Recensie van Rijkers,T. (2006) Competentiegericht opleiden en leren
Het omvormen van een op kennisoverdracht georiknteerde lerarenopleiding naar een competentiegerichte lerarenopleiding is een complexe vernieuwingsoperatie. Op vele niveaus moeten er vernieuwingen worden gerealiseerd en er zijn veel participanten. Het onderzoek heeft zich gericht op de verschillende deelnemers aan het veranderingsproces: de studenten, de docenten en de mentoren op de werkplek. Er is nagegaan in hoeverre deze deelnemers in staat waren om hun rol in het vernieuwingsproces adequaat in te vullen.
Van echt competentiegericht leren is op veel vmbo-scholen nog geen sprake. Dat is wel het geval op de opleiding Innovatieve Techniek. Daar zijn de leerlingen gemotiveerd en leren ze veel. Het succes staat of valt met goede begeleiding.
The precarity in the cultural sector became exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the lockdowns, the sources of income for cultural venues and cultural workers vanished overnight, intensifying an already challenging labour market. Particularly freelance cultural workers were hit hard. While the immediate shock of the pandemic on the cultural sector has been well documented, the effects on the sector in the aftermath of the pandemic are still to be revealed and repaired. This project tackles these issues by zooming in on the case of the performing arts scene in Groningen. This scene constitutes the part of the cultural sector that was affected the most by the lockdowns. Currently, venues and event organizers in Groningen lack qualified freelance staff as many left the industry during the pandemic. At the same time, self-employed cultural workers find it difficult to generate sufficient incomes and develop sustainable careers in the city. The municipality is eager to support the industry, including freelancers, but is unsure about how best to do so. With a consortium composed of the university, the municipality, a knowledge organisation specialised in cultural entrepreneurship, and a network for creative freelancers in the North of the Netherlands the project is well-equipped to reach its two-fold aims of investigating this current situation and coming up with suggestions for solutions. The core component of the project is an interview study with three groups of self-employed cultural freelancers: experienced production staff, experienced performers, and nascent freelancers (both production staff and performers). Based on data from this study, the project provides a multifaceted picture of the cultural ecosystem in Groningen, highlighting how this system is experienced. This establishes a solid foundation for staging discussions on working conditions in the sector, enabling the project to eventually conclude with recommendations on how to improve the situation.
