Flexible education goes beyond personal services

Article Science Guide by Fokke Aukema (Police Academy), Huub Dekkers (CINOP), Henk Hagoort (Windesheim), Dick Sweitser (Saxion) and Hans Dekker (CINOP).

To enable lifelong development, flexibility within the educational system is essential. But how do you ensure that the line between serving and providing services remains protected? The student as a partner, not as a consumer. We closed ourprevious contributionScience Guide concludes that successful flexibilization within a university of applied sciences begins with a conversation with lecturers about what good education means for their students. This clarifies what flexible education means for the teaching role. But what constitutes attractive education for students? And how do you determine this; what approach does it require from the student? Based in part on research that will be published soon, we present a model for flexible education where the student is both customer and partner.

Also read our previous article in ScienceGuide:Flexibility requires educational leadership. The teacher as the key to successful change