Siebren Miedema - Professor in Educational Foundations and Religious Education

Siebren Miedema (1949) is Professor in Educational Foundations in the Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, and Professor in Religious Education in the Faculty of Religion and Theology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

 

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Current Employment Positions

  • Present2014

    Ombudsman for the Academic Integrity

    VU University Amsterdam

  • Present2013

    Emeritus Professor in Educational Foundations

    Department of Research and Theory in Education, Faculty of Psychology and Education, VU University Amsterdam

  • Present2013

    Emeritus Professor in Religious Education

    Faculty of Theology, Department of Praxis, VU University Amsterdam

  • Present2002

    Member of NOSTER

    National Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion

  • Present1993

    Member of ISED

    National Graduate School for Education and Developmental Psychology, the Netherlands

Previous employment positions of Siebren Miedema

Scholarships, Awards, Honours

  • 2012
    Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau
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    Decorated as Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (geridderd als Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau), Amsterdam, 14 December, 2012 for his national and international academic contributions to the field of Religious Education, as well as the societal valorization of his insights, and his service to society broadly speaking (e.g. politics, church)
  • 2012
    Liber Amicorum in honour of Siebren Miedema: Ina ter Avest (Ed.)
    Liber Amicorum in honour of Siebren Miedema: Ina ter Avest (Ed.) (2012). On the Edge: (Auto)biography and Pedagogical Theories on Religious Education. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei, with a foreword by John Hull and contributions by Ina ter Avest, Cok Bakker, Günther Dietz, Hans-Günther Heimbrock, Chris Hermans, Robert Jackson, Fedor Kozyrev, Henk Kuindersma, Alma Lanser, Wilna Meijer, Mary Elizabeth Moore, Bram de Muynck, Cornelia Roux, Doret de Ruyter, Friedrich Schweitzer, Jack Seymour Geir Skeie, Marian de Souza and Wolfram Weisse, presented at VU University Amsterdam, 14 December 2012.
  • 2011-2015
    Presidency positions of REA and APPRRE
    President 2013-2014; President-Elect & 2013 Program Chair-Elect 2012-2013; Vice-President 2011-2012, Immediate Past-President 2014-2015, of the Religious Education Association (REA), the Association of Professors, Practitioners and Researchers in Religious Education (APPRRE).
  • 2007-2012
    Visiting Professor in Philosophy of Religious Education
    Visiting Professor in Philosophy of Religious Education, Faculty of Sociology  St. Petersburg State University, Russia

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