Op dinsdag 20 januari 2009 heeft lector dr. Kees Vernooij zijn lectorale intreerede met als thema 'Lezen stopt nooit! ' in verkorte vorm uitgesproken bij de installatie als lector 'Doorlopende leerlijnen: Effectief taal- en leesonderwijs. ' Leesvaardigheden zijn essentieel in onze kenniseconomie. Geletterd zijn vergroot de participatie in de maatschappij en brengt daardoor gelijkheid in de samenleving. De doelen van het lectoraat zijn om door mddel van toegepast onderzoek bij te dragen aan: -verdere optimalisering van het leesonderwijs in het basisonderwijs voor (potentiële) risicolezers en zwakke lezers; -de ontwikkeling van een 'leesinterventiestrategie ' voor laaggeletterde vmbo-leerlingen en volwassenen; -ontwikkeling van een aanpak voor optimale ouderbetrokkenheid bij het oplossen van zwakke leesprestaties van leerlingen in het primair nderwijs en het vmbo; -verdere optimalisering van de lerarenopleiding, om zo studenten toe te rusten voor het begeleiden van potentiële risicolezers en leeszwakke leerlingen; -het verder optimaliseren van de onderwijsadvisering en schoolleidingen voor het begeleiden van teams met als doel het wegwerken van onvoldoende leesprestaties.
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Innovation is crucial for higher education to ensure high-quality curricula that address the changing needs of students, labor markets, and society as a whole. Substantial amounts of resources and enthusiasm are devoted to innovations, but often they do not yield the desired changes. This may be due to unworkable goals, too much complexity, and a lack of resources to institutionalize the innovation. In many cases, innovations end up being less sustainable than expected or hoped for. In the long term, the disappointing revenues of innovations hamper the ability of higher education to remain future proof. Against the background of this need to increase the success of educational innovations, our colleague Klaartje van Genugten has explored the literature on innovations to reveal mechanisms that contribute to the sustainability of innovations. Her findings are synthesized in this report. They are particularly meaningful for directors of education programs, curriculum committees, educational consultants, and policy makers, who are generally in charge of defining the scope and set up of innovations. Her report offers a comprehensive view and provides food for thought on how we can strive for future-proof and sustainable innovations. I therefore recommend reading this report.
The authors compared three methods of reading and learning by using paper, as well as a variety of interactive study forms. Thier work is part of the large Amsterdam E-Boekenstad (E-Book city) research project (www.e-boekenstad.nl and http://e-boekenstad.wikispaces.com/). They investigate to what extent the materiality of a book determines the usability of the book form. Their tests were conducted in 2010 and 2011. They compared; 1.learning from paper, a laptop and an e-ink e-reader 2.paper with reading from web pages 3.paper and material presented into a digital mind map. As it turns out, in a study situation, electronic reading can only beat reading from paper when it offers real added value. For example, by providing a better overview and shorter comprehensive texts, like they did in their second study. The most important conclusion from all tests is that a simple translation from paper format to electronic format is not enough. Publishers should take advantage of the possibilities new techniques offer, and perhaps discard ‘traditional thinking’ in terms of linear essay-type books and paragraphs.