited to meet non-Belgians.

Intelligent. The Flanders region has one of the most highly ranked education systems in the world.

Food lovers. Who doesn’t love chocolate, fries and waffles?

Travel pro’s. London, Paris, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Cologne and Luxembourg are all within a 300 km radius of Brussels.

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