Transfer of training: Adding insight through social network analysis

Piet Van den Bossche; Mien Segers

Educational Research Review Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 37–47

This article reviews studies which apply a social network perspective to examine transfer of training. The theory behind social networks focuses on the interpersonal mechanisms and social structures that exist among interacting units such as people...

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Topics: Social Studies

Feedback, a powerful lever in teams: A review

Catherine Gabelica; Piet Van den Bossche; Mien Segers; Wim Gijselaers

Educational Research Review Vol. 7, No. 2 (June 2012) pp. 123–144

This paper reviews the literature on the effects of feedback provided to teams in higher education or organizational settings. This review (59 empirical articles) showed that most of the feedback applications concerned “knowledge of results” ...

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Effects of problem-based learning: a meta-analysis

Filip Dochy; Mien Segers; Piet Van den Bossche; David Gijbels

Learning and Instruction Vol. 13, No. 5 (2003) pp. 533–568

This meta-analysis has two aims: (a) to address the main effects of problem based learning on two categories of outcomes: knowledge and skills; and (b) to address potential moderators of the effect of problem based learning. We selected 43 articles...

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Understanding how a case-based assessment instrument influences student teachers’ learning approaches

Mien Segers; Rob Martens; Piet Van den Bossche

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 24, No. 7 (October 2008) pp. 1751–1764

In order to stimulate student teachers to thoroughly comprehend the main variables influencing their work, teaching and assessment strategies in teacher education have changed significantly. One of the changes in the assessment of student teachers...

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Grasping the dynamic complexity of team learning: An integrative model for effective team learning in organisations

Stefan Decuyper; Filip Dochy; Piet Van den Bossche

Educational Research Review Vol. 5, No. 2 (2010) pp. 111–133

In this article we present an integrative model of team learning. Literature shows that effective team learning requires the establishment of a dialogical space amongst team members, in which communicative behaviours such as ‘sharing’, ‘co...

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Teachers' perceptions of intergenerational knowledge flows

Kendra Geeraerts; Jan Vanhoof; Piet Van den Bossche

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 56, No. 1 (May 2016) pp. 150–161

In this qualitative study we look at knowledge brokering from an intergenerational teacher perspective. This study aims at describing how teachers perceive colleagues from other generations in terms of knowledge demands and knowledge supplies, and...

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Strengthening networks: A social network intervention among higher education teachers

Sara Van Waes; Sven De Maeyer; Nienke M. Moolenaar; Peter Van Petegem; Piet Van den Bossche

Learning and Instruction Vol. 53, No. 1 (February 2018) pp. 34–49

Teachers' opportunities to learn at the workplace are shaped by the relationships in which they discuss their instructional practice, what we call

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Understanding Informal Feedback Seeking in the Workplace: The Impact of the Position in the Organizational Hierarchy

Janine van der Rijt; Piet Van den Bossche; Mien S. R. Segers

European Journal of Training and Development Vol. 37, No. 1 (2013) pp. 72–85

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the position of employees in the organizational hierarchy is important in explaining their feedback seeking behaviour. Design/methodology/approach: This study takes a social network...

New Learning Environments and Constructivism: The Students' Perspective

David Gijbels; Gerard van de Watering; Filip Dochy; Piet van den Bossche

Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 34, No. 3 (May 2006) pp. 213–226

Research into students' perceptions of their learning environments reveals the impact of these perceptions on the way students cope with these learning environments. Consequently, students' perceptions affect the results of their learning. This...

Facilitating Team Learning through Transformational Leadership

Elisabeth Raes; Stefan Decuyper; Bart Lismont; Piet Van den Bossche; Eva Kyndt; Sybille Demeyere; Filip Dochy

Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 41, No. 2 (March 2013) pp. 287–305

This article investigates when and how teams engage in team learning behaviours (TLB). More specifically, it looks into how different leadership styles facilitate TLB by influencing the social conditions that proceed them. 498 healthcare workers...

Team Learning: Building Shared Mental Models

Piet Van den Bossche; Wim Gijselaers; Mien Segers; Geert Woltjer; Paul Kirschner

Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 39, No. 3 (May 2011) pp. 283–301

To gain insight in the social processes that underlie knowledge sharing in teams, this article questions which team learning behaviors lead to the construction of a shared mental model. Additionally, it explores how the development of shared mental...

Reconsidering group cognition: From conceptual confusion to a boundary area between cognitive and socio-cultural perspectives?

Sanne Akkerman; Piet Van den Bossche; Wilfried Admiraal; Wim Gijselaers; Mien Segers; Robert-Jan Simons; Paul Kirschner

Educational Research Review Vol. 2, No. 1 (2007) pp. 39–63

Various strands of research in educational, social and organizational psychology focus on structures of collectively created meaning that emerge in and coordinate activities of groups. Despite expanding, this field still lacks conceptual clarity,...

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The networked instructor: The quality of networks in different stages of professional development

Sara Van Waes; Nienke M. Moolenaar; Alan J. Daly; Henderijn H.P.F. Heldens; Vincent Donche; Peter Van Petegem; Piet Van den Bossche

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 59, No. 1 (October 2016) pp. 295–308

This article focuses on the quality of instructional networks in different stages of professional development. Drawing theoretically from social capital theory and literature on teacher interaction, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30...

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