De twee onderzoeksvragen die de basis waren voor dit onderzoek zijn: Kunnen opleiders in het beroepsonderwijs 'negotiation of meaning' van studenten stimuleren door 'contingent modelling' en is deze stimulering positief gerelateerd aan de ontwikkeling van de persoonlijke theorieën van mbo-studenten? Deze vragen werden onderzocht door middel van een quasi-experimenteel onderzoek bestaande uit drie componenten: een lessenserie, een voor- en nameting en het onderscheid tussen een 'contingent modelling' conditie en een studentconditie. De onderzoekers concluderen uit de resultaten dat persoonlijke werktheorieën stabiel zijn en dus moeilijk te stimuleren.
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This article displays a quasi-experimental case-study into how vocational educators stimulate the development of students' PPTs. No differences were found between the contingent modeling condition and the student condition concerning the development of PPTs. The two vocational domains did show differences. These results are explained by the relatively small extent of diagnosing in vocational educators' contingent modeling as well as the lack of high-level interactions in the discussions.
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This study presents an application of the contingent valuation method for valuing medal winning success on a transnational basis to test whether more medals won equates to more utility. To achieve this aim, a research project was set up in five countries: Belgium, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Respondents were asked to state their willingness to pay to avoid a large-scale reduction in government funding for elite sport, resulting in a 50% reduction in medals won at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Results show that willingness to pay for avoiding reduced medal winning performance differs significantly between countries with the more successful countries reporting higher willingness to pay values than the relatively less successful countries. This finding indicates that more medals won appears to be linked with more utility. The validity tests on the regression models were generally consistent with the theoretical expectations. Implications are discussed in terms of how governments can promote elite sport development while being conscious of the public's acceptability of such investment.
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