In their postgraduate educational programs, residents are immersed in a complex workplace. To improve the quality of the training program, it is necessary to gain insight into the factors that influence the process of learning in the workplace. An exploratory study was carried out among 56 nursing home …

A considerable amount of literature on peer coaching suggests that the professional development of teachers can be improved through experimentation, observation, reflection, the exchange of professional ideas, and shared problem-solving. Reciprocal peer coaching provides teachers with an opportunity …

This module of Professionalism in Patient Centred Acute Care Training (PACT) is part of an international multidisciplinary distance learning programme for intensive care training. Editor-in-chief: G. Ramsay Most trainees are involved in some sort of teaching and therefore fulfil trainee and trainer …

Our research aims to formulate design guidelines for stimulating teachers' professional development using video feedback in collaborative settings. The study investigates guidelines concerning video feedback in peer coaching settings and focuses on a setting with three roles (of trainee, coach and observer), …

Zeven stellingen worden uitgewerkt: 1. Goed toetsen is slechts mogelijk in de mate waarin duidelijk is welke leerdoelen studenten moeten bereiken. 2. Toetsing stuurt het leren van de studenten. 3. Denken vanuit eigen vakgebied is een bedreiging voor de toetsing van competenties. 4. Het doel van toetsen …

Het artikel doet verslag van een symposium en masterclasses aan promovendi door Etienne Wenger bij Fontys Lerarenopleiding Tilburg. Wenger's werk over 'communities of practice' geeft een perspectief op leren dat van belang is voor zowel het onderwijs - en dus voor opleiden van leraren - als ook voor …

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Teacher education is in a state of change. There is a new focus on professional competence, including the competence for further development and learning, conceived of as workplace learning. Teacher shortages put pressure on the development of alternative routes to teaching. The arrival of prospective …

The artcle describes the outcomes of a pilot study on professional development of teachers. The project was initiated by the school management. Nine teachers volunteered to work on their professional development in a programme consisting of: • meetings discussing on relevant teacher topics • meetings …

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 …