Success at school determines future career opportunities. We described a time-of-day specific disparity in school performance between early and late chronotypes. Several studies showed that students with a late chronotype and short sleep duration obtain lower grades, suggesting that early school starting …

The purpose of this research is to identify the motivational aspects of prospective pedagogical professionals for choosing a career in a stationary home for people with handicaps.Social work in Germany is constantly facing challenges, i.e. demographic changes, skilled labour shortages and increasing …

Before beginning my career as a marketing professional I want to do a research for an online marketing agency. The name of the agency is Atvise. Atvise is specialized is achieving online results for their customers. Each customer has different online objectives which Atvise wants to realize. Atvise …

The internationalization of the careers of IBS Hanze alumni is explored from various viewpoints. A quantitative historic analysis has been performed on the influx of international students and their job careers as alumnus. Job position, industry size and SIC (Standard Industry Category) were analyzed …

The concept of Lifelong Learning refers to all purposeful learning throughout life, transforming experience into knowledge and skills, attitudes, values, emotions, beliefs, and the senses. Lifelong learning is cognitive, but also emotional and practical. It embraces formal, but also non-formal and informal …

Individuals take possession of their lives by connecting who they are to what they do. The Protean musician is one who not only performs but pursues a lifelong series of identity changes based on continuous learning. Musicians focus on learning how to learn, on adaptability, and on developing knowledge …

Classical musicians dream of an international performance career, a ‘Musotopia’ , in which they are able to make a living only by playing concerts. Reality tells us that 77% of performers earn over half of their income from teaching, and that 90% have a secondary occupation. Is there still work for performers? …

Designing an innovative performance based on alternatives to the ‘Classical Code’ enables one to reach out to a new audience. Steps towards a viable design are: motivation, social relevance, characteristics of the audience, identification of elements of the 'classical code' that need to be modified, …

Performance opportunities for classical musicians seem to be declining. Nevertheless, the growth of creative industries is larger than that of the economy. Current emphasis is more on touring, Internet, and non-live performance. Financial viability depends on advertising, social media, merchandising, …

The way we present music to our audiences is regulated by an implicit code of behavior. Characteristics of that code are a strict difference between performer and listener (exclusive entrance for performers, framing and elevation of the stage, lighting, and dress code).The hall is a consecrated area, …