How to encourage students to choose for a future in agrifood? Not like we always did. The labor market shows an increasing shortage. The agrifood sector plays a significant role in achieving global food security and environmental sustainability. Scholars hardly realize what they can contribute to these …

De HvA heeft voor de periode 2018-2021 ‘aansluitgelden’ van OCW ontvangen om de aansluiting van vo en mbo met het hoger onderwijs te verbeteren. Het HvA-netwerk aansluiting dat toen is opgestart, heeft diverse projecten uitgevoerd. Met dit praktijkonderzoek wordt in kaart gebracht welke aansluitingsprojecten …

Purpose Refugees face multiple barriers to employment, such as previous work experience and qualifications not recognized. The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences offers a Higher VET dual program for highly-skilled refugees, in which education and work is combined. After completion of the two-year …

Framed within achievement goal theory and self-determination theory, the aim of this study was to explore the experiences and motivational needs of students within secondary school Physical Education, attempting to identify their preferred motivational instructional strategies. Nine focus group interviews …

In the context of education, ‘presence’—a state of alert awareness, receptivity and connectedness to what is happening in class—is related to depth of insight into the situation, and to more opportunities for action⁠. Presence is mainly conceptualized in philosophical and theoretical terms and idealistic …

Sommige kinderen hebben in de klas moeite met luisteren, ondanks een goed werkend gehoororgaan en normale gehoordrempels. Luisterproblemen en andere ontwikkelingsstoornissen, zoals een taalontwikkelingsstoornis, dyslexie, autisme spectrum stoornis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hebben overlappende …

Vanwege passend onderwijs krijgen docenten Nederlands in het middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (mbo) steeds vaker te maken met studenten met taalontwikkelingsstoornissen (TOS). In het mbo is de term TOS vaak nog onbekend, waardoor studenten met TOS niet altijd worden opgemerkt, terwijl TOS het meest voorkomende …

This paper presents findings from a qualitative study among 50 secondary school students from 10 schools in the Netherlands, aiming to understand how they experience ‘presence’ – being fully (with one’s entire being) engaged in the here-and-now – in class⁠. Although presence was a non-regular experience, …

This study reports on EFL teachers' self-reported teaching practices aimed at stimulating students' language awareness. It investigates whether, and to what extent, awareness-raising practices are currently implemented in EFL secondary education in the Netherlands, how these practices can be characterised, …