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Handwriting promotes learning more than typing, scientists claim
A Norwegian team of scientists has investigated the influence of handwriting and typing on brain activity and memory abilities.
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Hearing impaired in primary school, what now?
When parents report that their child has a hearing loss, many teachers are left in the dark. Teachers then want to know how to deal with the disability in the classroom, at school or when going out.
In this thesis, Sandra provides teachers with tools …
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School dates: Measure, know and forget the next step?
You will receive information and practical examples that relate to this exploratory practical question: what promotes and hinders working with school data?
The interactive figure presents sources and findings associated with a recent research project …
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Initial guidance: Tips
Each school provides initial guidance for starting teachers to provide them with maximum support in their first steps in education or a first job in a school. How do you deal with questions or assignments that you receive during your initial …
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Circle of trust
You can work in the classroom with a circle of trust. You can use it to not always check all the work of all students. Students who are always fine enter the circle of trust. From that group of students you can select a number of students and do a …
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Start-Wijs: How do you keep (your) starting teachers on board?
The teacher shortage and the outflow of starting teachers poses a major challenge. Various short and long(er) term actions are taken or planned. To what extent do these really meet the needs of novice teachers? And what are the reasons why …
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Initial guidance for beginning teachers: Dropout and induction of beginning teachers in Flanders (Reports 2020, 2021)
In this article you will find two reports:
Initial guidance (induction) of beginning teachers in European countries:
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Find out everything about media use and media education in families: Figures MediaNest 2023
In 2023, we mapped media use and media education in Flemish families for the third time. For this edition, more than 1000 of you gave us an insight into your children's screen use: which media do they use at what age, what can they already do on …
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Wise lessons for developing, choosing and using teaching materials in compulsory education
How do you choose a teaching method as a teacher, specialist group or school team? What do you take into account when developing a learning resource? How do you use the textbook in a thoughtful way in your classroom practice? There is little …
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Under the microscope: Practical research and sustainable school development in Flemish primary schools
As a teacher, how can you examine your own teaching practice in order to optimize teaching? How can you, as a school team, conduct practical research to adjust and innovate in practice? Little was known about the way in which practical research …
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David Mitchell's Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies
A summary of ten key strategies to improve learning:
- cooperative learning in groups,
- peer tutoring,
- parent involvement,
- cognitive strategy instruction,
- memory strategies,
- practice and repeat,
- behaviorist approaches,
- formative assessment and …
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Effectively support students with autism in social interaction in the classroom
A summary article with answers to the following research questions:
- What is known in the literature about the support needs of children with an autism spectrum disorder?
- Which forms of support from effective interventions aimed at improving social …
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