caa a22 4500 463161475 CHVBK 20180406164749.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10734-005-2413-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10734-005-2413-4 The effect of the learning environment on competences and training for the workplace according to graduates [Elektronische Daten] [Rina Vaatstra, Robert De Vries] In this article, we have analysed whether graduates from activating learning environments assess themselves as having more generic and reflective competences than graduates who studied in conventional learning environments. We have also investigated whether graduates from different learning environments look back differently on their training for the workplace. Contrary to earlier research we have used data from a large-scale survey among higher education graduates, the ‘Higher education and Graduate Employment in Europe' project (CHEERS). The CHEERS-data distinguishes different kind of learning environments and 36 different kind of competencies among more than 1,200 graduates from 12 universities in the Netherlands. Results show that graduates from activating learning environments attribute more generic and reflective competences to themselves than graduates from conventional learning environments. In addition, results indicate that the quality of contents of majors and of curriculum design are significantly related to the presence of generic and reflective competences according to the perception of graduates. Finally, results demonstrate that the competences learning ability, analytic competences, working independently and working in a team positively contribute to the development of competences in the later careers of graduates. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007 competences nationallicence graduates nationallicence learning environment nationallicence quality of curriculum nationallicence training for the workplace nationallicence Vaatstra Rina ICLON, Graduate School of Education, University of Leiden, The Netherlands aut De Vries Robert Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market, Universiteit Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, MD, 6200, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 53/3(2007-03-01), 335-357 0018-1560 53:3<335 2007 53 10734 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-005-2413-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-005-2413-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vaatstra Rina ICLON, Graduate School of Education, University of Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Vries Robert Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market, Universiteit Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, MD, 6200, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 53/3(2007-03-01), 335-357 0018-1560 53:3<335 2007 53 10734 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 351970630 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer