The vast literature on accountability in the public sector (usually called ‘public accountability’originating from political science and public administration tends to emphasize the positive dimension of holding authorities to account. As formulated by one prominent scholar in the field, ‘[a]ccountability …

Jan Willem Duyvendak and Josip Kesic, with Timothy Stacey, explore how nativist logics have infiltrated liberal settings and discourses, primarily in the Netherlands as well as other countries with strong liberal traditions like the US and France. They deconstruct and explain the underlying logic of …

Artikel over parcitipatieve werkwijzen in volwassenenonderwijs.

Background: To be accountable to laws and regulations, healthcare professionals spend more than 40% of their time on administrative tasks. The Compulsory Mental Healthcare Act (CMHA) was introduced in Dutch mental healthcare in 2020. It was hypothesized that this legislative amendment would raise the …

Ter voor bereiding op het advies van de onderwijsraad over taal en rekenen (onderwijsraad.nl/publicaties/adviezen/2022/11/3/taal-en-rekenen-in-het-vizier) is het Kohnstamm Instituut gevraagd om een aanbodpeiling naar taal en rekenen in de Lerarenopleidingen. De reikwijdte van de peiling is hierbij bepaald …

This article compares two similar yet never compared cases of intra-European othering: Spain and the South Slavic region. Their common denominator is what I call the Periphery Problem: a hierarchical cultural difference between Europe’s symbolic centre (Western Europe) and its exotic peripheries. Using …

In het onderwijs worden talloze plannen gemaakt: lesplannen, jaarplannen, curriculumplannen, kwaliteitszorgplannen en instellingsplannen. Dit hoofdstuk bekijkt de rol van plannen in het onderwijs vanuit bestuursfilosofisch perspectief. Het gaat dus niet over de concrete inhoud van plannen of de specifieke …

Communication that fosters collective action is considered a key driver of transformational change. This study explores the role that cooperatives could play in transforming the current unsustainable food system toward sustainability. The focal point of the study is how communication processes of nonprofit …

The Montessori method has been extensively described and has influenced many people working in education. This book is a collection of personal perspectives, providing an insight into the ways in which Montessori has helped to shape how practitioners, school leaders and researchers perceive the purpose, …

“Teaching is both an art and a science” (Harrison & Coll, 2008 p.1). Good teaching excites students and cultivates their curiosity to learn more than they are asked. But what if students’ blank faces tell you that the teaching did not land, what can you do? Using an analogy or metaphor to explain the …