Om volwassen werkenden te ondersteunen bij het op peil houden van vakkennis heeft de overheid Leven Lang Leren onderdeel gemaakt van het onderwijsbeleid. Vanwege de constante wetenschappelijke ontwikkelingen zijn er namelijk steeds meer organisaties die willen investeren in het bijscholen van werknemers. …

The guide Workplace Learning at NHL Stenden maps out the diverse manifestations of workplace learning within the university of applied sciences, ranging from traditional internships to fully dual forms. The publication describes how workplace learning takes shape in full‑time, part‑time, and dual(work …

Pedagogic practices at workplaces are provided to support students’ vocational education. To contribute to the understanding of supporting workplace learning, the focus of this literature review is to operationalise how pedagogic practices play out in practice. An overview is provided of pedagogic practices …

Educational policies in the Netherlands reveal that the current mainstream participatory approach to citizenship education jeopardises students’ autonomy. Especially in Dutch post-secondary vocational education, citizenship education has been shown to be mainly aimed at socialization: initiating students …

Vocational teachers continuously tailor their teaching to changes in occupational practice, technologies, and student diversity. Teacher professional development is crucial for dealing with these changes. A longitudinal study was conducted to study the professional development activities of vocational …

To meet society’s changing demands, the responsive development of curricula is vital, and curriculum developers need to increasingly foresee and incorporate changes into their curricula in a timely manner. However, responsive curriculum development is a complex problem for curriculum developers in vocational …

Professionals are increasingly involved in attempts to understand and address problems with wicked tendencies, which require crossing boundaries between disciplines, organizations and stakeholder perspectives. This multiple-case study investigated six higher professional education courses in order to …

The Dutch research project “Wijs met techniek” (Tech-Wise) explores ethics education from a tool-based, practical perspective. Especially if and how practical tools for ethical deliberation on the impact of technology can be helpful in ethics education for engineering students. The approach is first …

It is expected that collaboration is needed to organize education whereas an important part of their education in vocational training are internships. Educational institutes and internship institutes have to agree on the terms for internships. The aim of this study is to determine the research question: …

This article revolves around whether and how a dual higher vocation education training (HVET) program strengthens work-related capabilities of refugees, how former students look back on the program and look ahead to employment opportunities. Although it is assumed that further education promotes integration …