The musical landscape in Europe shows a complex picture. Societal change leads to change in the careers of artists. We see an increasing number of unstable jobs in the music profession. It no longer offers many opportunities for full-time, long-term contract work, but is often more project-based, calling …

Within the study ‘Musicians as Lifelong Learners: Discovery through Biography’, biographical research was used to examine key developments in the professional lives of musicians, focusing on the relationship between their life, educational and career span ant their learning styles. This resulted in a …

This article considers four learning biographies from professional musicians. Each musician holds a different portfolio career and is from a different age category. The key questions I ask are: "How does one learn as a musician?", "What knowledge, attitudes, values and artistic skills are necessary to …

Aan de hand van recente bevindingen van hersenonderzoek en research rond ontwikkelingstheorieën wordt de vraag beantwoord: in hoeverre zijn jongeren toegerust voor het nieuwe leren en in staat tot zelfsturing? Op basis hiervan worden aanbevelingen geformuleerd voor de onderwijspraktijk.

Dit hoofdstuk beschrijft acht fundamentele problemen, die zich voordoen als men competenties, in de betekenis die gangbare definities aan dit begrip verlenen, probeert te meten in het onderwijs. Uit het betoog vloeit een dilemma voort: we kunnen niet meten wat we in competentiegericht onderwijs zouden …

This study was based on Instructional Skills (IS) training module which was imparted by Training Institute for Technical Instruction (TITI) Nepal to improve the performance of vocational instructors. Instructional skill training is a three months training course split in to three modules; each module …

The music profession and the professional musician; a reflection. This reflection will adress trends and changes of the music profession and the professional musician. First some background will be given, after that I will address three types of careers that are either emerging or changing and finally …

The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of metacognitive self-regulation for students in secondary vocational education. Drawing on research and theory characterizing writing as a complex skill, we analyzed students' reported metacognitive strategy use in relation to three writing genres: …

Dit onderzoek gaat over Spits. Ruim 7,5 jaar geleden rolde de eerste Spits van de persen en wordt de gratis krant dagelijks verspreid in het openbaar vervoer. Uit de dagelijkse treinrit van menig forens is de krant onmisbaar geworden. Dagelijks brengt Spits met een oplage van 440.000 zo'n 1,7 miljoen …

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 …