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Woodard, Carol; Haskins, Guy; Schaefer, Grace; Smolen, Linda – Young Children, 2004
This article presents the Let's Talk project as a different approach to oral language development. This approach was based on observations of classrooms in the Netherlands where children talked at large tables while playing with miniature figures representing people and objects they were familiar with in their daily lives. It was also influenced…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Feedback
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Van Veen, Klaas; Sleegers, Peter – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2006
This exploratory study examines how teachers perceive their work within the current context of educational reform. A cognitive social-psychological approach to emotions offers the theoretical framework for understanding what teachers have at stake within the context of the reforms. Six Dutch secondary school teachers with strongly differing…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Educational Change, Psychological Patterns, Social Psychology
Houtveen, Th. – 1993
This paper presents findings of a study that examined the effectiveness of the guidance program used by change agents in the Dutch School Improvement Project (NSIP) on program implementation. Sixteen schools composed the experimental group and 13 made up the control group. The experimental variable was the guidance strategy of the NSIP. The two…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Franssen, H. A. M. – 1986
An instrument constructed for scoring behavioral directions in curriculum materials was utilized in an evaluation of 25 randomly selected curricula. Selected curricula were not more than 10 years old and were used through 1986 in Dutch primary schools. Directions included in texts were scored on completeness, clarity, potential, and commitment:…
Descriptors: Criteria, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems, Curriculum Research
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Lunenberg, Mieke L.; Volman, Monique – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1999
Investigated how Dutch teachers and adult, female, immigrant students in basic education dealt with active learning, noting impediments to active learning experienced by teachers in basic education. Interviews with teachers and students indicated that students' passive attitudes, which teachers interpreted as culturally determined and problematic,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Cultural Influences
Oudkerk Pool, Theo – 1982
The government of the Netherlands is currently rethinking national educational policy on a broad basis, according to this report. In addition to preparing the way for a substantial restructuring of the educational system, from the pre-primary to adult education levels, this national policy overhaul has raised major issues regarding the purposes of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
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Kunnen, Saskia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1993
Found that (1) children perceived that school failure attributed to lack of competence, task difficulty, and a bad explanation by the teacher is controllable; and (2) children with problems in learning and concentration perceived failure attributed to lack of effort as noncontrollable more often than did children without such problems. (BB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis
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Lunenberg, Mieke – European Journal of Teacher Education, 1999
Examined the impact on Dutch mentors and institute teachers of the new requirement that student teachers nearing completion of coursework must teach without immediate supervision for several months. Surveys investigated how this change affected the content and process of mentoring. Mentors and institute teachers acted as supportive counselors and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Counseling, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Carleer, G. J.; Doornekamp, B. G. – 1990
When considering the use of computers in their lessons, two questions are important for teachers: how to select courseware and how the role and practice of the teacher may change by using computers. To answer the first question, a courseware-selection checklist was developed and its use by teachers was investigated. The checklist serves the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Moonen, Jef; Collis, Betty – Education and Computing, 1992
Describes four areas of educational change: (1) the curriculum, (2) the role of the teachers, (3) the school structure, and (4) student learning. The impact of intensive computer use on each of these areas is examined using observations from a "technology-enriched" school project that is currently underway (1989-92) in the Netherlands.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Roelofs, Erik; Terwel, Jan – 1997
The research question addressed in this paper concerns the degree to which teachers use authentic pedagogy, i.e., teaching strategies that foster authentic learning. Three questionnaires were developed, covering four characteristics of authentic pedagogy: (1) the construction of knowledge in complete task environments; (2) the connection to the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development
Veugelers, Wiel – 1995
Two studies have explored how teachers in the Netherlands think about value stimulation and how teachers combine stimulating the development of specific values with teaching skills that enable students to adopt critical thinking or to analyze various opinions. The results of an investigation into the importance attached by teachers to stimulating…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
Slagter, Peter – 1975
The concerns, problems, mood, and directions of foreign language education in Holland are described. One-year "bridge classes" were established by a bill in 1958 to span the gap between the six years of elementary school and the beginning of higher-level education. The basic conflicts within the system and the society that have prevented…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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De Bruyn, Eddy H – Educational Studies, 2005
The present study was designed to investigate the relationships between role strains following the transition to secondary school and academic achievement. Academic engagement was hypothesized to mediate between role strain and achievement. The sample consisted of 749 students in their first year of secondary school. Four types of role strain were…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Teacher Role, Academic Achievement, Parent Role
Stevens, Luc; van Werkhoven, Wim; Castelijns, Jos – 2001
This monograph describes the attunement strategy devised by educational researchers in the Netherlands as a means of engaging students' interest and building their understanding during classroom activities. The strategy, based on a cognitive-motivational model for development and learning, was developed to address the problem of students who are…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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