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van Rooij, Els Cornelia Maria; Fokkens-Bruinsma, Marjon; Goedhart, Martin – Teacher Educator, 2019
One of the causes of the science teacher shortage is the low enrollment in science teacher education. In the Netherlands, science undergraduates can enroll in a half-year teaching course that leads to a teacher qualification for junior secondary education. The goal is that these undergraduates continue in teacher education to obtain a full…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Education, Science Education, Teacher Qualifications
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Witte, T. C. H.; Jansen, E. P. W. A. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study makes a contribution to the development of empirically based, domain-specific teaching standards that are acknowledged by the professional community of teachers and which, therefore, have a good chance of being successfully implemented and used for professional development purposes. It was prompted by the resistance on the part of many…
Descriptors: Literature, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Qualifications, Best Practices
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Timmerman, M. C. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2011
Every now and then the feminisation of the teaching force is put forth as a barrier to reduce educational equality between the sexes. The feminisation of education is supposed to have a negative impact on boys' achievement, causing educational as well as behavioural problems. It is not just boys who allegedly suffer; over the years, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Females, Disproportionate Representation
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Brouwer, Niels – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
Findings are synthesized from six evaluation studies of alternative teacher certification programs introduced in the Netherlands between 2000 and 2005. The available evidence raises concerns about the feasibility of accelerated workplace learning for aspiring teachers. Intake assessments amounted mostly to selection procedures, while less…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Experiential Learning
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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
Netherlands Ministry of Education and Sciences, The Hague. – 1978
The report briefly describes the special education of handicapped children in the Netherlands. The history of special education in that country is briefly reviewed. Aspects of present day special education in the Netherlands covered include admission, curriculum, staff qualifications and training, financial arrangements, and program evauation.…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Curriculum, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries