Background: Mentors guide students in their challenges at school and in life. At-risk students in last-resort programs who are at a high risk of leaving school unqualified are especially in need of highly competent and adaptive mentors. This study therefore aimed to identify mentor qualities as perceived …

Increasing flexibilisation and personalisation of education creates challenges in terms of students’ social connectedness with each other, with the programme and with lecturers. For this reason, a team of researchers and professors from four universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands carried …

This study investigated how job satisfaction influenced organizational commitment which, in turn, influenced employee turnover intention among medical staff in a Chinese hospital in Beijing. Data were collected from 107 hospital employees using a questionnaire-based survey. The survey measured various …

This contribution presents three lesson activities for lower secondary education that were developed to teach system thinking in concert with subject matter. The pedagogical approach is described, leading to a practical design philosophy for lesson activities using qualitative representations. These …

Objectives to explore attitudes, perceptions, and perceived barriers to and the perceived facilitators of daily oral health care and the actual daily oral health care performances among nursing home staff. Methods A mixed methods study in 21 nursing homes was completed; a) questionnaires for nursing …

In the globalized and competitive world of today, knowledge, innovation, and entrepreneurship are becoming more important, possibly even crucial for sustainable economic and social development. Since its EU 2020 strategy, the European Commission has been emphasizing the importance of education to prepare …

In the past two decades, awareness about traumatic brain injury has been increasing in the public health. Informative and educational programs such as the Concussion Management program from the University of Kansas Health System have been reaching out to education, health and sports facilities. Practical …

Abstract – The path of the cobot: the preparation of education The technological educators at Saxion University of Applied Sciences and Regional Community College Twente and the Dutch manufacturing industry are facing a multitude of challenges. They are experiencing a shortage of (potential) employees, …

Over the past three years we have built a practice-oriented, bachelor level, educational programme for software engineers to specialize as AI engineers. The experience with this programme and the practical assignments our students execute in industry has given us valuable insights on the profession of …

Supportive relationships between students and their educational faculty and staff can foster positive outcomes such as students’ involvement and development. However, research investigating how students perceive the quality of their relationships with educational faculty/staff (i.e., relationship quality) …