This study investigates the effects of a competency-oriented course and the effects of feedback training on students’ reflection skills. Thirty-one nursing students enrolled in a conventional course with lectures and assignments following a traditional test. Subsequently, they enrolled in a competency-oriented …

The human memory has an associative nature. Association and mental visualization combine skills and structures of the left and right brain halves. It is easier to remember pictures, photographs or drawings than words or sentences. In fact, it usually takes a lot of effort to remember words and sentences …

The research project ‘In search of pedagogical sensitivity’ is executed from the research department of the knowledge circle ‘renewing methods and didactics for teacher education and training’ of the Hogeschool Utrecht in the Netherlands under supervision of Hans Jansen (associated professor of the Hogeschool …