The challenges facing primary education are significant: a growing teacher shortage, relatively high administrative burdens that contribute to work-related stress and an increasing diversity of children in the classroom. A promising new technology that can help teachers and children meet these challenges …

To reach for abstraction is a major but challenging goal in mathematics education: teachers struggle with finding ways how to foster abstraction in their classes. To shed light on this issue for the case of geometry education, we align theoretical perspectives on embodied learning and abstraction with …

Worldwide, pupils with migrant backgrounds do not participate in school STEM subjects as successfully as their peers. Migrant pupils’ subject-specific language proficiency lags behind, which hinders participation and learning. Primary teachers experience difficulty in teaching STEM as well as promoting …

In Nordic countries, as well as in the Netherlands, schools have high school autonomy. In schools there are both horizontal and vertical working relations and all teachers and school principals within a school are expected to take responsibility for collaborative-innovation practices (CIP). In this paper, …

Background Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) teachers at urban preschools are potential key figures to promote healthy behaviours in disadvantaged young children and to engage parents in lifestyle-related topics. An ECEC teacher-parent partnership regarding healthy behaviours may support parents …

Deze publicatie beschrijft de bevindingen van een tiental studies in het primair onderwijs uitgevoerd door 50 Bedrijfskunde-, HRM- en PABO studenten binnen de Innovatiewerkplaats Anders Organiseren. Focus hierbij ligt op de kwaliteit van de onderwijsorganisatie en op de kwaliteit van arbeid om zo een …

Background: Roughly 200 million women become pregnant every year - most of them living in developing countries in Asia and Africa - many of these women suffer from ongoing nutritional deficiencies, contributing to the estimate of half a million maternal deaths a year. Educational programs teaching on …

Pesten is een serieus probleem waarvan betrokken kinderen tot ver in hun volwassenheid nog last kunnen houden. Ingrijpen is dus heel belangrijk. Maar in de praktijk verloopt de antipest-samenwerking tussen leerkrachten en ouders lang niet altijd vlekkeloos. Samenwerking tussen leerkrachten en ouders …

Artisanal mining and mining have been considered the primary livelihood activities in Luhwindja for decades. This study sought to determine the effects of industrial mining on livelihood in Luhwindja. The study found out that the suspension of artisanal mining impacted the already vulnerable rural community …

(summary in English is included)