Since its founding in 1997, MAMA has taken a pioneering role in the field of visual arts talent development. By focusing on the experiences of leading educators and cultural organisers, this publication looks at how different institutions (museums, higher education, presentation platforms) apply these …

Over the past fifteen years, the professional context of arts and design, in terms of production, distribution and consumption, has largely changed as a result of technological developments. However, art and design education programmes in the Netherlands have mostly failed to constructively integrate …

In this paper we will be investigating the relevance of artistic practice-based research as a design method for interactive co-design works. Our study is based on Are You for Real?, an urban co-creation project which was developed by a cross-disciplinary project team with co-design contributions by students …

Does bilingual education at junior vocational secondary level ‘work’? In other words, do vmbo pupils who have some subject lessons in English, such as art or biology, achieve a higher level of (English) language proficiency without adverse effects to their Dutch proficiency or their subject knowledge? …

Conservatoire cultures of musical hierarchies: implications for music in higher education.While studies of conservatoire cultures remain relatively rare, those in existence point to the hierarchical organisation of these institutions, where students compete for performance opportunities and recognition. …

From artist to art teacher. The paper is based on a pilot study connected to my PhD research which is a case study focusing on how Artist becomes Artist/Teacher. The participants are students in a two years teacher-training program for Artists held by the Icelandic Academy of The Arts. The research …

In het hoger onderwijs wordt het pedagogisch klimaat veronachtzaamd. Het concept wordt niet mee in beschouwing genomen bij onderwijsinnovatie en onderwijsonderzoek. Dit artikel definieert het concept voor het hbo en werkt het uit op basis van de Zelf-Determinatie Theorie van Ryan en Deci (2000). Zowel …

In een door het lectoraat Revalidatie uitgevoerd onderzoek bij jongeren met niet aangeboren hersenletsel (NAH) hebben veertien studenten van de Academie voor Gezondheid geparticipeerd. Bij jongeren hebben zij, twee jaar na het oplopen van hersenletsel door een ongeval of hersenaandoening, tijdens een …

Hogeronderwijsinstellingen hebben verschillende redenen voor internationalisering. Een van de belangrijkste redenen vormt de ontwikkeling van internationale competenties van studenten. Van de instrumenten die zij daartoe inzetten wordt een verblijf in het buitenland om redenen van studie of stage als …

Young musicians at the conservatoire: talent or attainment? The mastery of a music instrument comes after many hours of practice: on the average 10,000. It should therefore be no surprise that most great musicians started their studies at an early age. Moreover, the technical achievement of playing a …