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Effect of peer feedback on academic writing24 August 2018Feedback from fellow students on academic writing is as informative as that of teachers. That is one of the findings in Bart Huisman's (ICLON) dissert...
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Intercultural training in Vietnam20 August 2018In Vietnam, foreign trade and culture are pervasive. Therefore, the need arises for students to learn more about cultural differences and intercultura...
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Intermediate assessment in different ways04 June 2018In higher education intermediate assessment is used in different ways. In her PhD research Indira Day (ICLON) shows that lecturers should be able to c...
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Importance of research in medical education07 May 2018Doctors are expected to apply recent insights from research to improve patient care. This is one of the reasons for integrating research into medical ...
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Differentiation in education04 May 2018Many teachers in secondary education take differences between pupils into account . PhD research by Saskia Stollman (ICLON) shows that they need room ...
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Skateboarding in physics class: research into the interests of young people03 April 2018Young people often have many and varied interests. In three projects at ICLON of Leiden University, researchers examine which interests young people h...
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Coaching secondary school pupils09 February 2018Learning from and with each other. The 'Haags Mentorprogramma" started on 7 February 2018 and links students from Leiden University and De Haagse Hoge...
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Looking for future teachers26 January 2018For inquisitive and enterprising professionals, the new traineeship 'Trainees in education' ('Trainees in onderwijs') offers a training to become teac...
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Hall of Fame 201722 December 2017Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, t...
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How do we tackle the teacher shortage?15 December 2017The growing shortage of teachers is a well-known issue. Universities are committed to increasing the number of university-educated teachers, including...
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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...