Huub Kurstjens

Curriculum Vitae: Mr Huub Kurstjens Name of firm: Cito (retired in 2022) email (home): [email protected] Name of staff: H.K.J. Kurstjens Profession: Educational Assessment Expert, Subject Specialist History Examinations Date of birth: 23-06-1956 Nationality: Dutch Education 1994 – 1995 Master’s degree in History. University of Nijmegen 1990 – 1992 Bachelor’s degree in History. Teacher Trainer Institute HAN (Nijmegen) 1975 – 1981 Teacher Training degree in the subjects History and Geography. Teacher Trainer Institute HAN (Nijmegen) Membership of Professional Bodies: Euroclio (European Association of History Teachers) from 1994 to present and ambassador since november 2011. VGN (History Teachers Association in the Netherlands) from 1984 to present Member of the Board of History Teachers Association in the Netherlands (VGN) (1994-1997) Secretary of the Board of the Italian Association “Dante Alighieri” in Nijmegen (Italian history, language and culture) and webmaster of www.dantenijmegen.nl from 2002 to 2014. Free time: - helping my wife with selling and drinking Italian wine .... (www.casadivonoroerdink.nl) - tour guide for Italy (in particular Puglia, Basilicata, Sicily, Northern Italy) and Albania - giving lectures on Frederick II of Hohenstaufen / Federico II di Svevia / Castel del Monte Employment Record 1993 – 2022 Employer: Cito Positions held: ­ Subject Specialist History Examinations (Arnhem) ­ Educational Assessment Expert, Counsellor for National Examinations 1998 Employer: Teacher Trainer Institute HAN (Nijmegen) ­ Part-time teacher of History 1998 Employer: Institute of Curriculum Development. SLO (Enschede) ­ Freelancer for history 1984 – 1994 Employer: Wolters-Noordhoff Publishers (Groningen) ­ Author of History textbooks 1981 – 1999 Employer: Pax Christi College (school for secondary education), Druten ­ Teacher of History at different levels of secondary education.