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Fontein-Kuipers, Yvonne; Romeijn, Enja; Zwijnenberg, Arwen; Eekhof, Willemijn; van Staa, AnneLoes – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: To examine how student midwives in higher education learn to become competent and confident woman-centred practitioners. Design: Participant observation study using a 'buddy' approach. Setting: Bachelor of Midwifery students in one higher education institution in the Netherlands Methods: First-year student midwives followed one woman…
Descriptors: Females, Obstetrics, Bachelors Degrees, Foreign Countries
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Giambona, G.; Birchall, D. W. – Educational Media International, 2011
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in creating a dynamic and successful European economy. Time-poor managers in these organisations generally have fewer opportunities for training and development than their counterparts in larger organisations. As a result, different requirements are placed on training. The aim of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Needs, Experiential Learning, Evidence
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Jacobs, Gaby C. – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Public health is a major focus of government policy worldwide and an expanding area of practice that includes an array of professionals and disciplines. Since the 1980s "empowerment" of individuals and communities to gain greater control over the factors that influence their health has become the focus of many national and local policies…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Health Promotion, Public Health, Experiential Learning
Duindam, Ton – 1991
Orthopedagogisch Centrum (OC) Michiel is a multifunctional regional institution in the Netherlands that serves troubled families and youth at risk. Outdoor programs are used as a treatment modality for adolescents with behavior disorders, drug addictions, or criminal records. Outward Bound was the first experiential outdoor program in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Behavior Disorders, Delinquency
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Duindam, Ton – Journal of Experiential Education, 1994
The author relates his experiences as a participant of Outward Bound in 1965 and discusses how these learning experiences influenced his later work as a special education teacher at a youth residential treatment center in The Netherlands. Describes experiential outdoor programs for Netherlands youth including Outward Bound, Elan-training, Centre…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, At Risk Persons, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Krabbendam, Hans, Ed.; de Vries, Marc, Ed. – 1990
The aim of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) project "Science, Mathematics, and Technology" is to formulate recommendations for educational policy. Preparations for the project were made in each of the various member countries. Reported here are the results of the Netherlands meeting. The conference and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education