Kees Broekhof, Senior Project Coordinator at Sardes Educational Services, in the Netherlands.
He has conducted research on language education, parental involvement and the use of computers in education. He has developed and trialed inservice training programs for early childhood education workers and librarians in the domains of interactive language education, parental involvement and family portfolios. He also works with primary schools, training teams of school teachers in didactic skills for language teaching and helping teachers to reflect on this aspect of their work. Kees is currently involved in developing an out‐of‐school approach for improving the language development of talented elementary school students from immigrant backgrounds.
