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Direct linkMerry, Michael S.; Boterman, Willem – Comparative Education, 2020
In this paper the authors examine the role the Dutch gymnasium continues to play in the institutional maintenance of educational inequality. To that end they examine the relational and spatial features of state-sponsored elite education in the Dutch system: the unique identity the gymnasium seeks to cultivate; its value to its consumers; its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Secondary Schools, Public Schools
Franken, Leni; Vermeer, Paul – British Journal of Religious Education, 2019
This article reflects on the place of RE in a pillarised education context, taking into account the fact of religious diversity and pluralisation among the school population on the one hand, and the freedom of religion and education of faith-based schools on the other. Particular attention will be given to Belgium and the Netherlands, which do not…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism
Thijs, Jochem; Verkuyten, Maykel; Helmond, Petra – Sociology of Education, 2010
Among early adolescents (10-12 years) in the Netherlands, this study examined the academic self-concept in terms of the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE). The BFLPE implies that students in classes where the average achievement is low will have a higher academic self-concept than equally achieving students in classes where the average…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Academic Ability, Self Concept
Parlevliet, Sanne – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2012
This article examines the reciprocity between children's literature and educational ideals in Dutch rewritings of international literary classics published for children between 1850 and 1950. It analyses the assumed pedagogical power of rewritings of international literary classics for children from the perspective of three theoretical concepts:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classics (Literature), Global Approach, Childrens Literature
Pasztor, Adel – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2009
This article examines the applicability of Ball's categorisation of ethnic minority students as contingent and embedded choosers in the context of higher education choice. Considering the role of the selective school system in shaping the educational careers of the children of Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands the study uses case studies to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Age Groups, Minority Groups
Iannelli, Cristina – European Educational Research Journal, 2004
In recent decades the proportion of people entering tertiary education has grown considerably in all western European countries. Common factors (economic, political and social) have contributed towards this expansion. There is considerable debate about whether these common pressures have led to similar changes across countries in the structure,…
Descriptors: Social Class, Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDriessen, Geert W. J. M. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
The relative importance of social background and ethnic origin in explaining differences in position of immigrants and native Dutch students in the educational system in the Netherlands is studied using data from a study of 19,524 first-year secondary students evaluating the national educational priority policy program and its classification of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Educational Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged
