Boeiend onderwijs

17:04 Nov 28, 2013 

Sorry folks but I am going around in circles. I want to award points to Alexander because eventually I settled on 'Motivational Education' and my client agreed. Given the rest of this text this was the best solution and Alexander's suggestion was the closest (I also loved 'cool school'). I have been overwhelmed with everyone's helpfulness but this is where I want to award the points. However - when I click on this suggestion I just return to the page where I asked the question. Maybe I should be asking this somewhere else? If so can anyone guide me? Please? Just trying to be fair....

12:20 Nov 22, 2013 

I would like to add, the sentence structure/the phrasing/the wording/word order also indicates the child is aware of the concept.
I mean, it sounds like the child is referring to a specific concept.
My notion of 'a lecture/explanation is going to follow'.

12:14 Nov 22, 2013 

Barend that is exactly what I understand. My current solution (it could change!) is 'Motivational Education' with the Dutch term in brackets which is a combinations of answerers' suggestions....

12:11 Nov 22, 2013 

Thank you for your explanation.
So this child/adolescent actually says "there still will be 'boeiend onderwijs'" in 2028.

You also say that 'boeiend onderwijs' is the type of education this child is receiving.

This means, the child says, my type of education, 'boeiend onderwijs', will still exist in 2028.

I do think a child of 12/13 would be aware of the type of education they are receiving, that they would know the term and that they could produce a sentence like this in this specific context.

So if you ask me, and if I understood you correctly, 'boeiend onderwijs' refers here to the concept of 'boeiend onderwijs'.

08:13 Nov 22, 2013 

Although the text is in the present tense I a am translating it in the future tense since the children are being asked what education will be like in the future. So this respondent is saying in his/her vision this will be the shape of education in 2028 or something. If this is a common term in Dutch I don't see why a child would not use it - it is the type of education they are receiving. So that is really the question now: is this a common term in Dutch education as that will shape which solution I opt for. If I asked a Dutch 12 0r 13 year old would they know the term?

19:40 Nov 21, 2013 

Statement:

Boeiend onderwijs bestaat nog steeds.

Yes or No ?

Is this an option in a number of possible answers?
Can they read them from a list?

It sounds like the introduction of a lecture.
You expect an explanation is going to follow.
Anyway, it is a statement.
Where is the emotion?

15:51 Nov 21, 2013 

I asked for context. I posted the ref before her reply was there.

15:48 Nov 21, 2013 

I posted at 11.57, four minutes after being asked for more context and within ten minutes of posting the question, that this relates to a child.

15:43 Nov 21, 2013 

My goodness - it would really have been good if you had mentiuoned that from the beginning. Why make an effort when afterward it turns out you've been set on the wrong foot! ;-(U)

14:27 Nov 21, 2013 

If the interviewed child indeed refers to the specific educational approach that is known in the Netherlands as 'boeiend onderwijs' (see reference posted by writeaway), you might even consider using the original Dutch term while including an English 'translation' of the concept between parentheses.

12:04 Nov 21, 2013 

I a pretty sure it is the specific approach.

12:01 Nov 21, 2013 

So we don't know if the child is just using the term in its everyday use or if s/he is referring to the specific educational approach.

11:57 Nov 21, 2013 

There is no explanation in the text. Children are being interviewed about what they think schools and education will be like in the future and one child replies: Boeiend onderwijs bestaat nog steeds. That is all the context/reference I have.

11:53 Nov 21, 2013 

so we can see how it's being used. Or post the explanation given in Dutch, if there is one.