Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago (IL), April 1997 Romanowski onderzoekt op welke manier de waarden en ervaringen van docenten de les beïnvloeden. Romanowski gaat ervan uit dat dit zo is. Hij baseert zich op een eerdere publicatie, die zegt …

In the Netherlands only a small number of male students opt for primary school teaching and a relatively large percentage of them leave without graduating. A small-scale research project was set up to explore the question: Can gender-specific student factors be identified in relation to the initial teacher …

Universities of Applied Science in the Netherlands started in 2001 with an expansion of their core business teaching with research. Lecturers are confronted with novel researcher roles in combination with current teacher roles. Enhancing their research expertise is seen as fundamental for achieving a …

Since 2001, Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences are expanding their core business teaching with research. Lecturers have to engage in novel researcher roles while maintaining their performance in teacher roles. First, we present a framework that acknowledges the intricacies of this double role transition. …

Onderdeel van het symposium 'De-minimalising teacher education' op het ATEE annual conference 2009 in Boedapest over opvattingen over professionaliteit en de consequenties daarvan voor leraren en lerarenopleidingen.

The LICTO research group of Windesheim university of applied sciences (www.licto.nl) regularly executes a technology scan. The purpose of a technology scan is to assess current technologies' capabilities to support education and research. This technology scan is characterized by a low-profile approach …

Collaborative learning in a culturally diverse secondary vocational education. By K. Tielman (Fontys), P. den Brok (ESoE), S. Bolhuis (Fontys) and R. van de Sande (Fontys) This contribution discusses a descriptive study on the experiences of students and teachers in secondary vocational education regarding …

Recent studies have identified that the teacher is the most important factor influencing the quality of education. Following this line of reasoning, it is likely to assume that the teacher educator is the most important factor influencing the quality of teacher education. Although many research studies …

In this article we provide the results of a review study on parental involvement in children’s education with a focus on the specific position of illiterate parents. Research results indicate that parental involvement in children’s education matters. It matters for their achievement, motivation and wellbeing …

In this study, we assessed the feasibility of a specific elaboration of the efficacy construct, distinguishing between personal and contextual aspects, as a criterion for comparing learning environments. The participants were 163 students from two student-regulated and two teacher-regulated programs …