‘Everything was black and white … ’: primary school pupils’ naive reasoning while situating historical phenomena in time

This study focuses on problems in pupils’ reasoning when they situate historical phenomena in time. The context is the Dutch curriculum with 10 eras and characteristic features, which was implemented to support pupils in orientating themselves in time. Twenty-two pupils aged 6–12 conducted assignments in which they had to place historical phenomena in time. Next to problems that were described in previous studies, problems were identified that related to the names and icons of the 10 eras, which sometimes helped, but also hindered pupils in their reasoning. Awareness of these problems is helpful for teachers, teacher trainers and educational policymakers.     

Contact hours in Dutch and Vietnamese higher education: a comparison

The number of contact hours, one of the important institutional context factors, was examined and compared between Dutch and Vietnamese higher education at institute and student levels in Psychology and Business and/or Economics specializations. The quantity of contact hours per credit point given by institutions was investigated in a number of Dutch and Vietnamese universities. Additionally, 104 students in Groningen, the Netherlands, and 140 students in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, participated in the survey with a self-reported and self-assessed questionnaire on their study time allocation. Beside contact hours, other learning process related factors such as study activities, motivation, quality of instruction, and generic skills were examined to provide a better insight into these two systems. Results showed that Vietnamese students had significantly higher number of contact hours than Dutch students while their generic skills, motivation and time spent on independent study were a lot lower.     

近代档案学学科的建立与发展

近代档案学的诞生,开辟了档案学发展的新纪元.回顾与梳理近代档案学学科建立的过程和发展的成果,对于我们在"后保管时代"积极应对档案事业数字化转型的这场深刻变革,具有重要的指导和启示意义.     

Difficulties with consonants in the spelling and segmentation of CCVCC pseudowords: Differences among Dutch first graders

The goal of the present study was to explore the errors made by Dutch first graders in spelling syllable-initial and syllable-final consonants clusters in CCVCC pseudowords, to look for error types that discriminate poorer spellers from better spellers, and to relate these error types to the errors made when segmenting the same words. Such a correspondence across tasks would point to problems with the phonemic conceptualization of the spoken word as a source of spelling difficulty. The most prominent spelling error among poor spellers was omission of the consonant immediately following the vowel. This error seemed to be reflected in segmentation by omission of that consonant, but even more by the consonant being left unsegmented from the preceding vowel. The spelling and segmentation errors that we observed in Dutch are similar to those previously observed in English. The finding that such errors are made with a disproportionate frequency by poor spellers is new and suggests a basic problem in developing a phonemic conceptualization of spoken words (and of postvocalic consonant clusters in particular) that is adequate for spelling.     

TOWARDS A THEORY ON THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL INSPECTIONS

ABSTRACT:  This article describes a theory about the ambition of most Inspectorates to realise 'school improvement through inspection'. Literature about a number of direct and indirect interventions, such as reciprocity, communication and feedback is used to build a theoretical model stating the relations between working methods of school inspectors, reactions of schools and resulting effects and side effects. Finally two types of inspections strategies are described that can be used in different types of schools. We expect schools with a low innovation capacity and few external impulses to be helped best by a directive approach in which an inspector clearly points to the strong and weak points of the school, the probable causes of their level of functioning, and potential ways for improvement. The inspector should pressure the school to change by making written agreements on how to change and by asking the school to work out these agreements in an improvement plan. A school with a high innovation capacity and strong external impulses is expected to do better with a more reserved inspection approach. Inspectors only need to provide this school with some insight into their strong and weak points.     

21世纪面向空间规划的荷兰遗产政策

近年来,在遗产保护与可持续发展整合成为国际焦点的背景下,欧洲强调多部门、多尺度、跨区域协调空间发展的空间规划被视为助力保护与发展整合的有力工具.荷兰作为欧洲空间规划的先行者,在21世纪成为欧洲推动遗产政策融入空间规划的先驱之一,20多年来面向空间规划的遗产政策实践体现出3大趋势,即面向"文化空间"的多样遗产整合,从"部...     

Modern Marriage and Dutch Treatment

In shanghai ,Beijing, Guangdong and other big cities, the invesligation in 2003 indicated that 25% couples had no children;38% couples agreed that married couples who did not give birth to child were acceptable;22% keep silent and only 15% people excepted to have children (Yu, 2003). The DINK phenomenon, nowadays, is being more and more fashionable. Under the effect of modern market, many new marital phenomena like Dutch Treatment are coming into be-ing in china.     

Attitudes toward multiculturalism of immigrants and majority members in the Netherlands

The current study examined the perceptions by Dutch natives and four immigrant groups (Surinamers, Antilleans, Turks, and Moroccans) on four topics relevant for the functioning of the Netherlands as a multicultural society: immigrants’ feelings of comfort in living in the Netherlands, their perceived discrimination, their cultural maintenance, and Dutch involvement with them. As predicted, Dutch natives estimated the immigrants’ view more accurately in a contact domain (perceived discrimination) than in a non-contact domain (feelings of comfort) and the attitude differences between Dutch natives and immigrants were smaller in a contact domain (Dutch involvement) than in a non-contact domain (cultural maintenance). The study also examined the relation between ethnic hierarchy (cultural distance), educational level, and experiences of the ethnic groups. Turks and Moroccans (who occupy a lower position in the Dutch ethnic hierarchy and are less schooled) reported less positive feelings and experiences in the Netherlands than Surinamers and Antilleans (who are higher in the ethnic hierarchy and are better schooled).     

Media Studies and the Mainstreaming of Media History

During the first half of the twentieth century, colonial rule in the Indonesian archipelago was an important marker of international prestige for the Netherlands, which was merely a small power on the European continent, carefully guarding its neutral status against the Great Powers. After World War I, there was growing concern amongst several groups in Dutch society about criticism of the colonial regime in the foreign press. This article considers three organizations that aimed to set up an international information service about the Dutch East Indies in the 1920s. Although private individuals ran these organizations, they had close links with the authorities in The Hague and Batavia, indicating the emergence of a controlled media environment. Moreover, despite the fact that people involved preferred to use neutral terms to describe their activities, they aimed to provide the international public with propaganda supporting the Dutch colonial regime.     

我国民营企业员工培训存在的问题及对策

随着经济时代的到来,企业员工素质成为我国民营企业在市场上立足的第一资本,对员工培训显得相当重要,但目前我国民营企业员工培训仍然存在培训观念近视,资金不足,经验欠缺以及员工对培训认识不足等问题。结合我国民营企业的特点,提出我国民营企业培训的模式组合：“AA付费制与自助餐制”相结合模式。从培训内容、培训流程、培训模式选择三方面对这一培训模式进行论述。