Loek Schoenmakers, Ph.D.
Elmpterbaan 22, 6071AE,
The Netherlands
Email:Loekschoen@yahoo.com
Phone: 00-31-475 476588
Skype: loekanne
Founder of www.happilydifferent.nl,
a coaching, training and consulting service using social
constructionism as fundament for co-creating change. Humanizing change
processes is his core bussiness. Using the appreciative stance builds
bridges and strengthens change processes, leads to sustainabliltity when
constantly feeded by collaborative and dialogical practices. Loek is
author of the worldshare book Happlily Different (Taos, 2014) which
illustrates in detail how constructionist approaches leads to more
hopeful and “happy” changes for all.
Loek currently works as an educational specialist in the Netherlands,
Aruba, Suriname, and Belgium. 30 years of experience within education as
teacher, school leader, school advisor, trainer, coach and educational
specialist. Visiting lecturer at ADEK university Suriname. Besides the
many teacher and leadership training and courses, Loek studied at
Nottingham University (MA, 2001) Educational Change and School
Improvement; promoted at Tilburg University and Taos Institute (Ph.D.,
2011) Sustainable Educational Change is being in Relation. Currently
Loek Schoenmakers is designing a website, and setting up a company that
supports change processes based on constructionist ideas. For more
information, please use loekschoen@yahoo.com.
Loek lives in the Netherlands, together with his wife Annemarie (yoga
teacher, social advocate, advisor and best friend) and their two sons
Roel and Jon. Besides enjoying work, he enjoys practicing Buddhism, art
painting, traveling.
