Uit de jaarcijfers (bedrijfsbureau domein Techniek) van de Hogeschool Windesheim in Zwolle, van afgelopen jaren blijkt dat de studievoortgang van studenten bij de opleiding Bouwkunde stagneert. De directie van het domein Techniek vindt dit een ongewenste ontwikkeling en wil deze afname tegengaan door …

Integrated curricula seem promising for the increase of attention on science and technology in primary education. A clear picture of the advantages and disadvantages of integration efforts could help curriculum innovation. This review has focussed on integrated curricula in primary education from 1994 …

Wat ooit in 1879 met een schandaal begon, lijkt tot op de dag van vandaag nog steeds niet opgelost: het accountantsberoep ligt altijd nog onder vuur. Hoewel een accountant een vertrouwensrol vervult en zijn werkzaamheden primair verricht ten behoeve van het algemeen belang en niet voor zijn cliënt, blijkt …

In 2001 verkregen Nederlandse instellingen voor hoger beroepsonderwijs de middelen om onderzoek te doen (HBO-raad, 2004). Vóór 2001 was het de voornaamste taak van het hoger beroepsonderwijs beroepseducatie aan te bieden. Tegenwoordig wordt van docenten verwacht dat ze, in aanvulling op hun pedagogische …

These are hard days for companies: they have to survive in a market that has been hit by a financial crisis. Many countries in Europe have severe problems trying to overcome this financial crisis. The main remedy applied by governments is to cut back on expenditure, but on the other hand it is said that …

These are hard days for companies: they have to survive in a market that has been hit by a financial crisis. Many countries in Europe have severe problems trying to overcome this financial crisis. The main remedy applied by governments is to cut back on expenditure, but on the other hand it is said that …

Avans University of Applied Sciences is redrafting its courses and curricula in view of sustainability. For chemical engineering in particular that implies a focus on 'green' and bio-based processes, products and energy. Avans is situated in the Southwest region of the Netherlands and specifically in …

The way that innovation is currently done requires a new research methodology that enables co-creation and frequent, iterative evaluation in realworld settings. This paper describes the employment of the living lab methodology that corresponds to this need. Particularly, this paper presents the way that …

In Dutch universities, honors programs are a fast growing development. The first such programs started in 1993. Twenty years later a large number of programs are implemented at nearly all research universities and also at many universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. Recent data have revealed …

The argument for many innovations in higher education provided by the Ministry of Education is the realization of a knowledge economy in the Netherlands (Ministerie van OC&W, 1999). A significant example of such an innovation to support the knowledge economy is the installation of professors (lectoren) …