Hoe vindt praktijkverandering plaats? Wat is ervoor nodig? Wie is ervoor nodig? Op deze en andere vragen hebben talloze veranderkundigen al hun hoofd gebogen. De praktijk is immers weerbarstig, zo zegt men. Een verandering in de praktijk heeft vaak een tijdelijk karakter en veel veranderingen beklijven niet. Dat is jammer. In dit boek worden de methodiek van Practice Development uiteengezet. Zowel de achtergronden, de systematiek als concrete praktijkvoorbeelden passeren daarbij de revue. Practice Development wordt in dit boek beschreven als een cyclische methodiek (met als acroniem PDDOEN) waarmee gezondheids- en onderwijsmedewerkers direct aan de slag kunnen om personen en praktijken duurzaam te veranderen. Dus geen tijdelijke verandering, maar verandering die gedragen wordt door en verankerd is in mensen. Zowel voorbeelden uit de zorg als het onderwijs illustreren de methodiek die tot deze veranderingen leidt. Het boek bevat codes (QR-codes) die verwijzen naar relevante informatie en instrumenten op een website die hiervoor is ontwikkeld. Doelgroep Practice Development is bestemd voor studenten in de gezondheidszorg en aan lerarenopleidingen.
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Hoe vindt praktijkverandering plaats? Wat is ervoor nodig? Wie is ervoor nodig? Op deze en andere vragen hebben talloze veranderkundigen al hun hoofd gebogen. De praktijk is immers weerbarstig, zo zegt men. Een verandering in de praktijk heeft vaak een tijdelijk karakter en veel veranderingen beklijven niet. Dat is jammer. In dit boek worden de methodiek van Practice Development uiteengezet. Zowel de achtergronden, de systematiek als concrete praktijkvoorbeelden passeren daarbij de revue.
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In onze opvatting van evidence beperken we ons niet tot de wetenschappelijke evidence die op basis van randomised clinical trials (RCT's) en systematic reviews tot stand komt. In het lectoraat hanteren we een holistische interpretatie van evidence-based practice. Het genereren en toetsten van alle vormen van kennis ('weten wat' en 'weten hoe') van alle stakeholders (zorgverleners, managers en zorgvragers) wordt in het lectoraat beschouwd als meer robuste evidence waarop de praktijkvoering gebaseerd kan worden. Het genereren en toetsen van 'niet empirische' kennis vraagt andere competenties dan slechts kritisch kijken naar onderzoeksverslagen. Bijvoorbeeld, reflectieve beroepsuitoefening is een belangrijke vaardigheid in het toetsen van het 'weten hoe' (professionele vakkennis).
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Abstract from AMS Scientific Conference '24, Amsterdam, Netherlands.In the two-year Nature-Based Area Development study researchers at four Dutch universities collaborated with planning professionals in cities, regions and companies to investigate how nature-based urban development can become a forceful reality. The study applied a combination of methods such as co-research sessions with consortium partners, in-depth interviews with experts and a multiple case study analysis of best practices in the Netherlands and abroad.Keywords: nature-based, area development, densification, urban ecosystem services, planning instruments
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Praktijkonderzoek over integratie van practice based evidence en evidence based practice, nderzoeksresultaten toepassen in de praktijk,verbeteren in en door de praktijk.
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This study aimed to examine which kind of support through professional development activities is offered to teacher educators in the (Dutch) teacher education institutes for primary and secondary education regarding conducting practice-based research and supervising students’ research. Two online surveys were executed among deans and teacher educators to examine their views on institutional policies supporting professional development; the offered activities; their evaluation on the activities and teacher educators further needs for professional development. Results show that little attention is paid to professional development activities and if attention is paid it concerns mainly courses or supervised peer-exchange groups. However, support for professional development of teacher educators in conducting research and supervising students’ research is considered important. Most activities are executed isolated in each institute. A need for more collaboration between institutes on contributing to teacher educators’ professional development and collaboration at a national level is considered important.
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Over the last two decades, institutions for higher education such as universities and colleges have rapidly expanded and as a result have experienced profound changes in processes of research and organization. However, the rapid expansion and change has fuelled concerns about issues such as educators' technology professional development. Despite the educational value of emerging technologies in schools, the introduction has not yet enjoyed much success. Effective use of information and communication technologies requires a substantial change in pedagogical practice. Traditional training and learning approaches cannot cope with the rising demand on educators to make use of innovative technologies in their teaching. As a result, educational institutions as well as the public are more and more aware of the need for adequate technology professional development. The focus of this paper is to look at action research as a qualitative research methodology for studying technology professional development in HE in order to improve teaching and learning with ICTs at the tertiary level. The data discussed in this paper have been drawn from a cross institutional setting at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. The data were collected and analysed according to a qualitative approach.
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The model of the Best Practice Unit (BPU) is a specific form of practice based research. It is a variation of the Community of Practice (CoP) as developed by Wenger, McDermott and Snyder (2002) with the specific aim to innovate a professional practice by combining learning, development and research. We have applied the model over the past 10 years in the domain of care and social welfare in the Netherlands. Characteristics of the model are: the interaction between individual and collective learning processes, the development of (new or better) working methods, and the implementation of these methods in daily practice. Multiple knowledge sources are being used: experiential knowledge, professional knowledge and scientific knowledge. Research is serving diverse purposes: articulating tacit knowledge, documenting the learning and innovation process, systematically describing the revealed or developed ways of working, and evaluating the efficacy of new methods. An analysis of 10 different research projects shows that the BPU is an effective model.
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Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) as well as modern pedagogical perspectives have created new possibilities to facilitate and support learning in higher education (HE). Emerging technologies bring opportunities to reconsider teaching and learning. New ideas and concepts about the educational use of new technologies transform the roles of teachers. In this context the key question of this study is: whether learning as part of a (virtual) community of practice supports teachers' technology professional development. Different learning alternatives such as distance learning, workplace learning as well as blended forms of learning will enhance lifelong learning which forces a rethinking of traditional forms of education. However, most institutions for education foster just-in-case learning while new technologies foster just-in-time learning. As a result of new learning perspectives and the potential pedagogical benefits of ICTs in educational contexts, teachers have to learn how to integrate new technologies in teaching and learning. It is recommended that teacher professional development should be situated in multiple learning settings in which learning is teacher-centred. Next to classroom settings and cross-institutional learning communities, virtual learning communities (VCoPs) are a significant source for learning. There is an overlap between the educational values of interned-based learning and social theories of learning such as Lave & Wenger's situated learning theory and Wenger's theory of communities of practice. Drawing upon these theories, offers a perspective on social learning that emphasizes social processes within (V)CoPs where community participants engage in collective learning and knowledge creation. The data discussed in this paper have been drawn from a cross institutional setting at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. The data were collected and analysed according to a qualitative approach. The paper concludes that VCoPs are learning environments since these network-based learning communities push learners to take more control of their learning and provide tasks which are more contextualised and meaningful.
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Research-based teacher education can be understood in different ways: as a call to understand teacher education institutions as research institutions, as the ambition to educate student teachers to have an inquiring attitude, as the basing of teacher education curricula on the latest research, or as a combination of all three.In this chapter we reflect on a method of connecting research, curriculum development and practice in teacher education, presenting a case study of a conversational community of teacher educators and researchers. The aim of the conversational community was to understand the process of curriculum design in teacher education as an inspiring and practical combination of design research, self-study, collaborative action research and curriculum study by teacher educators. This process was supported by a conversational framework in which curriculum development was understood as an ongoing dialogue between vision, intentions, design and practice in the teacher education curriculum. Using the conversational framework in this single case study of a conversational community, we have tried to connect teacher education research, curriculum development and practice in a meaningful way.
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