EFFECTIVE AND RESILIENT
EDUCATION
- BY DESIGN


(ARCHITECTURE / URBAN / DEVELOPMENT/ POLICY / LAND / WATER / CLIMATE)


We are here especially for you as unique course/training coordinator, to come alongside you and partner with you, as you work on a (architecture / urban / development / policy / land / water/ climate) curriculum, so that you can offer effective and resilient education in its simplest form.

Prefer direct contact? Feel free:
tikvah@studioblended.com +31 6 42 47 29 69

ADVICE

We offer bespoke advice to individual course, training or degree coordinators. This may be in the academic world, or involve capacity development of professionals. We advise and mentor students. Have a look also at our student landing page.

TRAINING

We offer open access teacher training geared towards coordinators of courses, training sessions or degrees via our Audio Podcast ‘How to design a resilient curriculum’.

RESOURCES

Discover our unique philosophy and methodology in our Design angles. They are reflected in our Audio Podcast, publications and events.

NEWSFLASH

The combination of advising course coordinators on their course/degree curriculum design, and advising/coaching actual students with their end product - the thesis, remains wonderfully fruitful.

StudioBlended started to take on University of Applied Science students (next to university) as of last year, and it is truly rewarding to receive their feedback and realise how it might translate back to better design of their programs.

We thought you might like to read this review by a (male) student at a University of Applied Sciences in Rotterdam, who got a green light just this week and is over the moon.

We are definitely interested in your thoughts on this, free free to Email us. We are also open to a call to dialogue more on it if you find it useful for your own course/degree. Discover more on our page advising and mentoring students. Or go directly to our page for course/degree coordinators.

“A lot depended on this for me, since I failed my submitted thesis that had received a heavy insufficient grade. I realised the scale of the problem I had – so much needed to happen in a brief period of time until the new deadline, and the price of the thesis supervision by Tikvah was worth it for me completely, as it made perfect sense. For every hour I bought, I got so much value: this goes over and beyond thesis support you usually get out there, it goes from structure in the text, to how to plan my time optimally, and from content dialogues to laughter and more.

Perhaps the most helpful aspect of this trajectory with Tikvah, was how she made sense for me out of the immense amount of input I received from my institution of what was expected of me and of the end product - in the thesis guidelines, workshops, separate documents, the oral feedback over time from teachers and commissions on my failed product etc.

It was a mess for me, I had no idea where to start even and I felt the time pressure. Tikvah ensured I was crystal clear on what my institute would grade me on, and in case of doubt we cross checked with my teacher at the institute.

Her way of constantly bringing it all together in 1 place only, was absolute gold for me. In the end, I received a green light, and I couldn’t feel more relieved, as now I can complete my 4 years degree and am a certified professional.”

Bachelor Student (m) Logistics Management, University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

EVENT SUGGESTION

Don't miss this livestream - 

In curriculum design there has always been a pendulum swing between skills and knowledge. Which one is more important for your curriculum design? It seems the pendulum is about to experience a swing back from a skills-focus - to one that is ensuring a robust domain-knowledge base. Here is your opportunity to make up your own mind about it:

Paul A. Kirschner is a cutting edge thinker and author of timely publications such as his recently published 'Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking' which will surely be reflected in the dialogues. (find an article about the knowledge revival). Here is his announcement:

“Teachers, administrators, and parents want students to think deeply about the content they are taught. To this end, many curricula in recent decades have emphasized skill acquisition over building content knowledge. But “thinking deeply” is not a skill that can be taught. Instead, cognitive science research suggests that deep thinking cannot be accomplished without a wealth of domain-specific knowledge.“

Tue 4 February, 2025 16.00 - 15.15 ET timezone / 22.00 GMT+1 / Or watch the recording

And now that you're diving into these matters anyway, should you want to get the larger picture of the balance between knowledge, understanding, skills and capabilities, why not have a listen to the Audio Podcast episode we released recently on the technical resilience of your curriculum design - and big ideas.

Or go straight to our page on Evidence-based design/ Neuroscience. We are currently crafting our next Audio Podcast series, on the time-dimension of your course, very much centered on big ideas in your curriculum. What should your schedule look like, how long is your optimal course?

ARTIST WE COLLABORATE WITH

 Photo Cazu Zegers - all rights reserved

Our Studio started a collaboration with the Chilean Architect Cazú Zegers who has shared a few hand drawn sketches from her renowned projects to give life to the covers of our Audio Podcast ‘How to design an effective and resilient curriculum’. The collaboration is infused with our shared passion for good educational design, and for our teachers - and ultimately, the students. Cazú has a beautiful phrase when she finishes her classes or speeches to young students:

“It is essential that the vocation of the architect can be accompanied by what he or she is passionate about, be it nature, sports, culture, the community, etc. At Cazú Zegers Arquitectura we believe that if you combine your vocation and passion you will be able to find your destination. ⁠This reflection arises from the experience of Cazú Zegers where her architecture has been the product of the following equation:⁠ Vocation + Passion = Destination .”

You will find her hand drawn sketches appearing incrementally as new episodes release. A common theme is the landscape. The ‘gesture figure form’ methodology is very much related to the territory and sometimes comes from the territory. “The territory is to America, as the monuments are to Europe,” says Cazú. To learn about Cazu Zegers’ work please visit: www.cazuzegers.com. Find her thesis on the territory and Instagram

Feel free to give us a direct call or Email us, for any question or problem you may have. tikvah@studioblended.com



What clients say about us ︎



StudioBlended Foundation 2025

Prefer to have direct contact?
Feel free:
Tikvah Breimer (MSc MAEd MSc)
Independent senior advisor, teacher trainer, lead
tikvah@studioblended.com
+31 6 42 47 29 69



Non Profit Foundation

Registration Chamber of Commerce
KvK-number 86242598 (Dutch)

VAT identification number
NL 86 39 07 29 5 B01

Bankaccount

NL40 INGB 0709 6156 04
SWIFT/BIC: INGBNL2A
StudioBlended Foundation


︎︎︎



Our work

About us

We are here especially for you as unique course/training coordinator, to come alongside you and partner with you, as you work on a (architecture / urban / development / policy / land / water / climate) curriculum, so that you can offer effective and resilient education in its simplest form.


This website is hosted Green - checked by thegreenwebfoundation.org