This chapter explores the theory and practice of Business & IT Alignment in multinational companies. In the first part of the chapter an overview of the theory is presented. In this part the familiar frameworks for Business & IT Alignment are put in perspective in an ‘Alignment development model’. The …

In c.1330 the Antwerp public servant Jan van Boendale composed Der Leken Spieghel (The Layman's Mirror), a free adaption of several earlier Latin treatises on education. Van Boendale evidently wanted to ensure that a clear and reliable handbook was available to the laity, who lacked sufficient training …

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From the article: Abstract Over the last decades, philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that the brain constitutes only one of several contributing factors to cognition, the other factors being the body and the world. This position we refer to as Embodied Embedded Cognition (EEC). The …

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When the Netherlands developed a national system of vocational education at the end of the 19th century, it was a direct answer to obvious shortcomings in the technical and trade professions (De Jonge, 1968). It concentrated on training craftsmen for the traditional, mainly agrarian economy, and technicians …

Professional development needs to be understood as a spontaneous process of learning at work before moving on toward the 'desired' professional development. Learning as a result of working is often implicit, stems from social interaction and direct experience, involves the (thoughtless, implicit) reproduction …

Onderwijsvernieuwing is een complex proces met veel aspecten. Vernieuwing wordt beïnvloed door het curriculum, de docent, de organisatie en de cultuur. Vernieuwing is een kettingreactie en de reactie dooft uit wanneer onvoldoende rekening wordt gehouden met de verschillende aspecten.

Competentie-ontwikkeling is een doorlopend proces dat niet stopt met het geven van een cursus. De ontwikkeling van "civics" competenties in Rusland moet ook doorontwikkeld worden na de schoolcarrihre.