A former teacher educator started a debate on the role of reflective thinking in teacher education. In his article he claims that critical thinking is the same as thinking and reflective thinking. In this article I refute this claim and suggest a meaningful way of thinking about reflective thought in …

Neighbourhood interventions are important for creating supportive structures for parents and children and for other community members. Little is known, however, about what works for whom in what situation. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of what works for whom in community interventions …

This experimental study with a pre-post and follow-up design evaluates the financial education program “SaveWise” for ninth grade students in the Netherlands (n = 713). SaveWise adopts a holistic approach, emphasizing action rather than mere cognition. Benefitting from explicit instruction embedded in …

The UNLOCK project - Creativity through game-based learning at higher education – aims to equip HEIs to design, set and facilitate escape room games in their learning experiences, to foster the creativity and other entrepreneurial skills of HEI’s students. The UNLOCK project will provide the context, …

In dit artikel wordt een beschrijving gegeven van lesmaterialen over het lesgeven over verkiezingen. De lesmaterialen zijn gebaseerd op uitkomsten uit wetenschappelijk onderzoek en ook wetenschappelijk geevalueerd.

In het voorjaar van 2018 is een peilingsonderzoek Engels uitgevoerd dat zicht geeft op de Engelse taalvaardigheid van groep 8-basisschoolleerlingen op het gebied van gesprekken voeren, luisteren, lezen en woordenschat. In dit onderzoek is ook aan de deelnemende basisschoolleraren (vanaf nu leerkrachten) …

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What is the role of Teachers of English in Bilingual Streams (TEBs)? What challenges and opportunities are there for English teachers in their own lessons or when they collaborate with subject teachers? And how could teacher education prepare English teachers for this context? This publication is for …

Background Scientific software incorporates models that capture fundamental domain knowledge. This software is becoming increasingly more relevant as an instrument for food research. However, scientific software is currently hardly shared among and (re-)used by stakeholders in the food domain, which …