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Promoting Argumentation Competence: Extending from First- to Second-Order Scaffolding through Adaptive Fading
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Noroozi, Omid; Kirschner, Paul A.; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Mulder, Martin – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
Argumentation is fundamental for many learning assignments, ranging from primary school to university and beyond. Computer-supported argument scaffolds can facilitate argumentative discourse along with concomitant interactive discussions among learners in a group (i.e., first-order argument scaffolding). However, there is no evidence, and hence no…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Skill Development, Scripts
Recent Policy Developments in Green Education in the Netherlands
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Kupper, Hendrik; Laurentzen, Ramona; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: To present a description of recent developments in the Dutch green educational system (agriculture, living environment, food). The article builds on a previous 2006 contribution to "JAEE" where different scenarios for changes in green education were suggested. Design/methodology/approach: An analysis of policy documents from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Vocational Education, Environmental Education
Characteristics of Hands-On Simulations with Added Value for Innovative Secondary and Higher Vocational Education
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Khaled, Anne; Gulikers, Judith; Biemans, Harm; van der Wel, Marjan; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
The intentions with which hands-on simulations are used in vocational education are not always clear. Also, pedagogical-didactic approaches in hands-on simulations are not well conceptualised from a learning theory perspective. This makes it difficult to pinpoint the added value that hands-on simulations can have in an innovative vocational…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Competence, Educational Innovation, Curriculum Development
The Concept of Competence in the Development of Vocational Education and Training in Selected EU Member States
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Weigel, Tanja; Mulder, Martin; Collins, Kate – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2007
This contribution reviews how four European countries--England, Germany, France and the Netherlands--use the concept of competence in the process of developing vocational education and training. Competence in England is set in the context of the National Vocational Qualifications; in Germany within action competence and the approach to learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Criticism, Vocational Education
The Future of Agricultural Education: The Case of the Netherlands
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Mulder, Martin; Kupper, Hendrik – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
Agricultural education has been an essential factor in the success of agricultural development in the Netherlands. At present, as in many countries throughout the world, the position of agricultural education is threatened. Does agricultural education have a future in the Netherlands, and if so, what strategies are being used for its survive? This…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Innovation, Foreign Countries, Change Strategies
Reliability-Testing of Two Analysis Instruments for Decision-Making in Curriculum Conferences.
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Mulder, Martin; Brake, Jacqueline te – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1990
The design and reliability testing of two instruments--the Macro Argumentation Structure (MARS) and the Coalition forming and Dominance (CODOM)--to assess the deliberation process (argumentation and interaction) during curriculum conferences/decision making are reported. The study was conducted at the Department of Education of the University of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Decision Making