The Institute for Post-School Studies at the University of the Western Cape is pleased to announce the launch of the new Journal for Vocational and Continuing Education and Training. See the conference website: http://www.jovcet.co.za/
Research of Judith Gulikers on assessment innovation accepted for publication
The manuscript of Judith Gulikers et al on assessment innovation is accepted for publication in the Journal of Vocational Education and Training. The article points at the importance of innovating assessment practice as a katalyst for changing teaching and learning practice. The article is now in production and will be available soon.
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Research of Carla Oonk on educating planning professionals accepted for publication.
The manuscript of Carla Oonk et al on teaching and learning of students in the field of planning is accepted for publication and will be available soon. The article conceptualises planning professionals as boundary crossers, and by doing so, the theoretical framework is related to the currently quite popular research on boundary crossing. Evidence of learning which took place in so-called multi-stakeholder regional learning environments (RLE’s) is presented. Put simply: RLE’s are projects conducted by students, regional institutions, researchers as lecturers/coaches and others, which are for a large part taking place outside the college walls. Therefore the region is seen as the (authentic) learning environment. Continue reading Research of Carla Oonk on educating planning professionals accepted for publication.
September report on website performance
Dear website visitor. On January 1st this year I posted the performance of this website in the year 2016. I was impressed that there had been 37,500 unique visitors and over 1,1 Million hits. With a bit more than 9 months lapsed in 2017, the current (September 9, 2017) statistics are: number of unique visitors: 40,546; number of visits: 51,106; number of hits 1,154,874. Thanks for visiting this website! If you want to share your experience with this, kindly send an email to martin.mulder@wur.nl. Thanks!
A competence profile for development agents in Ethiopia
Research of Chalachew Taregne et al on rural advisory services has just been published in the Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. The first 50 colleagues who want to download the paper can download it from here for free: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WnyMSKwdpf7deB83DYVv/full Enjoy!
Abstract: Continue reading A competence profile for development agents in Ethiopia
Erik Groenendijk de Laat nieuwe Master of Education
Dagmar van der Veen – Vries nieuwe Master of Education
Op 28 augustus heeft Dagmar van der Veen-Vries haar Master of Education afgerond met de succesvolle verdediging van haar scriptie over het bevorderen van het onderzoeksmatig werken in het medisch en verpleegkundig onderwijs. Begeleider was Dr. Joachim Wetterling. Gefeliciteerd en veel succes verder!
Maartje ter Horst van Delden Master of Education
Video-class on Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education
The video-class which was recorded on May 5th, 2017, at the University of Rome Tre on ‘Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education’ is now available on YouTube. Check: https://youtu.be/3NNKvlW8K7c. Thanks Giuditta Alessandrini and Riccardo Orfei!