In this study we investigated the culture-invariant and culture-dependent nature of ethical sensitivity within the educational contexts of three countries, of which two, Finland and The Netherlands, represent western cultures, and one, Iran, eastern cultures. Our aim was to identify the culturally bound …

This study examined the ethical sensitivity of high-ability undergraduate students (n=731) in the Netherlands who completed the 28-item Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire (ESSQ) developed by Tirri & Nokelainen (2007; 2011). The ESSQ is based on Narvaez' (2001) operationalization of ethical sensitivity …

Global citizens in the virtual classroom. Presentation, IPUE, Groningen 18-19 november 2013.

Bitumen is a highly valued and much used roofing material, but as an oilbased, non-renewable product, bitumen is now no longer sustainable. In response to this growing need to produce more sustainable construction materials, Icopal bv, Algaecom and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences collaborated …

Designing an honours course for global citizenship.

15th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction 2013Ethical sensitivity in an international comparison.Symposium at the meeting of the EARLI, München, 31 augustus 2013.

Global citizenship by design. Presentation Lilly Conference College en University Teaching and Learning. Bethesda Maryland USA 1 juni 2013.

Presentatie Center of Entrepreneurship voor delegaties van Bedrijfsleven en Innovatie EL&I en OC&W (Hans Schutte en Berthold Leeftink). Gehouden op 02-04-2013, Het Huis Elzendaal. Binnen het CVO Groningen stimuleert het Groningen Center of Enterpreneurship Value050 valorisatie door het ontwikkelen …

Research on the effectiveness of the online honours course ‘the global village’

Ethische sensitiviteit van honoursstudenten in het hoger onderwijs.