In een door het lectoraat Revalidatie uitgevoerd onderzoek bij jongeren met niet aangeboren hersenletsel (NAH) hebben veertien studenten van de Academie voor Gezondheid geparticipeerd. Bij jongeren hebben zij, twee jaar na het oplopen van hersenletsel door een ongeval of hersenaandoening, tijdens een huisbezoek, verschillende vragenlijsten over sociaal-maatschappelijke participatie afgenomen. In de periode voorjaar 2010 tot najaar 2012 zijn in vier wervingsrondes hoofdfase studenten via drie methoden geworven voor participatie in het NAH-onderzoek. In dit artikel worden werkwijze werving, voorbereiding en begeleiding van de studenten beschreven. De voorbereiding bestond uit informatieverstrekking en training. De begeleiding vond plaats in de vorm van supervisie. Studenten kwamen in dit onderzoek rechtstreeks en intensief met deelnemers in contact. Bij dit contact worden (beroeps)competenties op de proef gesteld: in vele opzichten een belangrijke aanvulling op hun opleiding. De belangrijkste aanbeveling is, dat studentenparticipatie in praktijkgericht onderzoek goed voorbereid en ondersteund moet worden en aanzienlijk makkelijker verloopt als dit onderdeel is van het curriculum van de opleiding. Ook zal participeren in analyse en verwerking van de onderzoeksgegevens naast dataverzameling meerwaarde voor de student hebben. ABSTRACT Fourteen students of the Academy of Health participated in a research about the social impact of acquired brain injury (ABI) in adolescents. This research was performed by the research group Rehabilitation. The students conducted several questionnaires about social functioning while visiting the adolescents with ABI at home, two years after the youths had suffered from brain injury, through accident or brain illness. During four selection rounds that took place between Spring 2010 and Autumn 2012, students were recruited by three methods to participate in the data collection of the ABI research. This article describes methods of recruitment, preparation and supervision of the selected students. The preparation consisted of education and training. The supervision consisted of feedback and encouragement. Students were in direct and intensive contact with participants during this research. Their (professional) competencies were therefore put to the test and in many respects this was an important addition to their education. The most important recommendation is that student participation be properly prepared and supported in practically oriented research and be a much more integrated component of the programme curriculum. In addition to data collection, participation in the analysis and processing of research data will also be of added value for the student.
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.
This thesis provides an examination of judgement autonomy of Dutch commercial real estate valuers in relation to client orientation. The valuation of commercial real estate such as offices or retail properties requires in-depth analysis due to its uniqueness by location, building type and usage details. Essentially, a register-valuer is qualified and instructed to assess a property value to one’s best cognitive effort and inform others of this outcome by means of a valuation report. In the Netherlands, concerns over independence risks and client-related judgement risks of valuers have been raised by regulative authorities as the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). A significant part of these concerns followed the 2008 financial crisis, which appeared to be at least partially driven by unreliable and incomparable valuations of Dutch commercial real estate (AFM, 2014; DNB, 2012; 2015). Among other things, these concerns led to the instigation of the Nederlands Register Vastgoed Taxateurs (NRVT) in 2015. NRVT is a new Dutch central register of valuation practitioners set up in order to improve self-regulation, quality control and compliance of valuation practitioners. Currently, the chamber for commercial real estate valuation holds about 2,000 commercial valuation registrations (NRVT, 2020). The introduction of NRVT, and other measures taken, reflect an instrumental view towards enhancing professionalism of Dutch valuers. This view is based on a systematic orientation to professional conduct in which good practice is primarily objectively determined (Van Ewijk, 2019). However, Wassink and Bakker (2016) point out that individuals make personal choices in order to deal with work complexity. Insight into and reflection on individual choices is part of what is referred to as normative aspects of professionalisation: what norms prevail in individual judgement and decision-making and why (Van Ewijk, 2019). In this regard, insight into judgement reasoning of valuation practitioners may contribute to normative levels of professional development of valuers. The need for such is expressed through community concerns over how individual judgement autonomy may become subdued due to instrumental-driven developments taking place in the sector. The combination of authoritative concerns over professional quality in the Netherlands and lack of (scientific) insight on how client influence affects judgement in valuation practice poses a problem: How may practitioners address client-related judgement bias risks and improve valuation accuracy from this viewpoint, if little is known on how such risks may occur in daily practice? The seemingly scarce scientific insights available in this regard in the Netherlands may also prevent educational programs to adequately address valuer independence and objectivity risks in relevant training programs. In order to address this knowledge gap, the present PhD research examines the following research problem: 169 Summary “How does client orientation affect professional judgement autonomy of commercial real estate valuers in the Netherlands?” The term ‘client orientation’ should be broadly interpreted and may refer to valuers’ perception, understanding and meaning given to alleged, actual or anticipated client-related aspects. Information on such client aspects is not required for the performance of valuation instructions. It should also be noted that this research examines the context of how client orientation may affect valuer judgement reasoning patterns during work practice, yet not its effect in terms of decision on final value opinion.
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