Learning by Design (LBD) is a project-based inquiry approach for interdisciplinary teaching that uses design contexts to learn skills and conceptual knowledge. Research around the year 2000 showed that LBD students achieved high skill performances but disappointing conceptual learning gains. A series …

Innovation seems to be the most important element of activities of companies to stay vital in a very competitive international market. Innovation is the process of developing products or services in an organisation for a market. Especially small and medium-sized companies, for which it is difficult to …

The additive manufacturing (AM) of high-quality products requires knowledge of the 3D-printing process and the related design guidelines. Allthough AM has been around for some years, many engineers still lack this knowledge. Therefore, Fontys University of Applied Sciences sets great store by training …

This paper describes a research about the changing role and competences of teachers and the willingness of the teachers to change. The researchers developed and conducted a survey at Fontys University of Applied Sciences department engineering to find out how teachers teach and how they would want to …

In deze rapportage worden de opzet en resultaten besproken van de Opfriscursus Wiskunde van de techniekopleidingen van Fontys. De resultaten hebben betrekking op cohort 2012 en cohort 2013.

Dit afstudeerproject heeft plaatsgevonden op het Techno Centrum (TeCe) van de Radboud Universiteit in combinatie met de faculteit Sterrenkunde. Het TeCe ondersteunt momenteel het BlackGEM project. Dit project is een nieuwe telescoop, die voldoet aan de eisen van de faculteit. Het BlackGEM project ondervindt …

Deze publicatie kijkt vanuit de sociale agenda naar het experiment Kenniswijk. De ambitie van Kenniswijk is in de noordrand van Eindhoven en Helmond te experimenteren met de technologie van morgen, met name hoogwaardige breedband. Dat is technisch en economisch boeiend, maar levert het ook wat sociale …

This study investigates what pupils aged 10-12 can learn from working with robots, assuming that understanding robotics is a sign of technological literacy. We conducted cognitive and conceptual analysis to develop a frame of reference for determining pupils' understanding of robotics. Four perspectives …

Op school X (Hoger Laboratorium Onderwijs) wordt bij practica onder anderen aan onderzoeksvaardigheden gewerkt in de vorm van resultaatuitwerkingen van de uitgevoerde experimenten, welke als complexe vaardigheden worden gekenmerkt. Er is sprake van een gedemotiveerde en slechte presterende studentengroep. …

Described are a number of national and local initiatives that are taken to motivate young people to choose for technical education. From the local initiatives we focus on the area where Fontys and Actemium are located; the southeast of the Netherlands. Not only governmental organizations and foundations …