Professional
Thesis supervising
Study educational theory (pedagogic) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
The final assignment of the study Pedagogiek (Pedagogy and Education
Science) is to write the thesis.
The thesis is a product or assignment for a client in the work field of
the student. The product must consist of a literature review and empirical research.
The course material is Dutch (see the Dutch page). In the page
below you may find additional English sources, help, tips and links to
succeed in writing a thesis in Higher Education.
Writing a thesis
- APA style guide with additions (how to cite and to make references)
- APA style official website
Pedagogy and child education
- Child development info Parenting articles, news and tips on raising kids and teens.
- Berkeley Parents Network Information from and for parents and experts
- Zero to three organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.
Education
- Education Council of the Netherlands publications
- The Dutch Inspectorate of Education publications
- Ministerie van Onderwijs Cultuur en Wetenschap publicaties
Searching information
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search engine
- Wikipedia the free enclopedia Provides information about all kinds of subjects
Attention:
Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia of professional experts. Everyone on the world is allowed to contribute and to edit. It is not allowed to use citations from Wikipedia in your thesis, because its very hard to discover who is responsible for the parts of the articles. It is possible that the contributor may not be a professional, but an enthusiastic hobbyist.
Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia of professional experts. Everyone on the world is allowed to contribute and to edit. It is not allowed to use citations from Wikipedia in your thesis, because its very hard to discover who is responsible for the parts of the articles. It is possible that the contributor may not be a professional, but an enthusiastic hobbyist.
Wikipedia provides a good start for your search, but may never be the base for your thesis in Higher Education.
- Information Literacy Course
University of Groningen
Instruction about searching and processing information
- Sources-of-information Windesheim
- Online information skills training James Cook University Australia
- Evaluating Internet Resources Eduscapes.com
- See also: 040404website - internet - searching
Educational research
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ERIC
Education Resource Information Centre.
ERIC provides unlimited access to more than 1.4 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials. Contains extended thesaurus with all kinds of concepts and search items.
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National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System (NARCIS).
NARCIS provides access to scientific information, including (open access) publications from the repositories of all the Dutch universities, KNAW, NWO and a number of research institutes, datasets from some data archives as well as descriptions of research projects, researchers and research institutes.
- CBS Statistics Netherlands. Statistics Netherlands is responsible for collecting and processing data in order to publish statistics to be used in practice, by policymakers and for scientific research.
- Kohnstamminstituut The Kohnstamm Instituut is a knowledge and research centre in the field of education, child rearing and child welfare.
- NFER National Foundation for Educational Research UK