This case study explored examples of pre-service teachers’ learning when experiencing discontinuity and (re)positioning themselves in various professional communities and cultures during an international teaching internship. Pre-service teachers’ experiences of discontinuity were defined as boundary …

A boundary is a metaphor for an experience of discontinuity wherein a socio-cultural difference is perceived as a challenge or obstacle in action or interaction. This case study explores eight student teachers’ perceptions of boundaries during an international teaching internship to identify where experiences …

This two-year longitudinal study explores how an earlier international teaching experience influences the way six newly qualified teachers perceive their current teaching practice and professional self-understanding during personally significant experiences. The concept of an experiential continuum, …

Co-teachers verzorgen samen onderwijs aan een groep leerlingen die aan hun zorg zijn toevertrouwd. Uit het promotieonderzoek van Dian Fluijt (docent en projectleider bij het Seminarium voor Orthopedagogiek en onderzoeker bij het Lectoraat Normative Professionalisering) blijkt dat co-teaching een effectieve …

In: De Waal, V. (Red.). Interprofessioneel werken en innoveren in teams. Bussum: Coutinho.

This article focuses on improving the instructional quality of student teachers in elementary education. We developed a coaching approach involving classroom observation and appropriate lesson preparation and feedback templates. Using an untreated control group design with pre-test and posttest (n = …

The aim of this paper is to analyse current practices and issues regarding the accessibility of study programmes in Dutch HEIs for refugee students in order to improve the current situation. This was done by researching relevant literature, looking into the role of networks, and analysing best practices …

Using the past to orientate on the present and the future can be seen as one of history’s main contributions to educating future citizens of democratic societies. Because teachers often lack useful methods for pursuing this goal, this study explores three pedagogical approaches that may help them making …

There is more to be learned from nature as a whole. In practice ‘nature’ is often used in teaching, training, consultancy and organisational development as a metaphor, as a source of inspiration or as an example for all kinds of processes, including leadership, cooperation, relationships and the development …

There is more to be learned from nature as a whole. In practice ‘nature’ is often used in teaching, training, consultancy and organisational development as a metaphor, as a source of inspiration or as an example for all kinds of processes, including leadership, cooperation, relationships and the development …