While Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is recognised as an effective approach worldwide, its implementation in foreign language (FL) classrooms remains difficult. Earlier studies have identified factors impeding CLT implementation, such as a lack of communicative lesson materials or teachers' more …

This ESHA’s quality cards series HEADstart - also in Dutch - aims to help school heads with useful professional tips on how to develop and become better leaders of their teams. This guide explores how school leaders can foster collective self-efficacy among teachers to improve student learning. Research …

Seven college lecturers and two senior support staff were interviewed during 2021 about their experiences teaching in hybrid virtual classrooms (HVC). These technology-rich learning environments allow teachers to simultaneously teach students who are in class (on campus) and students who are joining …

Providing high-quality feedback is essential for improving preservice teacher performance. Rather than post-lesson feedback, immediate performance feedback while teaching is considered effective. This article reports on developing and piloting a standardised tool for synchronous feedback. Eight teacher …

This paper presents three lesson activities for upper secondary education that focus on learning subject specific knowledge and general system thinking skills by creating a qualitative representation. The learning goals and the pedagogical approach are described.

Background Following an ecological framework, the aim of this study was to highlight the way adolescents invested their time in opportunities to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) according to whether they were profiled as more or less active. This study’s innovation lies in the …

Hoe zorg je ervoor dat ieder kind plezier heeft in jouw zwemles? En dat ze ook het gevoel krijgen iets te leren? Hanze Hogeschool Groningen, Kenniscentrum Sport & Bewegen en Special Heroes Nederland hebben, als aanvulling op het leerboek ‘Plezier in bewegen voor ieder kind’, acht leskaarten ontwikkeld …

‘Lesson study is niet iets wat je ‘even’ doet of waar je direct concrete resultaten van ziet, en het is soms lastig om anderen ervan te overtuigen ook mee te doen’. Aldus één van de schoolleiders die met Lesson study Professionele Leergemeenschappen (PLG’s) werkt binnen haar school. In scholen wordt …

Lecture in PhD Programme Life Science Education Research UMCU. Course Methods of Life Science Education Research. Utrecht, The Netherlands. abstract Audit trail procedures are applied as a way to check the validity of qualitative research designs, qualitative analyses, and the claims that are made. …