De Memorie van Toelichting op de in 2007 ingevoerde Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning (Wmo) laat er geen misverstand over bestaan: de overheid is ervan overtuigd dat mensen te gemakkelijk een beroep doen op de collectief gefinancierde hulpverlening.

Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) as well as modern pedagogical perspectives have created new possibilities to facilitate and support learning in higher education (HE). Emerging technologies bring opportunities to reconsider teaching and learning. New ideas and concepts about …

Change is endemic in modern society, and the educational systems that operate in it. In Higher Education societal trends such as globalization and economic rationalism are impacting on teachers. Changes in the student population, new educational methods derived from shifting perspectives on the role …

Across all health care settings, certain patients are perceived as ‘difficult’ by clinicians. This paper’s aim is to understand how certain patients come to be perceived and labelled as ‘difficult’ patients in community mental health care, through mixed-methods research in The Netherlands between June …

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This article describes musicians' lifelong and lifewide learning as it was investigated through biographical research. Key developments in the professional lives of 32 musicians were examined, focusing on critical incidents and educational interventions in their life, educational and career span. The …

This book, ‘Outreach work and imminent eviction: RAAK research’, is a report of the results obtained from the examination of these innovations. The first chapter contains a description of the pilot projects, which brought together care workers from the Blankenberg Foundation and Dynamo for early intervention …

Openbare les, in verkorte vorm uitgesproken op 3 november 2010. Aan de hand van het thema "verantwoordelijkheid",worden de ontwikkelingen in zorg en samenleving in de afgelopen 25 jaar doorgelopen: hoe zijn in deze kwarteeuw de discussies over de verantwoordelijkheid voor de zorg verlopen en wat betekenen …

De werkgroep heeft een instrument ontwikkeld waarmee in de verschillende teams doelen, middelen, effectiviteit van middelen en wensen met betrekking tot ouderbetrokkenheid zijn geïnventariseerd. Hierbij is uitgegaan van de 4 vormen van ouderbetrokkenheid: informatievoorziening, ouderparticipatie, opvoedings-/onderwijsondersteunend …

This article considers four learning biographies from professional musicians. Each musician holds a different portfolio career and is from a different age category. The key questions I ask are: "How does one learn as a musician?", "What knowledge, attitudes, values and artistic skills are necessary to …