Key publications of the Education and Learning Sciences Group

Selected here are representative publications of the work of the chair group: the first and second are indicative for what the group has been doing regarding competence research, the third for the work on leading handbooks, and the fourth and fifth for the highest levels of publications on fundamental research and theory development of the group.

Inquiry-based Science Education Competence of Primary School Teachers: A Delphi Study

Alake-Tuenter, E. , Biemans, H.J.A. , Tobi, H. , Mulder, M. (2013) Teaching and Teacher Education (2013), Volume: 35 - ISSN 0742-051X - p. 13-24.

This publication is an example of PhD-research in which a competence framework of science teaching is developed. This framework was used to compare it with the national American framework for science teaching.

Towards competence-based VET: dealing with the pitfalls

Biemans, H. , Wesselink, R. , Gulikers, J.T.M. , Schaafsma, S. , Verstegen, J.A.A.M. , Mulder, M. (2009) Journal of Vocational Education and Training (2009), Volume: 61, Issue: 3 - ISSN 1363-6820 - p. 267-286.

This publication is an example of a synthesis study on various projects on the design and implementation of competence-based green vocational education. This publication has been influential in the debate on competence-based education worldwide.

Conceptions of Professional Competence

Mulder, M. (2014) In: International Handbook of Research in Professional and Practice Based Learning - Springer - ISBN: 9789401789011 - p. 107-137.

This publication is an example of the synthesis of competence theory. It serves as the foundation of a book which is currently being developed (50 chapters).

Scripting for construction of a transactive memory system in multidisciplinary CSCL environments

Noroozi, O. , Biemans, H.J.A. , Weinberger, A. , Mulder, M. , Chizari, M. (2013) Learning and Instruction (2013), Volume: 25, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0959-4752 - p. 1-12.

This article is an example of the outstanding research on computer-supported collaborative learning for the development of argumentation competence in higher education.

Convergence between science and environmental education

Wals, A.E.J. , Brody, M. , Dillon, J. , Stevenson, R.B. (2014) Science (2014), Volume: 344, Issue: 6184 - ISSN 0036-8075 - p. 583-584.

This is the article of the group in Science, which has by far the highest Impact Factor compared to other publications of the group. The IF of the top 1 journal in Education and Educational Research is 5.0.

Inquiry-based Science Education Competence of Primary School Teachers: A Delphi Study

Towards competence-based VET: dealing with the pitfalls

Conceptions of Professional Competence

Scripting for construction of a transactive memory system in multidisciplinary CSCL environments

Convergence between science and environmental education