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Zeven stellingen worden uitgewerkt: 1. Goed toetsen is slechts mogelijk in de mate waarin duidelijk is welke leerdoelen studenten moeten bereiken. 2. Toetsing stuurt het leren van de studenten. 3. Denken vanuit eigen vakgebied is een bedreiging voor de toetsing van competenties. 4. Het doel van toetsen …

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 …

Teacher education is in a state of change. There is a new focus on professional competence, including the competence for further development and learning, conceived of as workplace learning. Teacher shortages put pressure on the development of alternative routes to teaching. The arrival of prospective …

Monitoring a shift of paradigm within the teacher education programme. A description of a new programme.

Professional development needs to be understood as a spontaneous process of learning at work before moving on toward the 'desired' professional development. Learning as a result of working is often implicit, stems from social interaction and direct experience, involves the (thoughtless, implicit) reproduction …

De oratie is opgebouwd in drie hoofdstukken. Onder 'Leren en onderwijs' wordt betoogd waarom het onderwijs moet uitgaan van een bredere visie op leren, inclusief leerstrategieën. Daarbij wordt de relatie tussen kennis en leren besproken en de vele manieren waarom mensen in hun leven leren. Onder 'Kerntaak …

A model of work-related learning based on intentionality and developmental relatedness is proposed here. A shift is called for from an educational perspective on work-related learning to a non-educational perspective in which learning is construed as largely implicit and spontaneous. That is, work-related …

This article presents findings from an empirical study on the relations between the variables comprising learning mechanisms in small collaborative groups. Variables comprising the central learning mechanisms component were task related interactions, knowledge elaborations, and subjective estimation …

New learning theory, underpinning the idea of teaching for self-directed learning, provides new conceptions of learning: the self-regulation of learning, the construct-character of knowledge, the social nature of learning, and a dynamic model of intelligence. What conceptions teachers hold may be related …