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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
Competence-Based Education and Training
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Mulder, Martin – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
This contribution aims at informing readers about a current education and training design approach which is based on theory building and practical experience. It is about the development of comprehensive competence-based education, which is different from earlier attempts to develop competence-based education. In many education development…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles
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
Using an Instrument to Analyse Competence-Based Study Programmes: Experiences of Teachers in Dutch Vocational Education and Training
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Wesselink, Renate; Dekker-Groen, Agaath M.; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2010
Competence-based education is becoming increasingly popular. Competencies are used more and more as the starting point for designing curricula and instructional methods, especially in vocational education and training, to realize authentic and self-steering study programmes. Despite its popularity in both research and educational settings, there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competency Based Education, Vocational Education, Teaching Methods
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
Competence-Based VET as Seen by Dutch Researchers
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Wesselink, Renate; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Mulder, Martin; van den Elsen, Elke R. – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2007
The concept of competence is increasingly the basis for (re)designing VET. In competence-based VET academic disciplines are no longer starting points for curriculum development. Competence needed for working in practice, however, is. Competence-based learning is a dominant trend in VET in several countries because of fewer expected problems in the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Focus Groups, Delphi Technique, Vocational Education