The support for connections between research and education is widespread. This connection yields the promise of educating students for the knowledge society. With the curriculum as the most important carrier of planned higher education, the lack of systematic insight in how research can be integrated into the curriculum is an important omission. This systematic review considers how empirical studies provide input for the integration of research in the higher education curriculum. Moreover, it provides a structured insight into the current body of knowledge on research in the curriculum. Based on a first set of 5815 journal articles, 121 articles were selected for further analysis. The model of Curriculum Aspects by Van den Akker (2003) was used to categorise the articles, which shows a body of knowledge on research in the curriculum with the largest focus on learning aims and learning activities. Furthermore, this review shows how few studies consider the effects of curriculum design on student learning, which calls for more empirical studies to benefit student learning.
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This article proposes a model for the design of a hybrid VET curriculum across the school-work boundary.
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Due to fast and unpredictable developments, professional education is challenged with being responsive, which demands a rethinking of conventional curriculum development approaches. Yet, literature on curriculum development falls short in terms of recognising how to react rapidly and adequately to these new developments. This study focuses on curriculum development initiatives at the school level in a Dutch university of applied sciences. Open interviews were held with 29 curriculum developers to explore how they define and give substance to developing curricula for new, changing or unpredictable professions. These 29 participants were involved in seven curriculum development trajectories. Four themes were detected: (1) curriculum developers are in favour of open, flexible and authentic curricula; (2) the context in which the curriculum development takes place and the different roles and responsibilities of curriculum developers are challenging; (3) curriculum developers feel insufficiently equipped to carry out their tasks; and (4) involving stakeholders is necessary but results in a “viscous” social–political process. Responsive curriculum development requires a great deal of flexibility and adaptability from curriculum developers. Yet, in our study, “institutional concrete” is found to severely hinder responsive curriculum development processes. To be responsive, such processes need to be supported and institutional barriers need to be removed.
Our world is changing rapidly as a result of societal and technological developments that create new opportunities and challenges. Extended Realities (XR) could provide solutions for the problems the world is facing. In this project we apply these novel solutions in food and hospitality. It aims to tackle fundamental questions on how to stimulate a healthy and vital society that is based on a sustainable and innovative economy. This project aims to answer the question: How can Extended Reality (XR) technologies be integrated in the design of immersive food experiences to stimulate sustainable consumption behavior? A multidisciplinary approach, that has demonstrated its strength in the creative industry, will be applied in the hospitality and food sector. The project investigates implications and design considerations for immersion through XR technology that can stimulate sustainable consumption behavior. Based on XR prototypes, physiological data will be collected using biometric measuring devices in combination with self-reports. The effect of stimuli on sustainable consumption behavior during the immersive experience will be tested to introduce XR implementations that can motivate long-term behavioral change in food consumption. The results of the project contribute towards developing innovations in the hospitality sector that can tackle global societal challenges by exploiting the impact of new technology and understanding of consumer behavior to promote a healthy lifestyle and economy. Next to academic publications and conference contributions, the project will develop a handbook for hospitality professionals. It will outline steps and design criteria for the implementation of XR technologies to create immersive experiences that can stimulate sustainable consumption behavior. The knowledge generated in the project will contribute to the development of the curriculum at the Academy for Hotel and Facility at Breda University of Applied Sciences by introducing a technology-driven experience design approach for the course Sustainable Strategic Business Design.
Bijna heel Europa heeft te maken met dubbele vergrijzing. Op dit moment anticiperen de Europese gezondheidszorgstelsels en het onderwijs onvoldoende op uitdagingen die hiermee gepaard gaan. In SIENHA zetten zeven Europese hogescholen en universiteiten zich in om integratie en afstemming van preventie en adequate gezondheidszorg te verbeteren via doelbewuste en vooruitziende innovatie van het onderwijs en praktijkgericht onderzoek. Doel SIENHA heeft tot doel gezond ouder worden in de Europese landen te ondersteunen door de ontwikkeling van de bekwaamheden van zorg- en welzijnsprofessionals te verbeteren teneinde: Meer inzicht te krijgen in gezond ouder worden, met aandacht voor alle levensfasen (van kindertijd tot ouderdom). Het inzicht vergroten en de continue ontwikkeling van competenties van studenten, docenten en zorg- en welzijnsprofessionals te ondersteunen om gezond ouder worden in heel Europa te bevorderen. De uitwisseling van kennis in heel Europa ondersteunen om te leren van de beste praktijken in het hoger onderwijs om gezond ouder worden te ontwikkelen. De kennis van burgers en de betrokkenheid van individuen bij de ondersteuning van persoonlijke gezondheid en gezond ouder worden vergroten. Relevantie De uitdagingen in verband met het beheer van vergrijzende samenlevingen moeten dringend worden aangepakt, hetgeen vraagt om doelbewuste en vooruitziende innovatie van onderwijs-, sociale en gezondheidszorgomgevingen die hun professionals toerusten en voorbereiden met capaciteiten die gericht zijn op preventie, gezondheid en welzijn met gebruikmaking van empirisch onderbouwde praktijken. SIENHA wordt mede gefinancierd via het Erasmus+ programma van de Europese Unie. Resultaten Het SIENHA consortium werkt aan de ontwikkeling van drie ‘Intellectuele Uitkomsten’, verzameld in een SIENHA-handboek. In het handboek wordt opgenomen: Raamwerk van competenties voor zorg- en welzijnsprofessionals die werken aan Healthy Ageing op bachelor- en masterniveau Een curriculum voor healthy ageing, bestaande uit vier modules: determining healthy ageing, plan for healthy ageing, implementation of healhty ageing en researching impact of healthy ageing Een praktische toolkit met daarin goede voorbeelden van onderwijs op het gebied van innovatie en implementatie, gebaseerd op recente theoretische inzichten en voorzien van passende werkvormen Looptijd 01 september 2021 - 01 augustus 2023 Aanpak In het project werken docenten, onderwijsvernieuwers en onderzoekers uit zeven Europese landen samen aan de gewenste opbrengsten. Ieder land heeft zijn eigen verantwoordelijkheid. De HU houdt zich voornamelijk bezig met het mede-ontwikkelen van het competentieprofiel voor healthy ageing en het ontwikkelen van de toolkit voor healthy ageing. Hiervoor wordt literatuuronderzoek gebruikt, in combinatie met vragenlijsten en het uitvoeren van interviews.
Circular agriculture is an excellent principle, but much work needs to be done before it can become common practice in the equine sector. In the Netherlands, diversification in this sector is growing, and the professional equine field is facing increasing pressure to demonstrate environmentally sound horse feeding management practices and horse owners are becoming more aware of the need to manage their horses and the land on which they live in a sustainable manner. Horses should be provided with a predominantly fibre-based diet in order to mimic their natural feeding pattern, however grazing impacts pasture differently, with a risk of overgrazing and soil erosion in equine pastures. Additionally, most horses receive supplements not only with concentrates and oils, but also with minerals. Though the excess minerals are excreted in the manure of horses, these minerals can accumulate in the soil or leach to nearby waterways and pollute water resources. Therefore, the postdoc research aims to answer the main question, “What horse feeding practices and measurements are needed to reduce and prevent environmental pollution in the Netherlands?” The postdoc research is composed of two components; a broad survey-based study which will generate quantitative data on horse feeding management and will also obtain qualitative data on the owners’ engagement or willingness of horse owners to act sustainably. Secondly, a field study will involve the collection of detailed data via visits to horse stables in order to gather data for nutritional analysis and to collect fecal samples for mineral analysis. Students, lecturers and partners will actively participate in all phases of the planned research. This postdoc research facilitates learning and intends to develop a footprint calculator for sustainable horse feeding to encompass the complexity of the equine sector, and to improve the Equine Sports and Business curriculum.
