Abstract At this international symposium on the professionalism of teacher educators an extensive review study on the roles, accompanying behavior and the factors that support the development of these roles and behavior will be presented. Six roles of teacher educators were distinguished, from which …

At the Teacher Education Institute of Fontys University of Applied Sciences, all student teachers have to do practitioner research as a part of their study programme. They are supervised in this process by teacher educators. The supervising teacher educators discuss the quality of student teacher practitioner …

Although teacher educators' role as researcher is generally accepted (Cochran-Smith, 2003; Clarke, 2001), not every teacher educator is capable to conduct research. Teacher educators in, 'new universities', like the Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) work in a context where a research culture …

Beginnende lerarenopleiders verdienen speciale aandacht. Uit literatuur blijkt dat zij in hun inductieperiode te maken hebben met een aantal spanningsvelden, zoals onzekerheid over de eigen vakbekwaamheid, onzekerheid over de rol als opleider en het ingroeien in de organisatie. Binnen de Fontys lerarenopleiding …

Vaak wordt bij professionalisering gedacht aan het volgen van een (na)scholing of cursus, oftewel formele vormen van leren. Er vindt echter ook veel professionele ontwikkeling plaats in- en door het werk, het in de literatuur genoemde 'workplace learning' ook wel informeel leren genoemd. Veel van dit …

Samenvatting inhoud In dit symposium presenteren we vier verschillende vormen van professionalisering die (min of meer) geïntegreerd in het werk plaatsvinden. Overeenkomst tussen de vormen is dat ze allemaal uitgaan van actieve betrokkenheid bij de eigen ontwikkeling. In de discussie gaan we in op de …

professional development through informal learning In planning professional development for teachers or teacher educators, very often a formal course or training is offered. There is a lack of attention for the fact that a lot of professional development takes place at work through so-called workplace-learning …

Binnen de Nederlandse lerarenopleidingen wordt op verschillende manieren gewerkt aan de professionalisering van de docenten met betrekking tot? hun onderzoeksvaardigheden. In dit artikel presenteren en bediscussiëren we vier verschillende vormen van docentenprofessionalisering en de opbrengsten daarvan …

This research presents a descriptive study on regarding the use of a research-based approach by teachers to clarify problems they encountered in multicultural classrooms. It analyses the outcomes of a training in which seven teachers from a Dutch Senior Secondary Vocational Education school participated …

Abstract Many innovations in education are not completed, even if they are well thought out in advance. One of the main causes is the organization's lack of learning ability, combined with a shortage of teachers' and students' ownership with respect to the renewal of ideas and design. In communities …