With the rise of the knowledge-based economy, Higher Education Institutions not only have to produce (under)graduates that are skilled in their profession but who also are competent as knowledge workers. This study focused on the enabling competences of the knowledge worker. Our aim was to develop a …

This paper will discuss the process of the MA program ePedagogy / Visual Knowledge Building during the first semester of the academic year 2005 – 2006. This MA program is a joint venture between the Universities of Helsinki, Hamburg and INHOLLAND. This publication will discuss and evaluate the concrete …

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Vanuit het onderzoek werden vragen in de masterclass ingebracht,onder andere werd Wenger gevraagd over hoe je gelijktijdig een optimale leeromgeving en onderzoeksomgeving creeert.What does it mean to be part of the community you study?' Hoe vul je je eigen rol in? Welke in invloed heeft expertise? Wat …

In 2001, higher professional education received a research function by law. This new research role is incorporated into so-called lectureships. In these lectureships, which are analogous to university chairs to some degree, experts in specific fields function as intermediaries between higher professional …

The field of higher professional educational in the Netherlands is undergoing drastic structural changes. Organizational-wide mergers are commonplace and are often followed by development of new curricula. Furthermore, this is often accompanied by the implementation of a completely new educational concept …

Professional development needs to be understood as a spontaneous process of learning at work before moving on toward the 'desired' professional development. Learning as a result of working is often implicit, stems from social interaction and direct experience, involves the (thoughtless, implicit) reproduction …

The concept of lifelong learning refers to the several skills able to provide for needs of music graduates. Such as it occurs with other areas, the domain of music is in constant modification, either for the incorporation of new technologies, either had the cultural demands or for the multiplicity of …

Prusso-German officer training has always been a combination of practice and theory. In contras tto the pure Cadets Academy education of other nations, the Prusso-German aspirant officer for centuries has first learned the practical soldiering of his arm or service on all levels before enriching these …

This article describes the design and findings of a case study involving seven groups of teachers at six schools for secondary education. The teachers tried to gain insight into their own practice and to improve their own practice by learning to do action research. They were facilitated by teacher educators …