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Making the Design Process in Design Education Explicit: Two Exploratory Case Studies
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van Dooren, Elise; Boshuizen, Els; van Merriënboer, Jeroen; Asselbergs, Thijs; van Dorst, Machiel – Design and Technology Education, 2020
The aim of design education is that students learn to think and act like designers. However, the focus in the design studio is mainly on the design product, whereas the 'why and how' of the design process are barely addressed. A risk of learning by performing real-life tasks without addressing the skills involved, that is, without receiving…
Descriptors: Design, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
New Immigrants. An Incentive for Intercultural Education?
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Leeman, Yvonne; van Koeven, Erna – Education Inquiry, 2019
This study was inspired by an inclusive intercultural perspective on education, and developed empirical knowledge concerning the intercultural professional development of in-service teachers. The study was conducted during the first year of a newly-designed master's programme that focused on "education for refugees". In the Netherlands…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Incentives, Multicultural Education, Intercultural Communication
Teachers Envisioning Future Geography Education at Their Schools
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Béneker, Tine; Palings, Hans; Krause, Uwe – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2015
One of the challenges of a geography teacher education program is preparing teachers for their leading roles in keeping geography education relevant for the young people of today. It is important to allow teachers to think about geography education and the future and to foster their curriculum-making competences. In a master course at Fontys…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Futures (of Society), Teacher Education Programs, Essays
Linking Theory and Practice: Teacher Research in History and Geography Classrooms
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Admiraal, Wilfried; Buijs, Maartje; Claessens, Wout; Honing, Terence; Karkdijk, Jan – Educational Action Research, 2017
The impact of scholarly research in education on the educational practice in secondary school is low. Academics examine problems that teachers in school perceive as irrelevant, want to publish in peer-reviewed journals instead of disseminate their work, and aim at generalizing insights rather than improving school practice. Teacher research might…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Action Research, Teacher Attitudes, Geography Instruction
Exploring Teachers' Inquiry-Based Attitude
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Meijer, Marie-Jeanne; Geijsel, Femke; Kuijpers, Marinka; Boei, Fer; Vrieling, Emmy – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
Having a well-founded insight into the characteristics of teachers inquiry-based attitude (IA) supports operationalising IA as a learning goal in teacher education (TE). The aim of this study is to refine the notion of IA from an ill-defined global concept into something with reliable and valid characteristics. To do so, data were gathered on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Inquiry, Cohort Analysis
Increasing Professional Self-Understanding: Self-Study Research by Teachers with the Help of Biography, Core Reflection and Dialogue
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Koster, Bob; van den Berg, Bas – Studying Teacher Education, 2014
There is growing interest in self-study methods being used by teachers and teacher educators to improve their own practice. The focus of these self-studies seems to be more on acting than on understanding, and here we focus on a group of teachers who explore their professional identities. Teachers participating in a Master's degree study were…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Self Concept, Self Concept Measures, Masters Programs