Publications

Over the years, various governmental, employment, and academic organizations have identified a list of skills to successfully master the challenges of the 21st century. So far, an adequate assessment of these skills across countries has remained challenging. Limitations inherent in the use of self-reports (e.g., lack of self-insight, socially desirable responding, response style bias, reference group bias, etc.) have spurred on the search for ...

Within the scope of the project CRITHINKEDU, this report provides an overall analysis of the understanding of Critical Thinking (CT) by employers and establishes similarities and differences in its expression, need and practical application at the workplace. Adopting a qualitative research methodology, 32 focus groups were conducted enrolling 189 professionals from 9 European countries. The focus groups comprised graduates from 4 different ...

Within the scope of the project CRITHINKEDU, this report provides an overall analysis of the understanding of Critical Thinking (CT) by employers and establishessimilarities and differences in its expression, need and practical application at the workplace. Adopting a qualitative research methodology, 32 focus groups wereconducted enrolling 189 professionals from 9 European countries. The focus groups comprised graduates from 4 different ...

Many examples exist of the effective use of digital games for learning, both in the classroom and informally, for developing subject knowledge, skills (cognitive, (psycho)motor and psychodynamic), attitudes and behaviours. However, educational games are often limited in scope to the topic of the game itself and position learners as 'players' in the game space, rather than giving them control over the gaming environment. In fact, the increasing ...

Emerging technologies offer many advantages for cultural heritage preservation, and as such, 3D technologies can also be considered a new tool in the conservator-restorer’s toolbox. 3D scanning and printing are particularly useful for reconstructing missing parts on cultural heritage objects. However, the application of these innovative methods and materials is difficult for inexperienced users such as emerging, academic and professional ...

The paper discusses the use of games specifically in the domain of health sciences, both in secondary and higher education. From a preliminary review we will present both traditional and digital games used to improve and/or assess young people's knowledge in relation to health sciences. In addition, we will discuss three studies we have set up to investigate the effectiveness of a designed board game to teach and assess first aid competencies of ...