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Great start for the new working year - The IJRVET Yearbook 2017 is available!
Dear readers, let me first wish you all a happy and successful working year 2017! And having said that, I can share with you a great piece of news. Already ... -
TACCLE 4 CPD - Developing continuing professional development for teacher trainers
At the end of November we had the kick-off meeting of the new Erasmus Plus project "TACCLE 4 - CPD" hosted by ITB at the University of Bremen. This project ... -
Remembering Juhani Kirjonen and our cooperation - Jussin muistolle
Yesterday morning I got from Finland the sad news that my former boss, professor Juhani Kirjonen - Jussi, as we used call him - had passed away. It so happened ... -
Ten years blogging - five years active blogging
Today (11.11.2017) I noticed by chance that I had started my career as a Pontydysgu blogger exactly ten years ago. The start was not great and there were periods of ... -
Remembering Emma and her life-work
This week we got the sad news that our former colleague and Bremen-based friend Emma had passed away. She was never a person for great publicity or to make a ... -
Remembering David Raffe and his life-work - a special issue of Journal of Education and ...
In February 2015 we received the sad news that professor David Raffe, a prominent educational sociologist and key actor in European vocational education and training (VET) research had passed away. ... -
Reformationstag (500th anniversary) - Reformation quergedacht (radio program of DLF)
Today the whole Germany (all Länder - the Federal States) celebrate "Reformationstag" the 500th anniversary of the date when Martin Luther published his 95 theses against selling of indulgences (Ablasshandel). ... -
Learning about technology
According to the University Technical Colleges web site, new research released of 11 to 17-year-olds, commissioned by the Baker Dearing Educational Trust, the charity which promotes and supports University Technical ... -
Wrapping up the ECER 2017 experience – Part Six: Developments in the VETNET community
With my five previous posts I have shaped a series of blogs reporting on the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2017) that took place last week in Copenhagen. The first ... -
Wrapping up the ECER 2017 experience – Part Five: Discussions on multi-methodological approaches in VET ...
With my four previous posts I have been shaping a series of blogs reporting on the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2017) that took place last week in Copenhagen. The ...