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Collaborative learning in conservatoire education: Catalyst for innovation 28 March 2022Which collaborative learning approaches already exist in conservatoire education, and how could such approaches be implemented? This is the subject of...
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Improving the prospects of at-risk youth 05 November 2021How can mentors and social workers foster the vocational identity of at-risk youth and improve their prospects? This is the subject of Rineke Keijzer-...
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Leiden University signs Southwest Pact in The Hague 26 July 2021On average, the residents of The Hague Southwest (Zuidwest) are poorer, have more health problems and a lower level of education than the residents of...
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Motivation does not influence teaching quality 15 June 2021Xin Zhang, PhD at ICLON, researched the relationship between teachers’ learning motivation and the quality of their teaching. Defence on 6 July.
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Technology integration in schools 15 June 2021Jingxian Wang, PhD at ICLON, examined technology integration in primary and secondary education. Defence on 6 July.
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What stimulates teacher professional learning and collaboration? 03 May 2021In secondary education, teacher collaboration is used to further teachers’ professional development. In her dissertation, Loes de Jong (PhD candidate ...
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Queen Máxima pays a virtual visit to ‘StudentinzetopSchool’ 14 April 2021Students from ‘StudentinzetopSchool’ help schoolchildren and gain valuable teaching experience at the same time. In an online visit on 13 April, Queen...
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What’s it like to be personal assistant to a teacher? 15 January 2021‘The pupils are enthusiastic and they miss you.’ That’s what a teacher from Haags Montessori Lyceum said in a mail to third-year student Resi Aarts (B...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projects 21 December 2020A festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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Inquiry-based learning: smart tools help lecturers adapt their courses 23 November 2020Engaged, active students who can see the links within their discipline. These are key aims of the University vision on teaching and learning, but how ...
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Teaching speaking skills in foreign languages with a practical, adaptive method 13 November 2020Tailoring teaching to students’ learning needs in speaking skills in modern foreign languages is desirable, but difficult to achieve in regular classe...
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How to create a successful transnational learning environment 09 November 2020With more than 20,000 Omani students registered in British programmes in 2017/2018, the number of transnational students is quite substantial in Oman...
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Becoming friends with algebraic formulas 26 October 2020Peter Kop, secondary school teacher, PhD, and teacher educator at ICLON, studied how sketching a graph of an algebraic formula could promote students’...
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Scrum enhances learning in chemistry education 16 October 2020Context-based learning has been implemented in secondary chemistry education. Hans Vogelzang, PhD at ICLON, reseached whether Scrum methodology might ...
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‘Lectures with the teacher talking for 90 minutes are completely outdated’ 16 July 2020Historian Robert Stein is a lecturer in Medieval History. He was recently awarded the Senior Teaching Qualification. What did he learn from the STQ tr...