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Twee Keer Kijken

Twee Keer Kijken is a teaching program in which the encounter between young and old is central and photography plays an important role. The project aims to give third- and fourth-year students from the VMBO Care & Welfare track a practical introduction to elder care. In this way, Foam hopes to create more interest in and appreciation for this professional sector among future professionals.

Watch the video: getting started with Twee Keer Kijken

With Twee Keer Kijken, Foam aims to bring two different generations into contact with each other. During nine lessons, five of which are contact moments, students and elders will work on interview and photography assignments. By photographing together each week, the students and the seniors get to know each other better while learning more about street and portrait photography during workshops.

Taking photos together is an approachable way of starting a conversation. By working together on photography assignments, both students and seniors come into contact with the perspective of the other generation and learn to look at each other and their surroundings in a new or different way. In this way, Foam uses photography as a medium that connects different generations.

For students with the VMBO profile Care & Welfare, Twee Keer Kijken functions as a substitute teaching method for the existing elder care modules. During the implementation of the project, various skills from the Care & Welfare curriculum are tested. For example, students must take responsibility during lessons in "dealing with the client" and all the skills involved.

Twee Keer Kijken was developed with the idea that teachers in education can give the lessons themselves. Through training by Foam, teachers are introduced to the project and learn the skills needed to carry out the series of lessons. In addition, teachers receive a "toolbox" with lesson plans, manuals, instructional videos & cameras.

Interested?

As of January 2024, Foam is accepting applications from schools in and around Amsterdam.

For more information, please contact Oskar van der Werff at email oskar@foam.org or 020-5516505.

Twee Keer Kijken is made possible by the generous support of EgeriaDO.

Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the Gemeente Amsterdam.