This study reports on a Professional Development Program (PDP) designed to raise teachers' subject specific language awareness (TSLA) as a relevant and specific element of their practical knowledge and improve their language integrated teaching behaviour. The design of the PDP was based on the interconnected …

Teacher professional identity is conceptualized in this chapter as a complex configuration of personal and contextual factors. Professional identity is also seen as dynamic and subject to change. This coloring of the concept leads here to a specific elaboration of research with regard to (student) teachers’ …

This study was conducted in the context of primary teacher education. The primary teacher education program at HU University of Applied Sciences is at the start of a curriculum redesign in which assessment for learning and feedback will be emphasized. We know assessment and feedback can increase student …

In programmatic assessment (PA), an arrangement of different assessment methods is deliberately designed across the entire curriculum, combined and planned to support both robust decision-making and student learning. In health sciences education, evidence about the merits and pitfalls of PA is emerging. …

Het Instituut voor Social Work (ISW) van de Hogeschool Utrecht (HU) ziet sinds de onderwijsinnovatie het leerteam als het kloppend hart van de opleiding. Hoe het leerteam in de onderbouw als hart van de opleiding gedurende een periode van vijf jaar daadwerkelijk is gerealiseerd is in het studiejaar van …

In september 2019 startte op Instituut Archimedes, de lerarenopleiding van Hogeschool Utrecht, het initiatief Cultural Heritage and Education. Dit project stelt zich ten doel jongeren (elf tot veertien jaar) door middel van educatie bewust te maken van het belang van cultureel erfgoed in hun leefomgeving …

Purpose The purpose of this study is twofold. First, this study reflects on the development of professional capital through understanding collective cultural factors, namely, academic optimism and shared vision. Second, it aims at exploring teacher learning. Teacher learning resulting in changes to …

This paper is a summary paper of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Adult Mathematics Education (AME). As the only thematic working group that focuses on adults’ lived experiences of mathematics, the research makes an important contribution to the field of Mathematics Education. The main themes in this …

Het aantal meertalige leerlingen in de reguliere klas neemt nog steeds toe. Ook het aantal talen in de klas groeit nog steeds. Dat betekent dat (aankomende) docenten Nederlands steeds vaker les geven aan leerlingen die het Nederlands niet als thuistaal hebben. Zij geven daarbij aan zich niet handelingsbekwaam …

Improvisational drama techniques (IDTs) can benefit foreign language (FL) learners by offering them an engaging way to practise speaking while hiding behind the safety of a character mask. This study aimed to glean perceptions toward and experiences with IDTs among FL student teachers, as well as training …