To address teacher shortages, Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences strive to enhance the appeal and accessibility of their teacher education programs by making their curricula more flexible. Flexibility in education is conceptualized from multiple perspectives, namely the student, workplace, and societal …

Anthropogenic climate change demands innovative educational approaches that effectively bridge sustainability concepts with practical learning. Particularly this applies to the broad context of sustainable energy education. The CIRCLE project (Creative Impulses for Recycling, Crafting and Learning) conducted …

This paper explores how attitudes and values can be integrated as essential components of engineering education, where energy education is embedded within the curriculum. The study introduces a small-scale, design-based professional development track grounded in systemic design. Using the 3.2.1.SPRINT …

In the Salamanca Statement (1994) and the intended implementation of the Sustainable development Goals (2015), governments worldwide express their intention to implement inclusive education (Ainscow, 2020; Kuroda & Nakasato, 2022; UNESCO, 1994). Teacher educating programs play an important role in preparing …

Because social workers respond to local contexts, it is often said that social work is not a global profession. Indeed, social workers adapt their practices to local conditions. However, these local practices are recognised globally. The exchange of these practices and methods enriches social workers, …

This six-year study, consisting of four sub-investigations (one conceptual, three empirical), describes how subjectifying education with positioning of the body and embodiment of students in the educational practice requires teacher artistry, and forms by which teachers can stimulate learners' desire …

Due to the variegated nature of the teaching profession system, different actors operating in this system (teachers, school leaders, policy makers) are inevitably intertwined and assumably influence each other’s sensemaking processes, especially when system-wide educational change occurs. Gaining insight …

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, launched during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in December 2022, encourages governments, companies and investors to publish data on their nature-related risks, dependencies and impacts. These disclosures are intended to drive businesses …

Integrated science-and-literacy programs have proven to positively affect both language proficiency and science knowledge. Because making connections is important in both text comprehension and understanding the disciplinary core ideas taught in science, it seems worthwhile to explore the potential of …

Purpose: During the last decade, new continuing learning pathways have been designed and implemented in the Dutch Vocational Education and Training (VET) column aiming to foster students' transitions between successive educational levels. Prototypical examples of such continuing learning …