In this study, the main obstacles which impede a common European migration policy are described. The research was mainly focused on the period between 2015 and 2019. This thesis consists of a qualitative interview and extensive desk research. The Schengen agreement came under pressure by the migrant …

Dit afstudeerverslag beschrijft het ontwerpproces van een speelobject om Alexander een kind met het Bainbridge-Ropers syndroom op een speelse wijze uit te dagen om te gaan staan beschreven. Alexander is een jongen van vijf jaar oud en hij zit op KDC de Walnoot. Het is de bedoeling dat Alexander op …

This thesis set out to research the mental health issues that students currently face and researched both the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, this thesis also set out to research self-regulation theories and how these could be implemented at universities and colleges. Self-regulation …

Social enterprises received growing attention since the financial crisis started in 2008, due to severe public sector cut backs and the inability of current structures and policies to meet social problems. This development has also been accelerated by the dissatisfaction of consumers and society in private …

Musical play is an activity in which young children more or less freely explore and create with sound with limited guidance from a teacher. This study explored the occurrence of musical play in Dutch early years education (4–5 year olds). Twenty early years classroom teachers were interviewed about the …

The need to reduce carbon emissions calls for more use of renewable generation, particularly distributed resources. The intermittency of renewable generation, and concerns about energy security, require us to become more independent of central grid operation by use of local or regional (micro-grid) electricity …

Motivating students to actively engage in their studying efforts is an ongoing challenge, because motivation is a key factor in study success. In the work presented here, we investigate whether the use of a mobile app with a teacher-like avatar (StudyGotchi), based on the successful digital pet Tamagotchi, …

Kleurrijk KenHem: in dit onderzoek is ‘kleurrijk’ de definitie van etnische diversiteit. KenHem is een community in Ede, die gelooft in een nieuwe vorm van kerk zijn. Zij heeft het verlangen om ‘kleurrijk’ te zijn, maar is tot op heden nog niet in staat geweest om deze brug te slaan. In dit onderzoek …

Dit afstudeeronderzoek is tussen februari en december 2018 uitgevoerd in het kader van de afronding van mijn studie Godsdienst Pastoraal Werk op de CHE, in opdracht van Intercultural Church Plants Nederland (ICP), een christelijke netwerkorganisatie waar bijna dertig interculturele geloofsgemeenschappen …