Educational institutions and vocational practices need to collaborate to design learning environments that meet current-day societal demands and support the development of learners’ vocational competence. Integration of learning experiences across contexts can be facilitated by intentionally structured …

Healthcare-logistics study modules were created in the HELP project via piloting new course curricula and materials at four different educational levels: Vocational, Bachelor, Master and PhD. Different modes of delivery were used: face-to-face, online synchronous, online asynchronous and blended online …

The central aim of this thesis was to increase understanding of designing vocational learning environments at the school–work boundary. Four studies were conducted, focusing on learning environment designs at the school–work boundary and on design considerations of the actors involved in their construction, …

This study focuses on the school–work connection from the perspective of curriculum design. The aim was to uncover considerations underpinning the design of learning environments in vocational education. The research took place in the Netherlands. A focus group methodology was chosen to elicit designers’ …

In deze studie zijn de gespreksvaardigheidsoefeningen in de drie meest gebruikte leergangen voor vmbo-Engels geanalyseerd met behulp van een op literatuur gebaseerd codeerschema. Uit deze analyse bleek dat de weinige oefeningen die in deze leergangen voorhanden zijn zich meer richten op het ontwikkelen …

Excellentie en het mbo, het leken twee begrippen die niet bij elkaar passen. Toch heeft de afgelopen zes jaar een kentering plaatsgevonden die excellentie en mbo verbindt en misschien zelfs verenigt. Cruciaal was de start van de kwaliteitsafspraken in 2015 waar excellentie voor het eerst op de mbo-agenda …

This study investigates subject teachers’ practical knowledge and teaching behaviour regarding integrated language teaching in the context of vocational education. The emphasis was on the nature of teachers’ subject-specific language awareness and how they enact this awareness in their teaching practice. …

In our large-scale, organized existence, we are not only mass consumers, but also mass products. Higher education has become a (mass) approach to “produce” global citizens who are able to work with smart technology, follow geopolitical issues and have sufficient communication and language skills (roughly …

Purpose Refugees face multiple barriers to employment, such as previous work experience and qualifications not recognized. The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences offers a Higher VET dual program for highly-skilled refugees, in which education and work is combined. After completion of the two-year …