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European University Association, 2024
This report presents the findings of the 2023 EUA Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Group "Development and strategic benefits of learning and teaching centres", beginning with a presentation of the centres represented in the group and proceeding by presenting a virtuous cycle model for the continuous advancement of centres.…
Descriptors: Teacher Centers, Learning Laboratories, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Eskelson, Tyrel C. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2021
The purpose of the paper is to develop the theory that structural or procedural changes in institutions precede changes in education in a society. It examines the development of pre-modern institutions in Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries and the influences this had on growth in literacy rates within these states. Literacy rates in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Development, Trend Analysis
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Krüger, Karsten; Parellada, Martí; Samoilovich, Daniel; Sursock, Andrée – Educational Governance Research, 2018
This chapter summarises the rationales and impacts of the national reforms of the six countries selected (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Portugal) and complements it with a literature review on reforms in these and other EU countries. The reforms emerge as having been inspired by endogenous processes -- with or without a…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Strategic Planning
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Adam, Robert – Sign Language Studies, 2015
Over the years attempts have been made to standardize sign languages. This form of language planning has been tackled by a variety of agents, most notably teachers of Deaf students, social workers, government agencies, and occasionally groups of Deaf people themselves. Their efforts have most often involved the development of sign language books…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Academic Standards, Sign Language, Models
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Schermer, Trude – Sign Language Studies, 2012
This article discusses several aspects of language planning with respect to Sign Language of the Netherlands, or Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT). For nearly thirty years members of the Deaf community, the Dutch Deaf Council (Dovenschap) have been working together with researchers, several organizations in deaf education, and the organization of…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Language Planning
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Daniel, Mayra C.; Ball, Alexis – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
This article begins an investigation of the educational system of Morocco and its context of language diversity. It examines the Moroccan cultural environment and the ways the multilingualism and education of its people has been and continues to be influenced by geography, colonization periods, religion, and history. The effects of the Educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Linguistics, Developing Nations, Educational Environment
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Nieveen, Nienke; Kuiper, Wilmad – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
The extent to which the goals and contents of (compulsory) education should to be regulated has been a complicated balancing act in the Netherlands. Against a background of a long-standing statutory tradition of freedom of education, governmental decisions about "what knowledge is of most worth" have been delicate. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Academic Freedom
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Wilschut, Arie H. J. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2010
The paper analyses and compares developments in history teaching in Germany, England, and the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th centuries. The development of history teaching in the three countries shows striking similarities. National politics have always used history education for purposes which did not necessarily tally with distanced critical…
Descriptors: Ideology, Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Educational Development
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Smit, Hemmo; den Oudendammer, Frowine; Kats, Erik; van Lakerveld, Jaap – European Journal of Education, 2009
Although there is a tendency to develop policy plans on adult education at a European level, there are still large differences between the various EU countries. These national policy contexts depend on historical, cultural, economic and political factors and can have a profound impact on the way adult education is shaped and developed within a…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Vocational Education
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de Boer, Harry; Goedegebuure, Leo – Higher Education Research and Development, 2007
As one of the first countries in Europe to do so, The Netherlands moved towards a new relationship between the state and the higher education institutions in the mid-1980s. Autonomy, quality and accountability were key considerations in this move. In 2006 the Dutch government proposed another radical innovation in its approach to higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Higher Education, Policy Analysis
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Mooij, Ton – Research Papers in Education, 2008
Gifted pupils differ from their age-mates with respect to development potential, actual competencies, self-regulatory capabilities, and learning styles in one or more domains of competence. The question is how to design and develop education that fits and further supports such characteristics and competencies of gifted pupils. Analysis of various…
Descriptors: Nursery Schools, Guidelines, Gifted, Formative Evaluation
Netherlands Foundation for Educational Research, The Hague. – 1975
This book is the annual report of the Foundation for Educational Research (Stichting Voor Onderzoek Van Het Onderwijs--SVO) of the Netherlands. Chapter 1 is an introduction which explains SVO's part in educational research, while chapter 2 discusses the general affairs of the SVO. In chapter 3 SVO activities are described. They include (1) project…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Research, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
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Smid, Harm J. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2006
The year 1863 is usually considered as crucial in the history of mathematics teaching and modern secondary education in general in the Netherlands. In that year, a Dutch version of the German Realschule was founded. But in earlier years too, mathematics teaching also showed interesting development and was by no means as backwards as is usually…
Descriptors: Educational History, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Tillema, Harm H. – Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 2003
The Educational Development and Assessment System in a Dutch university's vocational education program involves student-directed, self-regulated evaluation methods and integrates assessment with instruction. Evaluation focuses on competencies and portfolio assessments. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Learner Controlled Instruction, Portfolio Assessment
Netherlands Foundation for Educational Research, The Hague. – 1976
This document is the final report for 1975 of the Stichting voor onderzoek van het onderwijs, a Dutch educational foundation. It reports: (1) general affairs; (2) research and development activities including funding, project management, institutionalizing research activities, programming, innovations, experiments in…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Finance, Educational Research, Financial Support
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