Annemieke Breure, Annette van de Merwe

Passie voor de Klas

Book coverPassie voor de Klas
Book coverPassie voor de Klas
Book coverPassie voor de Klas
Book coverPassie voor de Klas

Passie voor de Klas is the product of the city of Amsterdam’s desire to see some genuinely favourable publicity for teachers, a much-maligned section of the population. In recent years the profession has suffered increasing criticism, with education in general regarded as below par as well as being under severe pressure in other ways.

This ‘book’ – more a bundle of paper held together with staples – is a modest attempt at arousing sympathy for the teaching profession. There are still teachers who make a real difference, and ten of these ‘heroes’ are dragged into the limelight by one of their pupils. Teacher and pupil stand together before the camera, though to see the whole picture the reader must first turn the inserted half-page, an action which focuses attention on teacher and pupil as individuals, each with their own story to tell, and on the relationship between the two.

The beige cover, itself an exercise in understatement, seems to underline the notion that teachers efface themselves in the general interest and regard their efforts as a given.

Edition: 2011
Language: Dutch
Publisher: Bureau Leerplicht Plus, Gemeente Amsterdam
Graphic designer: PutGootink
Lithographer: Fotolab, Amsterdam
Printer: Lecturis, Eindhoven
Binder: Patist, Den Dolder
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 275 x 323 x 4
Number of pages: 24 + 20 p.
Print run: 500
Price: € not for sale
ISBN: none
Font and foundry: Avenir
Binding style: stapled loose leaves, open spine partially hotmelt glued, front cover with flap, back cover without
Material: 240gsm Munken Lynx, 80gsm Sirio Color Sabbia (interior), 80gsm Sirio Color Sabbia (cover)