041 – S2 E5 – Curiosity, visual thinking, and a sense of exploration

homeroom is an international podcast bridging the education gap between the classroom and the living room by starting conversations impacting the next generation. In this episode, I speak with Maaike—a visual dialogue maker, mediator, social worker, and mom—about her earliest memories of being a student. We talk about the educational philosophy of her parents and teachers, and how they encouraged play and exploration throughout her education journey. We also talk about the point at which she burnt out, and how a chance opportunity led to the career of her dreams. Check out our conversation, join our ongoing discourse on social media, and subscribe for more. https://www.instagram.com/homeroomed You can also find a computer-generated transcript of our episode at https://www.homeroomed.com — Maaike is a visual dialogue maker and mediator with degrees in Social Work and Social Studies based in the Netherlands. She enjoys tapping into the creative resources of individuals and groups, and combines that with thinking, unraveling, deconstructing, and restructuring the issues they are working on so that new doors and possibilities can be opened for them. https://www.instagram.com/inksight.nl Rée is a visual storyteller and educator exploring the consequences that mass education has on creativity, identity, and interpersonal connection. https://www.instagram.com/theinterdisciplinarian