In many schools teaching learners is conducted in isolation, and often, so is teachers’ learning. Isolation hinders shared practices; it creates a key challenge for those in middle leadership roles who must foster collaborative professional development. This study examines how a system perspective empowers …

A collaboration of 26 Dutch universities of applied sciences is working on the development and implementation of the first generation of professional doctoral programs. The distinctiveness of a professional doctoral program has been defined for seven professional domains, including health and well-being …

Educational change often fails due to its complexity: differing, even contradictory factors, agents, goals, norms or beliefs are involved. Too often practitioners, researchers and educators try to reduce or even ignore tensions, paradoxes and uncertainties and search for clear procedures and the one …

Dutch policy strives to increase the amount of agroforestry. This pilot study aimed to research the forces and obstacles for this growth, in particular the role of various drivers of change. Therefore we conducted a case study in Lingezegen Park (near Arnhem, The Netherlands), using the transition model …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de motieven die invloed hebben op de keuze van alumni om zichzelf in te zetten als change agent voor de circulaire transitie in hun werkveld en is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Center of Expertise Sustainability & Circularity Transitions. In het vooronderzoek en het theoretisch …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de motieven die invloed hebben op de keuze van alumni om zichzelf in te zetten als change agent voor de circulaire transitie in hun werkveld en is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Center of Expertise Sustainability & Circularity Transitions. In het vooronderzoek en het theoretisch …

De best practices van Train-de-Trainer programma’s in Nederland worden in kaart gebracht door O2LAB Rotterdam. Martijn Priem vertelt over dit project en over hoe de training bijdraagt aan docenten als change agents voor onderwijsinnovatie.

In this thesis, titled "Unlocking the Path to Sustainability: Multi-Brand Retail SMEs as Agents of Change in the Fashion Supply Chain," we explore how fashion multi-brand retail Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can play a crucial role in driving sustainability and effecting positive change throughout …

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) and participatory action research (PAR) reinforce each other as critical research approaches toward social transformation and social justice provided to humans, other species, and the ecosystem at large. Both disciplines are suitable to be embedded in a critical emancipatory …

Bendevorming en wetenschappelijk onderzoek… een combinatie die u misschien niet zag aankomen. Heel wat onderzoekers en mensen met ervaringskennis engageren zich in toenemende mate in diverse vormen van inclusief onderzoek. Ook dit artikel is geschreven vanuit een persoonlijke, indringende en leerrijke ervaring …