In the Southern part of Norway, many secondary school pupils drop out due to lack of motivation. Our project aims to enhance pupils’ desire to learn and to complete their education. Here, we investigate possible change in motivation after implementation of an intervention. We specifically focus on pupils’ …

To tackle the continuous criticism of a lack of coherence and being disconnected from practice, teacher education programs have started to focus on the study and practice of teaching on campus. Yet, without theory, candidates may develop a technical view of teaching, lacking the understanding of the …

Workshop

It’s no secret that cities are booming. They continue to attract the world’s top talent, stimulate the economy, act as hubs of innovation, and remain the cultural melting pots of all nations. Yet, we must ask the question, do the inhabitants of our ever-popular cities really feel at home in them? Furthermore, …

Amsterdam Science Park (ASP) is a pearl in the crown of the Amsterdam knowledge economy, with its high-level research institutes (the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam, several institutes of the NWO, the Dutch national science organisation) and a growing number of knowledge-based companies …

VNO-NCW Noord is van mening dat, nu de economie groeit en de arbeidsmarkt steeds krapper wordt, hét moment is aangebroken om hier werk van te maken. In 2018 heeft VNO-NCW besloten om het thema ‘(er)ken je talent’ centraal te stellen. Binnen dit jaarthema heeft de werkgroep Talent Buitenspel zich beziggehouden …

Gebaseerd op publicatie van Bielaczyc & Collins (1999) zijn 14 kaarten ontwikkeld met principes van effectieve leergemeenschappen. Op de voorzijde staat de naam van het principe en de achterzijde staat de toelichting. De kaarten met principes kunnen worden gebruikt om dialoog te voeren en richting te …