In the Netherlands there is discussion about the best way to teach mathematics, especially in the case of primary school students. Being able to identify and understand pupils’ multiple problem solving strategies is one of the pillars of pedagogy. However, it is very demanding for teachers, since it requires to notice and analyze pupils’ mathematical thinking and to understanding their actions. The skill to notice and analyze a student’s mathematical thinking is usually not emphasized in Dutch primary school teacher training. It is important to find ways to help teacher-students to analyze student mathematical reasoning, and to learn to recognize the importance of such analysis. Sherin and van Es used the concept of video clubs to help teachers in US schools to notice and analyze their students’ mathematical thinking. In such video clubs, students jointly discuss their filmed lessons. This leads to the following research question:How can video clubs be used to teach students who are learning to become primary school teachers to analyze their pupils’ mathematical thinking and to learn to recognize the importance of such analysis?This paper describes a study that monitors a video club with four participants.
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For me the concept of the teacher educator as a agent of social change, implies that teacher educators should be focused on stimulating change and improvement in teacher education, schools and society. That focus should not only shape our teaching of student teachers, but also our research activities. This has implications for the research projects that we undertake. When research by teacher educators intends to contribute to change and improvement of practices in teacher education, schools and society, our research projects need to be understood as interventions. In the design of PhD or other research projects, not only academic requirements regarding validity should be taken into also account but also criteria that contribute to interventions and change in universities, schools and society.Effective change is a collective challenge, which requires likeminded colleagues.
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This paper describes a research about the changing role and competences of teachers and the willingness of the teachers to change. The researchers developed and conducted a survey at Fontys University of Applied Sciences department engineering to find out how teachers teach and how they would want to teach. The conclusion drawn from this research results in five subjects of attention: 1 To investigate new teaching competences 2 To investigate new teaching strategies 3 To develop collaborating professional environments for teachers 4 To develop a formal declaration of how companies can participate effectively in the process of the transition of youngsters to professional practitioners 5 To investigate how the organization should change their culture and structure towards a professional learning environment for students and teachers. The above mentioned items will be subject of further research in the coming study year. The main goal is to develop a business case or strategic plan on how to implement change in teaching engineering education.
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Teachers have a crucial role in bringing about the extensive social changes that are needed in the building of a sustainable future. In the EduSTA project, we focus on sustainability competences of teachers. We strengthen the European dimension of teacher education via Digital Open Badges as means of performing, acknowledging, documenting, and transferring the competencies as micro-credentials. EduSTA starts by mapping the contextual possibilities and restrictions for transformative learning on sustainability and by operationalising skills. The development of competence-based learning modules and open digital badge-driven pathways will proceed hand in hand and will be realised as learning modules in the partnering Higher Education Institutes and badge applications open for all teachers in Europe.Societal Issue: Teachers’ capabilities to act as active facilitators of change in the ecological transition and to educate citizens and workforce to meet the future challenges is key to a profound transformation in the green transition.Teachers’ sustainability competences have been researched widely, but a gap remains between research and the teachers’ practise. There is a need to operationalise sustainability competences: to describe direct links with everyday tasks, such as curriculum development, pedagogical design, and assessment. This need calls for an urgent operationalisation of educators’ sustainability competences – to support the goals with sustainability actions and to transfer this understanding to their students.Benefit to society: EduSTA builds a community, “Academy of Educators for Sustainable Future”, and creates open digital badge-driven learning pathways for teachers’ sustainability competences supported by multimodal learning modules. The aim is to achieve close cooperation with training schools to actively engage in-service teachers.Our consortium is a catalyst for leading and empowering profound change in the present and for the future to educate teachers ready to meet the challenges and act as active change agents for sustainable future. Emphasizing teachers’ essential role as a part of the green transition also adds to the attractiveness of teachers’ work.
Codarts, as a University of the Arts, develops practice-oriented research to enhance artistic development, the arts practice and arts education. Performing arts, specifically dance, music and circus, enable us to communicate beyond geographical, cultural, linguistic and religious boundaries and helps us connect our common values and dreams. The performing arts are universal in their capacity to unite and inspire, providing an excellent opportunity for us to expand our research to an international level. However, the current research strategy at Codarts does not sufficiently match our European research ambitions, even though our education is inherently international and there are multiple strong connections to relevant themes in the European Research Area. Accordingly, with this project, we aim to bridge the gap between our current national research activities and our European ambitions by aligning our research focus with the European Research Area. The aim is to develop a strategy that enriches the arts practice, arts education and our research, creating a stronger connection to the European Research Area and to relevant European networks. Expanding the scope of our practice-oriented research towards European projects is essential to increase research opportunities, improve the applicability and societal impact of our research outcomes and provide more opportunities for students, teachers and researchers to learn and exchange knowledge and insights. Additionally, it is necessary to create a sustainable future for our institution. Strategic brainstorm sessions, benchmark studies, detailed action plans and viability assessments need to make sure that we become aware of our current position in the European research field, as well as identify potential partners and networks to collaborate with. This project will eventually work towards participation in a relevant European project proposal as the first step towards strengthening our position as a leading University of the Arts in Europe.
Onderzoek laat zien dat gedragsproblemen en leesproblemen vaak gelijktijdig voorkomen. Maar waar moet de leerkracht zich op richten; het gedrag of de leesprestaties? Voor de onderwijspraktijk is het relevant om uitsluitsel te krijgen over hoe deze problematiek in elkaar zit.Doel Uit veel onderzoek komt naar voren dat gedragsproblemen en leesproblemen bij veel kinderen min of meer gelijktijdig voorkomen. Leerkrachten zijn in deze situatie geneigd zich eerst te richten op het gedrag aangezien ze daar de meeste last van hebben. De primaire gerichtheid op gedragsproblemen uit zich ook in de grote vraag die er is naar begeleiding van leerkrachten bij het voorkomen en bestrijden van gedragsproblemen en de oververtegenwoordiging van studenten die bij de Master EN bij het Seminarium voor Orthopedagogiek de route Gedrag kiezen. De vraag is of deze gerichtheid terecht is en inderdaad tot de oplossing van de problemen leidt dan wel dat een achterliggend probleem de oorzaak is; namelijk een leesprobleem dat bij de leerling gedragsproblemen veroorzaakt. Het is relevant voor zowel de onderwijspraktijk als de opleidingen om uitsluitsel te krijgen over hoe deze problematiek in elkaar zit. In dit proefschrift wordt beoogd de vraag te beantwoorden of de gerichtheid op gedragsproblemen terecht is. Ook wil hiermee tegemoet worden gekomen aan de behoefte aan onderzoek waarmee de praktijk duidelijkere handvatten aangereikt krijgt om om te gaan met deze problemen en waar te beginnen met het bestrijden en voorkomen van de problemen. De volgende onderzoeksvragen worden beantwoord: 1) Gaan leesproblemen vooraf aan gedragsproblemen, is het andersom of is er sprake van wederzijdse volgtijdelijkheid? 2) Veroorzaken leesproblemen gedragsproblemen, is het andersom of veroorzaken zij elkaar? 3) In welke mate is lezen en gedrag te beïnvloeden door de leerkracht? Resultaten Het gedrag van leerlingen tijdens de leesles (aandacht, verstorend gedrag, emotionele stabiliteit) blijkt niet bij te dragen aan hun leesvaardigheid aan het eind van datzelfde schooljaar (groep 5); het is dus niet zo dat leerlingen die zich beter gedragen aan het begin van het jaar, beter lezen aan het eind van het jaar. Andersom is het wel zo dat leerlingen die aan het begin van het jaar beter lezen, zich aan het eind van het jaar beter gedragen (Brokamp, Houtveen & Van de Grift, 2018b; Brokamp, Houtveen & Van de Grift, submitted). Er wordt momenteel vervolgonderzoek uitgevoerd om te kijken of deze trend hetzelfde is over meerdere leerjaren. Wanneer gekeken wordt naar wat de leerkracht kan doen om zowel het lezen als het gedrag van de leerlingen tijdens de leesles te beïnvloeden, blijkt dat de leerkracht door het geven van een kwalitatief goede leesles ervoor kan zorgen dat de leerlingen beter gaan lezen, maar ook meer gefocust zijn, minder verstorend gedrag vertonen en (in minder mate) meer zelfvertrouwen hebben. Voor de praktijk heeft dit een belangrijke implicatie, namelijk het belang van goed leesonderwijs; het geven van een goede leesles zorgt niet alleen voor verbetering van de leesprestaties maar kan ook in positieve zin bijdragen aan het gedrag van de leerlingen (Brokamp, Houtveen & Van de Grift, 2016; 2018a). Brokamp, S.K., Houtveen, A.A.M., & Van de Grift, W.J.C.M. (submitted). Reading and behavioural and emotional engagement: a bidirectional relationship? Brokamp, S.K., Houtveen, A.A.M., & Van de Grift, W.J.C.M (2016, January). Reading, classroom behaviour and teaching skills. Paper presented at ICSEI 2016 Conference, Glasgow, UK. Brokamp, S.K., Houtveen, A.A.M., & Van de Grift, W.J.C.M (2018a). The relationship among students' reading performance, their classroom behavior, and teacher skills. The Journal of Educational Research. doi: 10.1080/00220671.2017.1411878 Brokamp, S.K., Houtveen, A.A.M., & Van de Grift, W.J.C.M (2018b, Juni). Leesvaardigheid en betrokkenheid tijdens het lezen: een bidirectionele relatie?. Paper gepresenteerd op de ORD 2018 Conferentie, Nijmegen, Nederland. Looptijd 01 december 2012 - 31 december 2020 Aanpak In het onderzoek meten we zowel het gedrag tijdens de leesles als de leesvaardigheid van de leerlingen over meerdere jaren. Ook bekijken we het instructiegedrag en algemeen pedagogisch handelen van de leerkrachten om de vraag te kunnen beantwoorden in welke mate de leerkrachten het lezen en gedrag van de leerlingen kunnen beïnvloeden.
