Martin Mulder

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The manuscript of Vitaliy Popov et al, on “Use of an Interculturally Enriched Collaboration Script in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Higher Education” has been accepted for publication in the upcoming special issue of Technology, Pedagogy and Education. For future reference see: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtpe20/current

 

 

I returned to the office after two conferences (AERA in Philadelphia and AIAEE in Miami) and visits to four universities in the USA (Penn State, Virginia Tech, University of Georgia and the University of Florida) where I gave presentations and had conversations about our research and ECS.

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On March 21 Jonathan Winterton and I visited the Hong Kong Institute of Education to speak with Rupert Maclean and Margarita Pavlova about the book project ‘Competence-Based Vocational and Professional Education. Bridging the World of Work and Education’. Good progress made. Continue reading With Jonathan Winterton in the Hong Kong Institute of Educatioin

On March 14, Dr Kiumars Zarafshani presented his work at Wageningen University as guest of ECS at the occasion of the doctoral dissertation defence of Saeid Noroozi. Dr Zarafshani actively helps students in higher agricultural education to start up agri-business enterprises for self-employment. This way they can create a livelihood in a sector otherwise without much employment opportunities. Continue reading Dr Kiumars Zarafshani presented at ECS

The call for WU sandwich PhD’s applications has opened. The deadline for proposals is set on Friday, May 16^th 2014. Applications must be sent in by email to Dr. ir. Henrieke de Ruiter (henrieke.deruiter@wur.nl), through sendit: https://sendit.wur.nl/Secure/  Please keep in mind that candidates must meet all of the eligibility requirements. See further website: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Education-Programmes/PhD-Programme/Categories-of-PhD-Candidates/Sandwich-PhD-Candidates.htm

 

The article ‘Exploring the Validity and Robustness of a Competency Self-Report Instrument for Vocational and Higher Competence-Based Education’ by Anne E. Khaled, Judith T. M. Gulikers, Hilde Tobi, Harm J.A. Biemans, Carla Oonk, and Martin Mulder (2014). Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, p. 1-12, is published online. The paper can be found at http://jpa.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/28/0734282914523913

 

The article “Searching for entrepreneurs among small business ownermanagers in agriculture” by Thomas Lans et al is finally published in NJAS, and available online. See http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1573521413000687

Wageningen Bachelor programmes have been assessed by the Choice Guide Universities as being the best in the Netherlands for the last nine years. Since 2010 the Master programmes are being assessed and this week 20 Master programmes of Wageningen were assessed as being of top quality. This is the third year in a row that the Wageningen Master programmes are being assessed as the best in the Netherlands.