School-family partnership starts with a positive, cooperative and reciprocal partnership between school and parents and with well-organized contact with parents. This relationship is the foundation for alignment between school and parents about the pedagogical and educational guidance of their child …

Jonge kinderen leren vanuit nieuwsgierigheid. Hun aandacht wordt getrokken, ze gaan waarnemen, handelen, spelen. Het spel wordt steeds complexer en zo ontwikkelen ze zelfsturing: bijvoorbeeld keuzes maken, plannen, opruimen, doorzetten en op je beurt wachten. Dat is de basis voor cognitief leren, denk …

The ‘Grand Challenges’ of our times, like climate change, resource depletion, global inequity, and the destruction of wildlife and biodiversity can only be addressed by innovating cities. Despite the options of tele-working, tele-trading and tele-amusing, that allow people to participate in ever …

Different unexpected combinations between industry, local government, private participants, educational institutes and artists resulted past year in challenging opportunities for transitions in urban and rural areas. The power of art with the perspective of the artist approaching challenges evokes a …

In ESSENCE (European Sustainable Solutions for Existing and New City Environments) "five European Higher Education Institutions and three municipalities worked together to train future professionals to overcome the complex challenges of achieving smart sustainable cities. Students worked on behalf of …

Introduction The provision of active parks/public open space is the key factor in promoting active living, because people and specially low-income and elderlies are being more interested in doing non-organized/informal, and no-cost sports/physical activities in outdoor spaces in recent decades (Borgers …

Vliegwielen voor begrijpend lezen is een door de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek gesubsidieerd onderzoeksproject naar de bijdrage die techniekonderwijs op de basisschool kan leveren aan de vaardigheden van kinderen voor begrijpend lezen. De essentie is dat praten over ervaringen …

Background Preference-weighted multi-faceted endpoints have the potential to facilitate comparative effectiveness research that incorporates patient preferences. The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey—Composite endpoint (TOPICS-CEP) is potentially a valuable outcome measure for evaluating interventions …

In the Netherlands and Europe, there exist approaches to refugee (re)settlement where asylum seekers face long waiting periods, in large-scale centres often isolated from Dutch society, with little-to-no opportunity to structure their day or participate in activities which bring meaning to their lives. …

In de onderwijswereld komt er steeds meer aandacht voor urban education, oftewel onderwijs en opvoeding in een stedelijke context. Werken in de stad vraagt om specifieke onderwijs- en opvoedingsvaardigheden. Leraren en pedagogen in opleiding moeten niet alleen startbekwaam, maar ook stadsbekwaam worden …