Purpose - Focusing on management training, this study aimed to establish whether identical elements in a training program (i.e. aspects resembling participants' work situation) can improve training transfer and whether they do so beyond the contribution of two well-established predictors -- motivation to learn and expected utility. In an effort to establish mechanisms connecting identical elements with training transfer, we proposed and tested motivation to transfer as a mediator. Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected online from 595 general managers who participated in a management training program. Structural equations modeling was used to test the model. Findings - Identical elements, expected utility and motivation to learn each had a unique contribution to the prediction of training transfer. Whereas motivation to learn partly mediated these relationships, identical elements and expected utility also showed direct associations with training transfer. Research limitations/implications - Identical elements represent a relevant predictor of training transfer. In future research, a longitudinal analysis from different perspectives would be useful to better understand the process of training transfer. Practical implications - Participants may profit more from management training programs when the training better resembles participants' work situation. Organisations and trainers should therefore apply the concept of identical elements in their trainings, in order to increase its value and impact. Originality/value - This study contributes to the training literature by showing the relevance of identical elements for transfer, over and above established predictors.
In dit artikel gaat Marco Snoek in op het ontwerp van masteropleidingen voor leraren. Onderzoek onder afgestudeerden van de masteropleiding Professioneel Meesterschap laat zien dat het succesvol volgen en afronden van een masteropleiding die gericht is op het leiderschap van leraren lang niet altijd leidt tot het daadwerkelijk inzetten van de ontwikkelde leiderschapscompetenties binnen de school. De scheiding tussen opleidingsinstituut en werkplek zorgt bij dit soort opleidingen voor een transfer-probleem. Wil effectieve transfer van ontwikkelde competenties van de masteropleiding naar de praktijk binnen de school kunnen plaatsvinden, dan zal het ontwerp van de opleiding niet alleen gericht moeten zijn op het kwalificeren van deelnemers, maar ook op het interveniëren in de schoolorganisatie en -cultuur en zal de opleiding moeten kunnen fungeren als boundary object tussen twee activiteitssystemen. Op basis van een reflectie op de ervaringen met de eerste lichtingen afgestudeerden is een nieuw ontwerp voor de masteropleiding gemaakt, waarbij meer aandacht is voor boundary crossing tussen opleidingsinstituut en school. Dit ontwerp wordt momenteel toegepast in een opleidingstraject voor LD-leraren1 van drie ROCs2. In dit artikel schetsen we uitgangspunten voor het ontwerp en de theoretische onderbouwing daarvan
Philip Kohnstamm wijst in zijn werk op het belang van het leren van leraren en van de dialoog binnen de school over nieuwe inzichten ten aanzien van leren en lesgeven. Die twee thema’s zijn nog steeds uitermate actueel binnen het onderwijs. Nieuwe inzichten uit onderzoek vinden niet automatisch hun weg naar de schoolpraktijk en nieuwe kennis die verworven is tijdens professionaliseringsactiviteiten bereiken niet altijd collega’s binnen de school. Dit is te beschouwen als een transfervraagstuk.In dit artikel gaan we in op de vraag hoe deze transfer bevorderd kan worden. De actualiteit van Philip Kohnstamm laten we zien aan de hand van enkele zeer recente studies vanaf 2017 naar het leren van Nederlandse leraren in het basis- en voortgezet onderwijs, op zoek naar handvatten die deze studies bieden voorhet versterken van transfer. De transfer speelt zowel op individueel niveau van de leraar die nieuwe inzichten verwerft tijdens professionaliseringsactiviteiten,als op het niveau van groepen leraren die samen vorm geven aan professionalisering en hun inzichten willen delen met anderen buiten de eigen groep.De besproken studies verschillen in focus en aanpak, maar bieden gezamenlijk belangrijke handvatten voor zowel de lerarenopleidingen, de leraar als de schoolleiding.
Designing cities that are socially sustainable has been a significant challenge until today. Lately, European Commission’s research agenda of Industy 5.0 has prioritised a sustainable, human-centric and resilient development over merely pursuing efficiency and productivity in societal transitions. The focus has been on searching for sustainable solutions to societal challenges, engaging part of the design industry. In architecture and urban design, whose common goal is to create a condition for human life, much effort was put into elevating the engineering process of physical space, making it more efficient. However, the natural process of social evolution has not been given priority in urban and architectural research on sustainable design. STEPS stems from the common interest of the project partners in accessible, diverse, and progressive public spaces, which is vital to socially sustainable urban development. The primary challenge lies in how to synthesise the standardised sustainable design techniques with unique social values of public space, propelling a transition from technical sustainability to social sustainability. Although a large number of social-oriented studies in urban design have been published in the academic domain, principles and guidelines that can be applied to practice are large missing. How can we generate operative principles guiding public space analysis and design to explore and achieve the social condition of sustainability, developing transferable ways of utilising research knowledge in design? STEPS will develop a design catalogue with operative principles guiding public space analysis and design. This will help designers apply cross-domain knowledge of social sustainability in practice.
Students in Higher Music Education (HME) are not facilitated to develop both their artistic and academic musical competences. Conservatoires (professional education, or ‘HBO’) traditionally foster the development of musical craftsmanship, while university musicology departments (academic education, or ‘WO’) promote broader perspectives on music’s place in society. All the while, music professionals are increasingly required to combine musical and scholarly knowledge. Indeed, musicianship is more than performance, and musicology more than reflection—a robust musical practice requires people who are versed in both domains. It’s time our education mirrors this blended profession. This proposal entails collaborative projects between a conservatory and a university in two cities where musical performance and musicology equally thrive: Amsterdam (Conservatory and University of Amsterdam) and Utrecht (HKU Utrechts Conservatorium and Utrecht University). Each project will pilot a joint program of study, combining existing modules with newly developed ones. The feasibility of joint degrees will be explored: a combined bachelor’s degree in Amsterdam; and a combined master’s degree in Utrecht. The full innovation process will be translated to a transferable infrastructural model. For 125 students it will fuse praxis-based musical knowledge and skills, practice-led research and academic training. Beyond this, the partners will also use the Comenius funds as a springboard for collaboration between the two cities to enrich their respective BA and MA programs. In the end, the programme will diversify the educational possibilities for students of music in the Netherlands, and thereby increase their professional opportunities in today’s job market.
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.
