Author: mmulder

Martin Mulder is Emeritus Professor of Education and Director-Owner of MM Consultancy for Education and Training. He published widely with his colleagues and students about issue related to competence development, vocational and professional education, higher education, teacher education, and learning technology.

Martin Mulder is Emeritus Professor of Education and Director-Owner of MM Consultancy for Education and Training. He published widely with his colleagues and students about issue related to competence development, vocational and professional education, higher education, teacher education, and learning technology.

Research of Zainun Misbah on teacher interpersonal behaviour, student motivation and competency level accepted for publication

I am pleased to share that Editor in Chief of  Learning Environments Research, Barry Fraser, accepted the manuscript of Dr Zainun Misbah, called ‘Exploring connections between teacher interpersonal behaviour, student motivation and competency level in competence-based learning environments’, for publication. Congratulations Dr Misbah with this outcome of your PhD project. Once the manuscript is published online, I will share more details, also about the results and conclusions of this publication.
For the time being, the current reference is: Misbah, Z., Gulikers, J., Widhiarso, W., & Mulder, M. (2021, accepted). Exploring connections between teacher interpersonal behaviour, student motivation and competency level in competence-based learning environments. Learning Environments Research.

Webinar for REAL at WITS University Johannesburg, ZA

I am pleased to facilitate a webinar for REAL (Researching Education and Labour) of WITS University in Johannesburg, South-Africa. The webinar will address competence theory, research and practice, which will support a research project of REAL to investigate ‘professional competence in the public sector’ in South Africa.Looking forward to the discussion and debate about this theme.

YoriVET Round Table November 9

I am excited to facilitate a meeting of the YoriVET Round Table on November 9. YoriVET is a network of international PhD students who are doing research in the field of Vocational Education and Training. The theme of the meeting is Competence Theory and Research. I appreciate this opportunity also because I gave a keynote at the information event in Bonn when the overarching initiative for research on the internationalization of Vocational Education and Training was launched. The text of this keynote was published as Mulder, M. (2018). Researching vocational education and training: An International perspective. Journal of Vocational, Adult and Continuing Education and Training, 1(1), 35-51. Download: 2018 Mulder – Investm in intl VET res – JAEE. I will share more information when it is available.

Edmé Oostinga-Flink nieuwe Master Onderwijskunde

Op 10 september heeft Edmé Oostinga-Flink haar scriptie voor de afronding van de opleiding Master Onderwijskunde succesvol verdedigd. Het titel van de scriptie luidt: ‘Coachingsvaardigheden van docenten. Een onderzoek naar aanwezige en verder te ontwikkelen coachingsvaardigheden van docenten van het eerste en het tweede leerjaar om gepersonaliseerd onderwijs te realiseren’.

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Linda Kroon nieuwe Master Onderwijskunde

Op 2 september heeft Linda Kroon op succesvolle wijze haar scriptie als eindwerk van de Master Onderwijskunde verdedigd. De titel van de scriptie luidt: ‘Stimuleren van leren en professionaliseren van medewerkers in de 24 uurs zorg’. Er is onderzoek gedaan naar hoe de organisatie er voor kan zorgen dat het leren en professionaliseren van medewerkers voldoende bijdraagt aan hun huidige en toekomstig functioneren. Het onderzoek heeft geleid tot het inzicht dat leiderschap, het ondersteunen van het leren, beïnvloeden van motivatie, leerintentie en een positief leerklimaat daarbij van essentieel belang zijn.

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Competence framework for productivity improvement of smallholder farmers

Research of Chalachew Tarekegne et al is now published in The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. The research is about the development and validation of a competence framework of smallholder farmers who want to improve their productivity. Needless to say that productivity improvement of smallholder farmers in developing countries is key in eradicating hunger and poverty. Continue reading Competence framework for productivity improvement of smallholder farmers