Papers by Dimitri Mortelmans
Studies in Educational …, Jan 1, 2006
Because of an increasing quality concern for higher education, additional attention is being paid... more Because of an increasing quality concern for higher education, additional attention is being paid to new educational principles with a more student-and competencecentred vision. Project-based education is one of the learning environments congruent with these principles. Ideally, the students in this learning environment are assessed by suitable assessment modes, like peer assessment and co-assessment. This article evaluates this obviousness critically, focusing on how instructors and students perceive these project-based learning environments and group-based assessment methods. The main conclusion is that it seems very difficult to create a complete assessment procedure in which both parties' assessment expectations are being met. This is due to crucial contradictions in opinions about assessment in project-based education.
Sociology of Health and Illness, 2000
Many academics consider self-help groups as an important factor in the resurgence of democratic l... more Many academics consider self-help groups as an important factor in the resurgence of democratic life in society. The academic debate on self-help groups however, neglects the contextual connection of these groups. The article is based on a two-fold piece of research in Belgium on self-help groups. The image and the position of self-help groups for breast cancer patients is examined. On the one hand, a quantitative network analysis shows the place of the group within the official medical health care network. On the other, this analysis is complemented by qualitative interviews on breast cancer patients. From these two analyses, some marked differences are detected between the positive image of self-help groups in academic literature and the personal views of their target group (breast cancer patients).
Page 1. Dimitri Mortelmans Sofie Damen Dave Sinardet ... [email protected] Sofie Damen,... more Page 1. Dimitri Mortelmans Sofie Damen Dave Sinardet ... [email protected] Sofie Damen, onderzoeksmedewerker aan de Universiteit Antwerpen. Werkte aan het project 'Geven in Vlaanderen' en is nu werkzaam als OCMW-secretaris in Beerse, België. ...
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 2001
Gift-giving occasions, like Christmas, Mother's Day and Valentine's Day, are being ritually celeb... more Gift-giving occasions, like Christmas, Mother's Day and Valentine's Day, are being ritually celebrated in the same period every year. But a transition is going on. Every year gift-giving occasions start earlier. Well in advance, shops are decorated with Christmas items, Valentine hearts, Easter eggs, etc. This paper examines how people experience this increasing commercial pressure. For example, what do they think of the attention the media and the shops give to ritual gift-giving occasions? Do people react differently if they have a more critical attitude to the commercialisation of gift-giving occasions? These and other research questions are examined in a research project on gift-giving, which started at the
This study focuses on living apart together (LAT) partnerships in Belgium (Flanders) and uses se... more This study focuses on living apart together (LAT) partnerships in Belgium (Flanders) and uses semi-structured interview data from a sample of 54 LAT individuals aged 30–68 years to investigate the extent to which such unions are comparable to marriage with respect to five relationship dimensions: a couple dimension, an enterprise dimension, a value dimension, a role dimension and a form dimension. Although key relationship values put LAT on an equal footing with marriage, our findings indicate that transitional LAT partnerships exhibit far greater similarities to a marital relationship than permanent LAT partnerships in terms of perceptions of coupledom, joint enterprise and partners’ roles and responsibilities within the union. These similarities with marriage again diminish as the form dimension is taken into account.
Just like other European countries, Belgium has wilnessed quite dramatic demographic changes sinc... more Just like other European countries, Belgium has wilnessed quite dramatic demographic changes since World War n. The family has changed DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND LABOUR MARKET TRENDS 79 Belgiwn: economie hardship Before looking at divorce legislation and family policy in Belgium, we firsL sketch a general demographic profile and give an ewnornic outline of the country. In lhe demographic section, we pay special attention to lhe evolution of marriage fonnation and dissolution, to new living arrangements sueh as cohabiLation and to fertiJity trends. The sketch of the economie profile wiIl mainly offer an overview of poverty rates and the composilion of the Belgian labour market, and highlight trends in (un)elllployment figures and male and female part-time employment.
Deze publicatie kwam tot stand met de steun van het IWT -Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenscha... more Deze publicatie kwam tot stand met de steun van het IWT -Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie.
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