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Direct linkVulperhorst, J. P.; Dams, J. E.; van der Rijst, R. M.; Akkerman, S. F. – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
There is an ongoing debate in higher education about the value of broad programmes versus specialised programmes. Educational professionals argue that students use the space provided by broad programmes to develop interests in diverse domains, while the scope of specialised programmes allows students to converge in interests. The present study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Seniors, College Freshmen, Student Interests
Kovacevic, Milan – Curriculum Journal, 2022
Whether a broad undergraduate curriculum prepares students well for academic and professional specialization is a much-debated question. This discussion is particularly relevant in the context of European liberal arts bachelor's programmes, which recently re-emerged as an exception to the continental norm of specialized undergraduate curricula.…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Dropout Rate
Evers, Arne; McCormick, Carina M.; Hawley, Leslie R.; Muñiz, José; Balboni, Giulia; Bartram, Dave; Boben, Dusica; Egeland, Jens; El-Hassan, Karma; Fernández-Hermida, José R.; Fine, Saul; Frans, Örjan; Gintiliené, Grazina; Hagemeister, Carmen; Halama, Peter; Iliescu, Dragos; Jaworowska, Aleksandra; Jiménez, Paul; Manthouli, Marina; Matesic, Krunoslav; Michaelsen, Lars; Mogaji, Andrew; Morley-Kirk, James; Rózsa, Sándor; Rowlands, Lorraine; Schittekatte, Mark; Sümer, H. Canan; Suwartono, Tono; Urbánek, Tomáš; Wechsler, Solange; Zelenevska, Tamara; Zanev, Svetoslav; Zhang, Jianxin – International Journal of Testing, 2017
On behalf of the International Test Commission and the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations a world-wide survey on the opinions of professional psychologists on testing practices was carried out. The main objective of this study was to collect data for a better understanding of the state of psychological testing worldwide. These data…
Descriptors: Testing, Attitudes, Surveys, Psychologists
Leyerzapf, Hannah; Abma, Tineke A.; Steenwijk, Reina R.; Croiset, Gerda; Verdonk, Petra – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2015
Despite a growing diversity within society and health care, there seems to be a discrepancy between the number of cultural minority physicians graduating and those in training for specialization (residents) or working as a specialist in Dutch academic hospitals. The purpose of this article is to explore how performance appraisal in daily medical…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Physicians, Hospitals, Performance
Nieuwbeerta, Paul; Blokland, Arjan A. J.; Piquero, Alex R.; Sweeten, Gary – Crime & Delinquency, 2011
Much of the knowledge base on offense specialization indicates that, although there is some (short-term) specialization, it exists amidst much versatility in offending. Yet this general conclusion is drawn on studies using very different conceptualizations of specialization and emerges with data primarily through the first two to three decades of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Specialization, Crime, Age Differences
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2011
The OECD Secretariat, at the invitation of the AHELO Group of National Experts, contracted the Tuning Association to undertake initial development work on learning outcomes to be used for valid and reliable assessments of students from diverse institutions and countries. The two disciplines selected for the AEHLO Feasibility Study are engineering…
Descriptors: Expertise, Occupations, Feasibility Studies, Civil Engineering
Wicherts, Jelte M.; Vorst, Harrie C. M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate differences in interests, personality, and cognitive abilities between students majoring in the six specialties of psychology at the University of Amsterdam. Results show that students at Social Psychology and Work and Organizational Psychology were on average more extraverted than students of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Interests, Personality Traits, Social Psychology
Otero, Manuel Souto – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2007
This article enquires about why some countries have specialised their further education provision more than others, focusing on three types of specialisation: by subject, by geographical area and by age group. The article proposes an analytical framework to understand the drivers for further education provider specialisation, based on four…
Descriptors: Age, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewedBorghans, Lex; And Others – Economics of Education Review, 1996
Investigates whether students of Dutch junior secondary technical schools anticipate future labor market situations. Introduces two extreme models: the cobweb and rational-expectations models. Uses estimation results to measure the information availability problem. Indicates large mismatches, due to unanticipated labor market changes. Suggests the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Labor Market, Models
Meijer, Henk, Ed. – 1984
The 20th anniversary of the establishment of the information and Documentation Center for the Geography of the Netherlands (IDG) occurred on September 21, 1984. To mark this anniversary, the 1983/84 issue of the "IDG Bulletin" is devoted to a review of the past 20 years. The first section consists of four review articles by specialists:…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Demography, Energy
Peer reviewedHuisman, Jeroen – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A study of Dutch universities from 1974-93 examined factors in the emergence of new academic programs and specializations, particularly the effects of government funding mechanisms (external factor) and level of paradigmatic development (internal factor), drawing on social exchange and resource dependency theory. Results indicate these two factors…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Educational Change, Educational History, Epistemology
Peer reviewedCohen, Adolf – European Journal of Education, 1982
In the Netherlands, freedom of research and teaching are self-evident, but equally self-evident are the government limits set on this freedom through legislation, regulations, and financial constraints imposed. Having begun as restrained advice, government influence has become active control in current circumstances. Mutual survival is now the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Organization, Educational History, Federal Aid
Download full textHirsch, Donald – 1994
This booklet describes how eight European countries structure educational provision for children in the middle years of schooling, ages 10 through 14. The booklet discusses the status of middle years education, the tracking of students, equal opportunities for minorities, specialization of teachers and counselors, academic versus holistic…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum, Educational Administration, Educational Opportunities
