Background: Nutrition and nutritional care are essential for optimal outcomes, and, therefore of importance for patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) given their high risk of complications. However, insight is lacking in how healthcare professionals directly involved in the care of patients …

Education for sustainable development (ESD) presents challenges to secondary science teachers. Characteristic aspects such as action-oriented teaching, stance-taking, interdisciplinary problem solving, and emotional and value-oriented teaching cause tensions for teachers accustomed to traditional science …

This dissertation focuses on the question how money mules are recruited and which mechanisms play a role. Money mules are people who receive money from victims of online fraud. They are an indispensable link in the commission of financial-economic cybercrimes, such as phishing and bank helpdesk fraud, …

Using socio-scientific issues as a learning context is an effective approach to achieve an important goal in science education, which is to enhance scientific literacy. It involves strengthening skills such as argumentation while also improving an understanding of the Nature of Science and imparting …

A goal of science education is for students to develop scientific literacy. Scientific literacy involves the acquisition of factual scientific knowledge and the ability to assess the credibility of scientific assertation. Furthermore, students should be able to include ethical considerations. Realising …

A dissertation to obtain the degree of doctor at the University of Twente on 17 December 2024. This dissertation investigates how music can enrich the lives of people with dementia and how designers can better address their needs. Music aids in relaxation, activation, and maintaining identity, yet accessibility …

Living Labs are ‘open innovation ecosystems’, offering unique opportunities for conducting scientific experiments ‘in the wild’. Yet, Living Labs also support the generation of other, informal, types of knowledge: often tacit and difficult to capture and share, acquired outside of rigorous academic research …

Thinking back and forth between observing physical phenomena and developing scientific ideas, also known as hands-on and minds-on learning, is essential for the development of scientific reasoning in primary science education. In the Netherlands, inquiry-based learning is advocated as the preferred teaching …

AT-LAB 1 creates an interactive sound and light installation with real-time health data. This case study probes the artist's dynamic role in interdisciplinary collaboration. It navigates the intricate project layers, exploring how diverse knowledge production aligns with outreach goals.

Families in the Netherlands consisting of individuals falling into a variety of racialized migrant categories, are often the focus of governmental scrutiny and scientific curiosity. These ‘migrant families’ are constructed in a variety of ways, all which make it possible to center them as the object …