In the hard-hit countries by HIV/AIDS, the epidemic has eroded the development gains made in past decades. The spread of HIV is heterogeneous in Sub-Saharan African courtiers, with different peaks which vary geographically and in terms of their distribution among social or economic groups. Thus, there …

In this contribution we report about a project about Professional Learning Communities.This project combines development and research. In this contribution we pay attention to the effect of the organisational capacity of a school on the personal and interpersonal capacity and to the impact of a professional learning …

Economic underdevelopment in sub-Saharan Africa has a long history. Two centuries of globalization has left sub-Saharan Africa lagging far behind in its economic development - its income is twenty five times smaller than the income of the USA, the richest economy in the world. This unfavorable situation …

Communities of Practice (CoPs) are social learning systems that can be, to a certain extent, designed. Wenger (1998) proposes the following paradox; “ no community can fully design the learning of another, but at the same time, no community can fully design its own learning” (p:234). My interpretation …

Ook betaald voetbalclubs hebben een maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid. Ze kunnen daar onder andere vorm aan geven middels projecten in het kader van community development. De stichting 'Voetbal heeft meer dan twee doelen' helpt BVO's bij het realiseren van deze verantwoordelijkheid.

The artcle describes the outcomes of a pilot study on professional development of teachers. The project was initiated by the school management. Nine teachers volunteered to work on their professional development in a programme consisting of: • meetings discussing on relevant teacher topics • meetings …

Vanuit het onderzoek werden vragen in de masterclass ingebracht,onder andere werd Wenger gevraagd over hoe je gelijktijdig een optimale leeromgeving en onderzoeksomgeving creeert.What does it mean to be part of the community you study?' Hoe vul je je eigen rol in? Welke in invloed heeft expertise? Wat …

This paper reports on the EU-project 'Professionally Networking Education and Teacher Training' (PRONETT). The key objective of the PRONETT project (2001-2004) is to develop a regional and cross national learning community of pre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators supported by webbased resources …

The field of higher professional educational in the Netherlands is undergoing drastic structural changes. Organizational-wide mergers are commonplace and are often followed by development of new curricula. Furthermore, this is often accompanied by the implementation of a completely new educational concept …

Een van de eerste Asset Based Community Development projecten in Nederland. Na 3 jaar is het project grondig geevalueerd. De auteur heeft het project drie jaar lang van binnenuit gevolgd en methodisch ondersteund. De centrale vraag is of het regulatieve vermogen van de wijk(bewoners)is vergroot als gevolg …