In L1 grammar teaching, teachers often struggle with the students’ conceptual understanding of the subject matter. Frequently, students do not acquire an in-depth understanding of grammar, and they seem generally incapable of reasoning about grammatical problems. Some scholars have argued that an in-depth …

Orthography is considered to be a major problem in Dutch education, since many pupils don’t seem to be able to master orthographic rules, even after years of education. In educational literature it is argued that the problems related to spelling are caused by approaches that focus more on rules of thumb …

The following report gives a full description of the Bachelor Civil Engineering graduation project. The graduation is done in engineering firm Iv-Consult and the thesis topic is provided by Zwarts & Jansma Architects. Architectural bureau requires a structural solution for the roof of the ice skating …

When teaching grammar, one of the biggest challenges teachers face is how to make their students achieve conceptual understanding. Some scholars have argued that metaconcepts from theoretical linguistics should be used to pedagogically and conceptually enrich traditional L1 grammar teaching, generating …

Teacher beliefs have been shown to play a major role in shaping educational practice, especially in the area of grammar teaching―an area of language education that teachers have particularly strong views on. Traditional grammar education is regularly criticized for its focus on rules-of-thumb rather …

Providing differentiated instruction (DI) is considered an important but complex teaching skill which many teachers have not mastered and feel unprepared for. In order to design professional development activities, a thorough description of DI is required. The international literature on assessing teachers’ …

According to a recent manifesto titled Manifest Nederlands op School, the secondary school subject Dutch Language and Literature is incoherent, unchallenging and unscientific. In order to solve this problem, the school subject should strive to reach levels of conscious language proficiency (‘bewuste …

Jimmy’s is een welzijnsorganisatie waar alle jongeren van 12 tot en met 27 jaar terecht kunnen met al hun vragen, ideeën en talenten. Zij richten zich hiermee op het informeren en adviseren en de talentontwikkeling van jongeren. Het uitgangspunt hierbij is dat jongeren zelf de regie houden over de inhoud, …

Onderzoek naar differentiatie in het basis- onderwijs is vaak gericht op verschillende soorten aanpakken of strategieën om om te gaan met verschillen, zoals verschillende groeperingsvormen of het toepassen van cooperatieve werkvormen. Een duidelijk beeld van de vereiste leerkrachtvaardigheden, met bijbehorende …

Artikel dat een stand van zaken geeft van (onderzoek naar en implementatie van) semantisch grammaticaonderwijs in het voortgezet onderwijs. Tevens wordt in dit artikel ingegaan op de semantische benadering van voorzetsels. Dit artikel vormt achtergrondinformatie bij de workshop die ik op 29-11-2013 op …