Dit boek is een weerslag van een veelheid aan gesprekken tussen 2018 en 2023 met (oud-) studenten van de prebachelor voor vluchtelingstudenten van Hogeschool Utrecht. De prebachelor bestond uit een jaar voorbereiding op het studeren en werken in Nederland, waardoor doorstroom naar het hoger onderwijs, …

In de 'Pedagogische Canon – Bronnen van betekenis’ vind je een serie portretten van onderwijswetenschappers en -denkers, uit heden en verleden. Hun werk is van betekenis voor een beter verstaan van goede onderwijspraktijk. In deze aflevering Jan Masschelein, emeritus professor wijsgerige pedagogiek verbonden …

Friction in the classroom may create useful tension for teachers when they attempt to discuss sensitive topics as part of democratic learning. Due to the openness and indeterminacy of these topics, students can experience what it is like to be (political) subjects in a diverse society and become aware …

Presenting is considered as a core skill for the higher-educated professional (De Grez, 2009). However, many graduated students often fail to show effective presentation behaviors (Chan, 2011) and suffer from presentation anxiety Smith & Sodano, 2011). The development of presentation skills, therefore, …

With the increasing presence of new media, life in classrooms all around the world has drastically changed. The critical and conscious use of media messages provided by technological devices has developed into a crucial 21st century skill. Lin et al. (2013) have laid ground for a useful and proven theoretical …

Educational policies in the Netherlands reveal that the current mainstream participatory approach to citizenship education jeopardises students’ autonomy. Especially in Dutch post-secondary vocational education, citizenship education has been shown to be mainly aimed at socialization: initiating students …

In this chapter we elaborate a hermeneutical perspective on professionalism and professional development in the wide range of professions and vocational trainings, which fall under the concern of a University of Applied Sciences (UAS). In a joint research programme of the HU UAS and Utrecht University …

In this chapter, we present a perspective on the professionalisation of students in higher vocational education, which relates their life orientation to professional and societal values and beliefs. In a teaching programme at HU UAS Utrecht, inspired by Biesta’s notion of a pedagogy of interruption, …

Although education programmes are constantly being renewed, innovation does not always lead to anchored changes in educational practice. One explanation is that educational innovation evolves more dynamics than often is assumed. Instead of following a well-designed plan, the core activities of innovation …

De opkomst van Chat GPT laat zien hoe AI ingrijpt in ons dagelijks leven en het onderwijs. Maar AI is meer dan Chat GPT: van zoekmachines tot de gezichtsherkenning in je telefoon: data en algoritmes veranderen de levens van onze studenten en hun toekomstige werkveld. Wat betekent dit voor de opleidingen …