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Educating the Science-Business Professional
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Retra, Kim; van Hoorn, Peter; van Gogh, Marcel; Maas, Joep; Rozendal, Inge; Dekker, Jan; de Esch, lwan; Bossink, Bart; van der Sijde, Peter – Industry and Higher Education, 2016
This article is concerned with the emergence of the science-business (SB) profession and the role of the SB professional (SBP) in both academia and business. Transferring science to markets can take a variety of routes depending on the stage of development and the people and skill sets involved. An SBP may co-develop opportunities for exploitation…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Sciences, Business, Scientists
Inspired Teachers, Inspired Ideas
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Prescott, Jennifer – Instructor, 2012
Last November, more than 700 school leaders, educators, and reporters gathered in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the promise of innovative teaching and project learning to change global future. The event was the Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum, and its purpose was for educators worldwide to connect, learn, and collaborate on some of…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Teachers
Fields of Conflict and Castles in the Air. Some Thoughts and Observations on the Role of Communication in Public Sphere Innovation Processes
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Leeuwis, Cees – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2004
Building on the tradition of agricultural extension, this article discusses several changes in thinking regarding the relations between communication and innovation. Starting from the idea that network building, social learning and conflict management are key processes to be supported by communication professionals, the article makes critical…
Descriptors: Innovation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Scientists, Rural Extension
Discovering the Information Professional: Organisational Culture in a Digital World.
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Preston, Hugh; Allmand, Monica – Online Information Review, 2001
Considers issues regarding the place of information professionals in organizations where change processes are technologically driven or aided by information technology. Presents a case study of the International Service for National Agricultural Research in the Netherlands that showed library managers must facilitate change while ensuring that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Foreign Countries, Information Scientists
The Social Context of 'Science, Technology and Society' Courses.
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Rip, Arie – Studies in Higher Education, 1979
Discussed are college courses taught in the Netherlands that are concerned with the role of science, technology, and scientists in contemporary society, sometimes called STS (Science, Technology, and Society) courses. Topics include STS as a movement and an educational innovation and the agenda for STS courses. (JMK)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
International Education and Multicultural Interdisciplinary Team Training.
Oomkes, Frank R. – 1984
Problems inherent in international rural development cooperative efforts are those caused by the international mix of participants, difficulties in intercultural communication, and cultural biases of western teaching contents and methods. A 6-month program established in 1982 at the International Agricultural Center at Wageningen, Netherlands,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries