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Status holders are preparing for teacher training04 December 2017In November 2017, six status holders attended an introduction training course on Dutch education at ICLON.
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Chinese and Dutch Teachers of English have different opinions about cultures associated with the English language17 November 2017Teachers of English as a foreign language in China and the Netherlands have different notions of themselves as teachers in relation to cultures associ...
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Two different approaches at the Diversity symposium14 November 2017One of the speakers at the Diversity symposium on 22 November is Estela Mara Bensimon, highly honoured professor of Higher Education in the US. A seco...
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Interest: a complex concept in education28 September 2017It's much easier to learn something if you're interested in it. But students' interests are often diverse and wide-ranging, says Sanne Akkerman, Profe...
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How to retain older teachers for secondary education15 September 2017Dissatisfied older teachers regularly quit teaching before reaching retirement age. In her dissertation, PhD candidate Ietje Veldman advocates specifi...
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What determines motivation for the teaching profession?01 September 2017The motivation of student teachers for the teacher's profession depends on various factors. Teacher training can influence the commitment of students....
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The developing brain and behaviour20 July 2017Our childhood years largely determine how we will fare later in life. In the first two decades of our life, our brain is still developing, which is cl...
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Twentieth anniversary of the Lorentz Center: developing ideas in a scientific bubble27 June 2017The 20th anniversary of the Lorentz Center will be celebrated on 28 June 2017 with the opening of an exhibition in the Oude UB. For two decades alread...
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Cognitive tool for the swamp13 June 2017Fred Janssen is curious about how best to teach students and students to gain a good understanding of complex ‘swamp situations’. This is the subject ...
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Blended learning activates students20 April 2017Recently, the booklet 'Blended Learning, het versterken van het onderwijs op de Universiteit Leiden' has been launched. Sonja Wagenaar, educational ad...
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88 graduate teachers04 April 2017On March 31, 2017, graduates of the teacher education programme received their diploma.
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442nd Dies Natalis focuses on Asia08 February 2017On the 442nd anniversary of the foundation of Leiden University, and at the start of the Leiden Asia Year, lawyer Jan Michiel Otto, an expert in the f...
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Sitting room as oasis for refugee students06 October 2016A large table with tablecloth, a sitting area with soft lighting. A new meeting place in Plexus for students from a migrant background, opened on 6 Oc...
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ICLON research program reviewed as 'very good'23 June 2016Last year the research program Teaching and Teacher Learning of ICLON Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching had its recurrent external review.
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'MOOCs are maturing'24 March 2016At a meeting in The Hague from 20 to 22 March, lecturers, university administrators and online teaching specialists made plans for better teaching usi...