Conceptual understanding is important for professionals because a broad and deep synthesis of knowledge enables flexible and original thinking in complex problem solving. However, little is known about the appearance of conceptual understanding at the student level. This article therefore investigates …

The assessment of workplace learning by educators at the workplace is a complex and inherently social process, as the workplace is a participatory learning environment. We therefore propose seeing assessment as a process of judgment embedded in a community of practice and to this purpose use the philosophy …

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University teacher teams can work toward educational change through the process of team learning behavior, which involves sharing and discussing practices to create new knowledge. However, teachers do not routinely engage in learning behavior when working in such teams and it is unclear how leadership …

Op basisschool De Parel worden onderwijsinhoudelijke besluiten genomen op basis van consensus, waardoor hetgeen teamleden in hun onderwijspraktijk uitvoeren uiteenloopt. In goede organisaties is sprake van samen leren en innoveren. Hiervoor is collectief psychologisch eigenaarschap van belang. Hierdoor …

Een onderzoek binnen Shared Learning Teams, een hybride leeromgeving binnen Fontys Hogescholen, naar het leren van teamleden door het uitwisselen van perspectieven. De maatschappij waarin we leven ontwikkelt zich in een hoog tempo. Fontys Hogescholen wil hier effectief op inspelen door te transformeren …

This study focuses on the complexity and uniqueness of 45 beginning teachers’ professional identity, an important perspective that is usually not an explicit part of induction programmes. Data were collected in four workshops designed to support beginning teachers in reflecting on personal and contextual …

This study investigated whether an instructional intervention can increase students’ self-regulated use of retrieval practice in a higher education classroom environment. A lab-experiment by Ariel and Karpicke (2017) revealed that strategy instructions improved students’ self-regulated use of retrieval …

Higher education providers need to deliver graduates with the conceptual understanding required for professional life. Conceptual understanding entails a synthesis of relevant facts, theories and practices that influence occupational performance. To help align curricula with individual student differences, …

Industrial design practice has broadened from designing (mass-)products towards more open, complex, dynamic, and networked design. Organizations are increasingly hire design professionals and turn their attention towards design as an important capability that can help them generate innovation and improve …