34- Why 12 Students drove a bus to Guinea-Bissau to become teachers w/ Raquel Dinis

34- Why 12 Students drove a bus to Guinea-Bissau to become teachers w/ Raquel Dinis

1:13:15 Jul 10, 2025
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What if your teaching degree included crossing continents in a DIY travel bus? In this episode, your host Clara Francken chats with Raquel Dinis, who shares her experience with DNS Teacher Training College. She talks about where the classroom is the world and Guinea-Bissau was the final stop.We dive into how a group of student-teachers from Denmark rebuilt a bus and hit the road to West Africa, learning from communities, each other, and the world outside a textbook. Raquel tells us what it's really like to live and study on the move, how it shaped her worldview, and what challenges (and joy!) come with living in a bus with your classmates.We talked aboutconverting a bus and driving it from Denmark to Guinea-Bissauwhat DNS Teacher Training College is and how it redefines educationlearning through travel and what it’s like to study on the roadgroup dynamics, emotional growth, and living with classmatescultural exchange and building connections in West Africarebuilding an old school bus as part of the educational processrethinking what it means to “train” as a teacherand more...This episode is all about purpose-driven travel, education without borders, and saying yes to uncomfortable, unforgettable learning.Listen now on your favorite platform🔗 More about DNS: dns-tvind.dk🔗 Raquel's blog: raqueljadee.medium.comWrite us your thoughts on the showWant more? Follow the podcast on Instagram @traveldevil.podcast Connect with me on Instagram @clarafrancken Watch more on my YouTube channel
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