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 …

Research topic/aim The professional development of teacher educators (T Eds) is increasingly being recognised as a topic of paramount importance, partly caused by the attention for the lifelong learning of those responsible for teaching student teachers. In this presentation we focus on the professional …

In this study we investigated the functioning of a data-team in a secondary school in the Netherlands. A data-team works on a problem that is relevant for the school and uses of all kinds of 'data' that are present in school. Our research questions were twofold: 1) 'what is needed for a datateam to …

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 …

The knowledge-based economy, advances in information and communication technologies as well as new pedagogical perspectives all influence the needs to improve the population skills and competencies in the 21st century. Emerging technologies bring opportunities to reconsider teaching and learning in higher …

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 …

This research paper explores the effects of teaching English grammar with the help of materials and activities based on the concept of Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. The main aim of the research was to find a way of developing teaching materials which would be suitable for each particular …

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 …

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 …