Philosophy is an elective subject in secondary education in the Netherlands, which is not often studied in the context of citizenship education. This is probably because only a minority of students participate in philosophy classes in the upper grades of secondary education (approximately 2-5% of all …

Citizen science can be a powerful approach to foster the successful implementation of technological innovations in health, care or well-being. Involving experience experts as co-researchers or co-designers of technological innovations facilitates mutual learning, community building, and empowerment. …

Tijdens een lesson study ontwikkelde een groep mbo-docenten een lessenserie waarin burgerschaps- en kunstonderwijs elkaar ontmoeten. In een eerder artikel (Kunstzone 02 2024, pp.30-33) werd de inhoud van de lessenserie besproken. Hoe studenten en hun docenten dit ‘creatieve burgerschapsonderwijs’ ervoeren, …

Leraren ervaren regelmatig uitdagingen zoals uitdagend gedrag en klassenmanagement, ook op scholen met School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS). In een onderzoek met zeven basisscholen en Hogeschool Windesheim werd Lesson Study aangepast voor gedragsvraagstukken (LS-Gedrag). Het doel was te onderzoeken …

Thinking back and forth between observing physical phenomena and developing scientific ideas, also known as hands-on and minds-on learning, is essential for the development of scientific reasoning in primary science education. In the Netherlands, inquiry-based learning is advocated as the preferred teaching …

Practical work provides the opportunity for students to make a connection between hands-on activities and minds-on concepts. In this study, lesson design principles were investigated for stimulating Thinking-Back-and-Forth (TBF) between hands-on and minds-on aspects. Nine practical lessons intended to …

In de drie deelnemende Vlaamse scholen kiezen de onderzoekers Lesson Study (LS) als effectieve docentenprofessionalisering. LS beoogt samenwerking, evidence-based werken en praktijkgerichtheid te stimuleren. Goede begeleiding is echter essentieel. Gezien de beperkte middelen nemen drie ervaren docenten, …

Engagement with socioscientific issues (SSI) is seen as an important citizenship goal of SSI-based science education. In this experimental study, Dutch students (age 8 to 13) participated in lesson series in which they learned about and discussed SSI, such as issues related to the textile industry and …

We have developed a lesson in which learners interactively construct a qualitative representation about climate change and the decline of biodiversity by using the online software DynaLearn. They are supported by a built-in support function to notice mistakes, and they can run simulations to explore …

This study analyze data from three national contexts in which teachers worked with the same teaching materials and inquiry classroom activities, investigating teachers’ use of strategies to promote interaction and scaffolding when participating in a professional development program. The data material …