This paper aims to offer a critical reflection on the way Talent Management (TM) is investigated in practice, by addressing the key issues regarding the quality (in terms of rigor and relevance) of academic empirical TM research and therefore the critical scrutiny of TM scholars’ work. We will argue that despite the growth in the quantity, the quality of many empirical TM papers is lagging behind and hindering the progress of the academic field of TM.
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Practice-oriented research is scientific research that is conducted with the primary goal to realize practical impact in relevant work fields. It shares with academic research the necessity to design and conduct the research in a methodologically sound way. It differs from typical academic research in the sense that academic research is on average more theory driven. The term "scientific" means that practice-oriented research, like academic research, has to conform to contextually relevant demands of reliability and validity. Accordingly, good practice-oriented research is research that conforms to relevant methodological demands and is useful to practitioners. Moreover, just like academic research, practice-oriented research should be in line with ethical standards. There is no single valid practice-oriented research method.
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Fouten durven maken is kenmerkend voor creatief gedrag van leerlingen, zo blijkt uit onze literatuurstudie: “Een (school)brede benadering voor het bevorderen van creatief denken”. (a) Creativiteit is een essentiële denkvaardigheid die universeel en cruciaal is voor effectief en succesvol leren en belangrijk is voor de toekomst van kinderen (DfEE & QCA, 1999; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2018; Skiba, Tan, Sternberg, & Grigorenko, 2010; Duffy, 2006; Csikszentmihalyi, 2013; Ministerie van Onderwijs Cultuur en Wetenschap & Ministerie van Economische Zaken, 2015). De aanleiding voor deze literatuurstudie was dat veel leraren creativiteitsontwikkeling van leerlingen zien als kerntaak van het onderwijs, maar niet goed wat het inhoudt en hoe ze de creativiteit van leerlingen kunnen bevorderen (Mullet, Willersonb, Lamba, & Kettler, 2016; Plucker, Beghetto, & Dow, 2004). In alle onderzoeksvragen die ten grondslag lagen aan de literatuurstudie vonden we belang van fouten durven maken terugkomen. We kwamen het in de literatuur tegen in de definiëring van creativiteit, in de kenmerken van creatief gedrag van leerlingen in de klas en in de manieren waarop leerkrachten de creativiteit van leerlingen kunnen bevorderen. Voor ons is gaf dit de aanleiding om hier in een vervolgproduct aandacht aan te besteden.
The aim of the project is to design, test, refine and deploy a new assessment tool focusing on individual Future Literacy of students. Future Literacy is the ability to produce and process complex visions of the future and make sense thereof. FL is therefore an essential component of any 21st Century Skills set, in the sense that it focuses on the ability of students to prepare themselves for uncertainty and unexpected challenges. At present, the competing concepts of 21st Century Skills have a common denominator in the core idea of fostering personal development of "T-shaped individuals" who have depth in a particular field and breadth in their skill set and thinking. The students' individual ability to "use the future": make sense of emergent reality, deal with complex problems, make decisions based on collective intelligence, plan and prepare for the future, is as important in making educational choices as in taking educated bets concerning their professional, personal and political futures. The project outcome: a new tool for FL assessment will test the feasibility of rigorous measurement, and assessment of FL, to inform better curriculum design and methodological development.
INCLAVI will address the skills mismatches that exist in the aviation sector related to the freedom of movement of persons with disabilities and accessibility requirements in line with the EC Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030.The project accomplishes this through rigorous cooperation between key global industry and labour market actors combined with a world-class HEI and VET consortium. INCLAVI will also further improve the collaboration between HEIs and VET.INCLAVI will design and co-create a new training curriculum utilising expertise from HEI, VET and Industry Actors to support the reskilling of aviation sector employees and key target groups who have a role in the passenger journey of PwDs from door to door. The training will address students and professionals in areas of work related to travel agencies, airports, and airlines.
Lectorate, part of NHL Stenden Hogeschool
