The purpose of the design-based research reported here is to show – as a proof of principle – how the idea of scaffolding can be used to support primary teachers in a professional development programme (PDP) to design and enact language-oriented science lessons. The PDP consisted of six sessions of 2.5 h …

Friday 23rd March 2018 the first HiPerGreen semi-annual symposium took place at the newly opened World Horti Center in Naaldwijk. Participants in the form of students, professors and company representatives came together to share progress and ideas. Cock Heemskerk, lector Robotica, opened the event …

In our work as lecturers, teachers, researchers, coaches or managers in a university of applied sciences, we do feel that the amount and variety of societal challenges on higher vocational education (HVE) is growing. Institutions in HE are in a process of transforming from traditional ‘either or’ research …

The Athletic Skills Model offers an alternative to dominant talent development theories in the form of holistic broad-based movement education, focusing on health and wellbeing. It places the emphasis on ‘physical intelligence’ – including attributes such as agility, flexibility and stability – through …

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Paratonia is a distinctive form of hypertonia, causing loss of functional mobility in early stages of dementia to severe high muscle tone and pain in the late stages. For assessing and evaluating therapeutic interventions, objective instruments are required. Objective: …

Dit artikel is eerder gepubliceerd in Tijdschrift voor Lerarenopleiders, 2017, nr. 2 Educatief handelen verwijst naar stimulering door de leraar van het leren van leerlingen, door bijvoorbeeld open vragen te stellen, een rijk taalaanbod of goede feedback te bieden. Uit internationaal (Pianta & Hamre, …

Alliance has been shown to predict treatment outcome in family-involved treatment for youth problems in several studies.However, meta-analytic research on alliance in family-involved treatment is scarce, and to date, no meta-analytic study on the alliance–outcome association in this field has paid attention …

Eerder gepubliceerd in Land & Water, nr. 12, 2017 Verstedelijking is een wereldwijde trend. De VN voorspellen dat in 2050 bijna tweederde van de wereldbevolking in steden woont. Ook in Nederland neemt de verstedelijking toe, met onder meer een toenemende druk op de Randstad. Ondergrondse oplossingen …

Iedere leerkracht of pedagogisch medewerker die met jonge kinderen werkt, ervaart dat sommige kinderen het moeilijk vinden om een goede relatie met andere kinderen op te bouwen en hun gedrag af te stemmen op regels en structuur van de groep. Dit heeft te maken met de ontwikkeling van zelfregulatie. In …

As a German conglomerate company specialized in electrical engineering and electronics, operates Siemens the world market with eight different divisions ranging from Power and Gas to Mobility. This study refers to the division Siemens Building Technologies (BT), the worlds market leader for energy efficient …