Social Sciences

Verbal feedback gets pupils thinking

How do you encourage pupils to think about their own development? By getting the teachers to talk with them about their portfolio. An increasing number of schools are expecting a lot from a digital development portfolio. In this portfolio, pupils collect their own work with the associated reflections over a longer period of time. Dutch researcher Marieke van der Schaaf has demonstrated that teachers can support pupils in their self-reflection process. Read more

Mentors mainly provide beginning teachers with emotional support

It is not easy for beginning teachers to stand in front of the class for the first time. Therefore they are increasingly receiving support from mentors. The mentors provide a lot of emotional support, but the coaching has less effect on professional development, concludes Dutch researcher Chantal Kessels. Read more