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 …

This dissertation has emerged out of a need to make EFL learning more efficient in the MBO classroom. It first focuses on what the current situation of differentiation is like at ROC Leeuwenborgh and then continues with the implementation of differentiation and it's effects

Nowadays there is widespread inclusion of students with disabilities, diverse cultural backgrounds and other various needs into mainstream schools. However, teachers struggle to adhere to this diversity in their classroom. That is why this research will investigate the different ways instruction and …

This study was conducted at the secondary school Bonnfentencollege in Maastricht. The participants of the study were twenty-five third-year pupils, and the study was conducted over 2,5 weeks. The goal of the study was to measure the effects teaching of compensation strategies on the amount of Dutch spoken …

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 …

Charisma intrigeert, charmeert, interesseert, exploiteert en verwondt. Dit afstudeeronderzoek poogt om, door middel van het begrip charisma, een verdiepende dimensie in het historisch denken en redeneren van de leerlingen aan te brengen. Het onderzoek stelt de vraag hoe een mysterieus en abstract begrip …

This paper presents a mixed methods study in which 21 first-year student teachers took part that investigated learning outcomes of a modified learning by design task. The study is part of a series of studies that aims to improve student learning, teaching skills and teacher training. Design-based science …

Learning by Design (LBD) is a project-based inquiry approach for interdisciplinary teaching that uses design contexts to learn skills and conceptual knowledge. Research around the year 2000 showed that LBD students achieved high skill performances but disappointing conceptual learning gains. A series …

De hoofdvraag van mijn onderzoek luidt: In hoeverre beïnvloedt het Nederlandse geschiedenisonderwijs de beeldvorming van VMBO leerlingen over Duitsland? Ik heb onderzocht welk beeld in geschiedenismethoden wordt geschetst van Duitsland en of geschiedenisdocenten bewust of onbewust een bepaald beeld van …

This paper presents a mixed methods study in which 77 students and 3 teachers took part, that investigated the practice of Learning by Design (LBD). The study is part of a series of studies, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), that aims to improve student learning, teaching …