[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_video title=”The Pioneers Lab Movie” link=”http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19923190″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
In 2010, a group of twenty Honors students enrolled in a leadership learning course at the IIS Honours Program of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Free University of Amsterdam(VU).\u00a0The students had very diverse backgrounds, from the Singaporean army to anthropology and physics, they applied to explore themselves and their world.<\/span><\/p>\n Thieu Besselink<\/a><\/span> designed the course as a laboratory for pioneering. With a series of inspiring encounters, an open learning environment and a bucket-load of creative chaos, the students embarked on an unlikely inner and outer journey.<\/p>\n This documentary, directed by\u00a0Victor van Doorn<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jochem Smit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0shows the student’s progression from talented scholars, to driven social entrepreneurs and ultimately, directors of their own education.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Does today\u2019s educational system provide the tools,\u00a0<\/i>opportunities and enough chaos in order<\/i><\/span> for tomorrow\u2019s <\/i><\/span>pioneers<\/i> to emerge?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n “Amazing, the best hour I spent on education all year”<\/b><\/p>\n Sebastian Hirsch<\/a><\/span>, education journalist and reformer<\/p>\n “Beautiful, I was in tears. ..The world was waiting for this kind of film”<\/b><\/p>\n