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van der Heijden, H. R. M. A.; Geldens, J. J. M.; Beijaard, D.; Popeijus, H. L. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
Teachers play a key role in realizing successful changes in education. Among them are real "change agents" at both classroom and school level. To obtain insights into what characterizes these teachers, an exploratory study has been conducted by interviewing external experts, principals, and teachers (n = 20). An analysis of data resulted…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teacher Characteristics, Change Agents, Educational Change
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Janssen, Sandra; Kreijns, Karel; Bastiaens, Theo J.; Stijnen, Sjef; Vermeulen, Marjan – International Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Professional development plans (PDPs) have recently been introduced in Dutch schools to support teachers' professional development. However, teachers' beliefs regarding the use of PDPs have not been systematically researched, whereas research on the use of PDPs indicates that the implementation is not always successful and depends on how use is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
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Stoffelen, J.; Kok, G.; Hospers, H.; Curfs, L. M. G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Empirical research on homosexuality among people with an intellectual disability (ID) is limited and, to date, very little is known regarding the personal experiences of gay and lesbian people with an ID. This study set out to answer the question: "What are the lived experiences of a specific cohort of homosexual people with an…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Foreign Countries, Mild Mental Retardation, Experience
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Dehing, Fons; Jochems, Wim; Baartman, Liesbeth – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
How do engineering students develop a professional identity during the course of the curriculum? What are the development mechanisms and important conditions? In an exploratory study among teachers the authors tried to find out whether the development of engineering identity can be understood by using the theoretical models of Ibarra and Sullivan.…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Identity
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van der Waal, Ido; Nauta, Noks; Lindhout, Rebecca – Gifted and Talented International, 2013
This article describes a study on labour disputes of gifted people. Fifty-five gifted people, who have had one or more labour disputes, which resulted in their staying at home and filling out an online survey. Face-to-face interviews were held with seven respondents with more than two labour disputes. In this article, we describe the results of…
Descriptors: Gifted, Labor Problems, Arbitration, Grievance Procedures
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Bent, Gert Jan; Bakx, Anouke; den Brok, Perry – Journal of Geography, 2014
Concerns about the decreasing quality of geography education within primary schools can be linked to a decrease of time spent on geography education and, for example, to low achievement on national or school-specific tests. Learning outcomes for geography stay behind in relation to what experts believe that pupils should perform. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Geography, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Kohoutek, Jan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
This article analyses the student assessment procedures of 12 universities in the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic with respect to their alignment with the European standards and guidelines on the quality of assessing higher education students (European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance [ESG] 1.3). Based on qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, College Students, Quality Assurance
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Pillen, Marieke; Beijaard, Douwe; den Brok, Perry – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2013
This study reports on interviews with 24 beginning teachers about tensions they experienced regarding their professional identity. The interviewees reported a total of 59 tensions of tension that fell into three themes: (1) the change in role from student to teacher; (2) conflicts between desired and actual support given to students; and (3)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Stress Variables, Beginning Teachers
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Gervedink Nijhuis, Chantal J.; Pieters, Jules M.; Voogt, Joke M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
Curriculum implementation often falls short because of a lack of cultural understanding by curriculum developers and aid organizations. This paper describes a single-case study of a professional development programme for polytechnic Heads of Department in Ghana, which aimed at identifying how curriculum development activities were sensitive to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Cultural Influences, Case Studies
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Muntinga, M. E.; Krajenbrink, V. Q.; Peerdeman, S. M.; Croiset, G.; Verdonk, P. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
Recent years have seen a rise in the efforts to implement diversity topics into medical education, using either a "narrow" or a "broad" definition of culture. These developments urge that outcomes of such efforts are systematically evaluated by mapping the curriculum for diversity-responsive content. This study was aimed at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
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Huizinga, Tjark; Handelzalts, Adam; Nieveen, Nienke; Voogt, Joke M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
Teacher involvement in curriculum design has a long tradition. However, although it fosters implementation of curriculum reforms, teachers encounter various problems while designing related to conditions set for the design process, and lack the knowledge and skills needed to enact collaborative design processes. Providing support to enhance…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Teacher Participation, Expertise, Capacity Building
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Wagemans, A.; van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, H.; Proot, I.; Metsemakers, J.; Tuffrey-Wijne, I.; Curfs, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the process of end-of-life decision-making regarding people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in the Netherlands, from the perspective of physicians. Methods: This qualitative study involved nine semi-structured interviews with ID physicians in the Netherlands after the deaths of patients with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Death, Mental Retardation, Physicians
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Admiraal, Wilfried – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2014
Web-based video is one of the technologies which can support meaningful learning from practice--in addition to practical benefits such as accessibility of practices, flexibility in updating information, and incorporating video into multimedia resources. A multiple case study was set up on the use of a web-based video learning environment in two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Video Technology, Web Based Instruction
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Stes, Ann; Van Petegem, Peter – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Teaching approaches in higher education have already been the subject of a considerable body of research. An important contribution was Prosser and Trigwell's development of the Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI). The present study aims to map out the approaches to teaching profiles of teachers in higher education on the basis of their scores…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Profiles, Educational Strategies
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Aronowitz, Teri; Fawcett, Jacqueline – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2015
The purpose of this article is to present an analysis of the philosophical, historical, sociological, political, and economic perspectives reflected in the public policies about lifespan sexuality education of Germany and The Netherlands. A new conceptual framework for analysis and evaluation of sexuality education policies that integrates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Semi Structured Interviews
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