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Conversation leads to understanding: influence of peer-educators on thoughts about LHBT persons 09 September 2022A peer educator intervention can give pupils more knowledge and awareness about their LGBT peers, and sometimes also a more positeve view. This is the...
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A boost for open source laboratory education: 175,000 euro subsidy 15 June 2022A project to improve practicals in science courses has been awarded a 175,000 subsidy. Leiden physicist Paul Logman is one of the applicants, together...
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Subject-specific building blocks keep teaching interesting 10 June 2022Teachers have to find a balance between routine and renewal of their teaching repertoire. Eveline de Boer (PhD student at ICLON) investigated how dida...
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Journey through a maze: measuring learner-learner interaction 08 April 2022What and how are we measuring in research of learner-learner interaction? Irena Galikyan (PhD candidate at ICLON) defends her dissertation on this sub...
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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...