English Abstract: Administrative turbulence in social work: the challenge of pluralist coalition-formation As elsewhere in Europe, social work in the Netherlands is facing ever more administrative changes. This article analyzes the administrative changes that local social work institutions are currently …

Publicatie van Victor van den Bersselaar als reactie op 'De vrije wil bestaat niet' van Victor Lamme. De auteurs plaatst kritische kanttekeningen bij het pleidooi van Lamme, die in 'De vrije wil bestaat niet' pleit voor neurologisch onderzoek naar sociale interventies. Volgens de auteur betwist Lamme …

Om historische concepten effectiever te doceren dan via traditionele leerstofoverdracht mogelijk is, pleiten de auteurs voor het creëren van een krachtige leeromgeving en het aanbieden van een groter, betekenisvoller geheel. Op deze wijze zouden de leerlingen in het voortgezet onderwijs een dieper besef …

Social work organizations, research institutions, government agencies and housing associations are partners in many urban redevelopment programmes. Combining the interests of these organizations can be an interesting management challenge, and developing information systems to suit the combined information …

Metaphors are common phenomena intellectual capital and knowledge management theories and practice. An important question to ask is: what are the ‗best‘ metaphors we can use in our theorizing on intellectual capital and knowledge management? This paper addresses the question of the aptness of knowledge …

The road to science for the arts therapies requires research on the full breadths of the spectrum, from systematic case studies to RCTs. It is important that arts therapists and arts therapeutic researchers reflect on the typical characteristics of each research paradigm, research type and research method …

The main goal of the current study is to capture differential frequencies of mentor teachers' reflective moments, as indicators of different levels of consciousness in mentor teachers' use and acquisition of supervisory skills during mentoring dialogues. For each of the 30 participants, two mentoring …

Subjects such as public finance, corporate finance, banking theory, risk management and management accounting are all largely based on the neoclassical approach. Most recent appointed professors have started their work with ideas based on a neoclassical fundament and its methodological preferences. Neoclassical …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the importance for libraries to address the issue of media literacy in the internet age. The library must claim its key expert role in the field of literacy. The library can function as a platform and playground for consuming and producing media content. …

This article reports on qualitative research among 48 social professionals, managers and policymakers and their perceptions of activating citizenship, social work roles and responsibilities, carried out in Utrecht and Tartu. Professionals from both countries agreed to the idea of activating citizenship …