Draft:Koen Timmers
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Comment: Not quite enough independent significant coverage WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 05:31, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: I resubmitted this as an improper decline (articles are not required to have birthdate, etc). I have not checked to see if the subject is notable. Future reviewers should be sure to check WP:NPROF as well as WP:NBIO. asilvering (talk) 20:07, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Reads like a resume. It needs his birthdate, place of birth etc etc at least so that it becomes less like a resume and more like a biographical Wikipedia entry. GraziePrego (talk) 00:28, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
Koen Timmers is a former teacher. He currently is the director and co-founder of Take Action Global.[1] In 2015 he launched the Kakuma Project in which he started to teach refugees through Skype. He asked other teachers globally to join the project and ended up 420 teachers across 75 countries[2]. The project gave him insights how virtual interactions between refugees and students from across the world allows to fight polarization.[3] This made him decide to launch the Climate Action Project.[4] Currently Timmers is mostly working on climate education.[5][6]
In 2018 Timmers was one of the 10 finalists of the Global Teacher Prize. In 2019 he was accepted to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). In 2021 he delivered a TEDx talk "When education tastes sweeter than winning the lottery"[7] at the University of Hasselt.
Timmers is the author of "Game Changer"[8] and co-author of the book "Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Standing at the Precipice".[9]
Timmers has delivered keynotes about climate education and the use of technology in education.[10][11]
In 2023 Timmers became an Ashoka fellow.[12]
Projects[edit]
- 2015: Project Kakuma[13] offering free education to thousands of refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp[14][15][16]. The school has been called one of the 16 schools defining the future of education by World Economic Forum in 2020.[17]. The project was featured in the documentary Heroes for the Planet[18] from director Kief Davidson.
- 2017: Climate Action Project.[19] This free project unites 3.4 million teachers and students online across 149 countries. The purpose of the project is to bring climate education to schools to make students more knowledgeable about climate change and stimulate them to share solutions and actions online.[20] The project is supported by WWF[21] and UN Environment Programme.[22][23]
- 2019: Innovation Lab Schools. Timmers built 2 schools in Tanzania in partnership with Jane Goodall Institute. They were featured in Jane Goodall's documentary "The Hope".
References[edit]
- ^ "Our people - Take Action Global". 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Our schools – Project Kakuma". Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ^ Moderator, EPALE (2020-09-02). "Keynote Speech - Koen Timmers". epale.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "This teacher is bringing the world – and a few big name celebrities – into local classrooms". 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "BBC World Service - The Climate Question, What do we tell the kids?". BBC. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Koen Timmers: "Through creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration, students can bring about direct climate action"". Equal Times. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Timmers, Koen (2021-04-22), When education tastes sweeter than winning the lottery, retrieved 2023-07-02
- ^ GAME CHANGER (ENG) | Koen Timmers.
- ^ "Researchgate.net".
- ^ Webmaster (2019-04-07). "Jane's visit to Belgium - 16 March 2019". Jane Goodall Institute Belgium. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "EdTechX Summit Online". edtechxeurope.com. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Koen Timmers | Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker". www.ashoka.org. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Project Kakuma – Free education for refugees". Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Davis, Vicki (2017-08-22). "Teachers Teaching Refugee Children over Skype". Cool Cat Teacher Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Src='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/02cbe95f417482d6bdab94e1ab3abf71?s=20, <img Data-Lazy-Fallback="1" Alt=; #038;d=blank; Srcset='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/02cbe95f417482d6bdab94e1ab3abf71?s=40, #038;r=pg'; #038;d=blank; Decoding='async' />carylsue, #038;r=pg 2x' Class='avatar Avatar-20 Photo' Height='20' Width='20' Loading='lazy' (2018-02-15). "Project Kakuma: 150 Educators Across 6 Continents Offering Free Education to African Refugees via Skype". National Geographic Education Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
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- ^ "Schools of the Future Defining New Models of Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution" (PDF).
- ^ Media, Bionic. "HEROES FOR THE PLANET - Abacus". Abacus Media Rights. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ^ "Climate Action Project". Climate Action Project. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ^ "The Climate Action Project Wants Every Student to Create Solutions to Climate Change". Global Citizen. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Climate change resources for schools". WWF. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ ae.ruszkiewicz@unesco.org (2022-08-08). "#TeachersTransform climate education: How the Climate Action Project became a global movement". Teacher Task Force. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Src='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/83fca408c3dc3dea688c8a1cf50f2bf1?s=20, <img Data-Lazy-Fallback="1" Alt=; #038;d=blank; Srcset='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/83fca408c3dc3dea688c8a1cf50f2bf1?s=40, #038;r=pg'; #038;d=blank; Staff, #038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-20 photo' height='20' width='20' loading='lazy' decoding='async' />National Geographic Education (2017-11-09). "Climate Action: 250 Schools, 69 Countries Focusing on Climate Change". National Geographic Education Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
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