In this chapter, we explore the possibility to use the living environment (of inpatient and outpatient care settings) for facilitating and encouraging the social inclusion of older adults in an increasingly smart society. We therefore pay attention to the spatial and smart design of emerging housing …

In de drukte en hectiek van het werk lukt het vaak niet om stil te staan, te vertragen en te kijken naar ons handelen. Zo komen we niet op een diepere laag en kunnen we de vragen wat, hoe en waartoe niet voldoende stellen. Hoe komt dat? Volstaan de huidige reflectiemethoden niet, is tijdsdruk een issue, …

Over the past decade, the maker movement and in its slipstream maker education have attained worldwide popularity among educators, politicians, and the media. Makers’ enthusiasm for creative design and construction, using old and new tools has proven contagious, and is worth exploration and critical …

In this chapter, I look back at the implementation of W12-16, a major reform of mathematics education in the lower grades of general secondary education and pre-vocational secondary education in the Netherlands including all students aged 12–16. The nationwide implementation of W12-16 started in 1990 …

Across the globe, linguistically heterogeneous populations increasingly define school systems at the same time that developing the ability to communicate cross-culturally is becoming essential for internationalized economies. While these trends seem complimentary, they often appear in paradoxical opposition …

Kunst kan in haar rijkheid en variëteit worden ingezet om een inclusieve samenleving te bevorderen. Maar hoe doe je dat? Want ook het werken met kunst kan mensen uitsluiten. In het onderzoek naar het project De Kunst van Delen is gezocht naar de do’s en don’t’s bij het inzetten van kunst door sociale …

Our aim is to compare olfactory and gustatory function and food preferences of patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) with controls. We included 22 patients with MCI, 30 patients with AD and 40 controls and assessed olfactory threshold, odor discrimination and odor …

Developing and orchestrating classroom discourse about students' different solution methods is an essential yet complex task for mathematics teachers. This study reports on the first stages of classroom discourse development of one Dutch higher secondary school mathematics teacher who had no prior experience …

Adolescent patients and healthcare professionals find it difficult to initiate the discussion on sexual health in consultations. The aim of this integrative review is to give an overview of determinants in the communication about sexual health between adolescents with chronic conditions, their parents, …