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Dr. Wouter Pols (1946) was trained as an elementary school teacher. He studied educational studies at the University of Leiden (Netherlands). In 2016 he received his PhD from the Free University (VU) of Amsterdam with his dissertation In de wereld komen (Coming into the World), a study of the edacational meaning of upbringing, teaching and teachership. He started his career in education as a teacher in special education. After that he worked as teacher-educator at different schools and institutions of higher education. He is currently working part-time at the Knowledge Center Talent Development of the Hogeschool Rotterdam. With Joop Berding he published Schoolpedagogiek, a textbook on upbringing and education for teachers in the elementary school.