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Zeggelaar, Albert; Vermeulen, Marjan; Jochems, Wim – Professional Development in Education, 2018
The growing complexity and numerous changes in Dutch vocational education and training (VET) pressures teachers to continually develop their teaching profession. Therefore professional development (PD) is needed, but policy-initiated and imposed PD might be ineffective. Thus the purpose of this research is to evaluate which design requirements…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Intervention, Design, Vocational Education
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Eisele, Lisa; Grohnert, Therese; Beausaert, Simon; Segers, Mien – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: This article aims to understand conditions under which personal development plans (PDPs) can effectively be implemented for professional learning. Both the organization's manner of supporting the PDP practice as well as the individual employee's motivation is taken into account. Design/ methodology/approach: A questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Motivation, Employee Attitudes
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Demerouti, Evangelia; van Eeuwijk, Erik; Snelder, Margriet; Wild, Ulrike – Career Development International, 2011
Purpose: This study seeks to examine the effects of a "personal effectiveness" training on both assertiveness and Psychological Capital (PsyCap) that were monitored before and after the training. Design/methodology/approach: In addition to self-ratings, other-ratings were assembled to explore two ways in which they can contribute to the…
Descriptors: Training, Assertiveness, Individual Psychology, Intervention
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Schippers, A. P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Actual practice in the Netherlands has shown the need of an instrument to evaluate the quality of support plans. This article describes the development of an instrument for such evaluation. Method: The concept of quality of life (QOL) domains were used to develop an instrument to evaluate the quality of support plans within a QOL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Mental Retardation, Evaluation Methods
Terpstra, Linda; van Dijke, Anke – 1999
A crucial question for evaluating nationally or internationally implemented programs is whether local adaptations detract from program quality and effectiveness. An evaluation examined the program successes and challenges encountered in the first 5 years of Home-Start in the Netherlands, a home-based family support program for families with young…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Experience, Family Programs, Foreign Countries