Dr. Jan Visser

Dr. Visser talks about a role of UNESCO to more than
100 junior high school students in Goshiki town.

Coordinator of the Learning Without Frontiers (LWF) programme, UNESCO. (LWF is a multidisciplinary programme which aims at breaking down or diminishing the barriers to learning.)
Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Instructional Systems Design, Florida State University. Master of Engineering in Theoretical Physics, Delft Technological University, the Netherlands.
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Since November 1993, Dr. Visser has been working at UNESCO headquarters in the area of learning technologies and educational communication. LWF includes that concern, but also goes beyond it. From 1990 till the end of 1993 he was Head of the UNESCO Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe. From 1977 to 1989 he worked in Mozambique as: General Coordinator Inter-University Cooperation, Eduardo Mondlane University, Dean of Faculty, Adviser to Ministry of Education, Teacher trainer, Distance education developer, Staff trainer, Consultant.
Dr. Visser's earlier careers include documentary film maker (Lebanon, The Netherlands), science teacher trainer in Botswana (UNESCO project for in-service teacher training at a distance), theoretical physicist, researcher (involvement in teaching of science and educational development during different periods), and work in Israel and The Netherlands.