Education (IN)HOLLAND

Content

• Structure of education in Holland• Education @ INHolland• Competency-based education• INHolland didactic approach• Work placement Social Legal

Services

Structure of education

Elementary school (3 – 12 yrs old)

Preparatory scientific schooling

(12 – 18 yrs old)

General secondary education

(12 – 17 yrs old)

Professional secondary education

(12 – 16/18 yrs old)

Research University (scientific)

University of Applied Sciences (professional higher education)

Academic Master

Professional MasterPre-master (academic)

Scientific v Professional

• Scientific higher education– Academic (theoretical)– 3 years– Scientific research– Title: Bachelor

• Professional higher education– Practical– 4 years– Mandatory work placement– Practical research– Title: Bachelor

Education @ INHolland

Competency-based:

• Based on the demands of the professional field

• Authentic education

Why competency based?

• Changing demands of professional field– Besides expert knowledge:

• Problem solving• Entrepreneurship• Self management

• Learning psychology– Learning by doing / experimenting– Deep learning

Competencies at INHOLLAND

• Definition:– A cluster of attitudes, underlying

knowledge and skills necessary to perform a task in order to reach a goal.

Didactic Approach

• Projects• Lectures, workshops• Study coaching• Work placement• Final project (practical

research paper)

Work placement

For students ‘Social Legal Services’:

• Mandatory for all students• 20 weeks or 40 weeks• In The Netherlands or abroad• In year 3 or year 4• Competency-based

Social/legal environment

• Social services / legal services• Bailiff agencies• Refugee Council• Social Housing Services• Debt Counselling

• Immigration Offices

Requirements agencies

• Student should conduct work on sufficient (university) level

• Minimum of 10 employees• Coach is sufficient educated• 25% contact with clients (face to

face or by phone)

Coaching work placement

• Coach at INHolland• Coach within the work placement

organisation• Products students: emphasis is on

competencies and reflection• Intervision

Supervision / intervision

Definition of supervision/intervision:

A method to develop (to learn) professional

• knowledge, skills and attitude by• reflecting on professional

experiences in• the practical fieldwork

Intervision at INHolland

Critical Incident Technique

• The identification of an incident from the student’s experience which was critical to the student

• A detailed description of that incident

• A subsequent analysis of that incident

Questions