Feedback is one of the most powerful tools teachers can use to enhance student learning. In 2006, the Dutch Inspectorate of Education concluded from classroom observations that it is difficult for Dutch teachers to give their students good feedback in order to stimulate students' learning process and …

The League of Green Embassies, also referred to as 'the League' or LoGE, is a global network of now approximately 100 U.S. and Foreign Diplomatic Missions that commit to a "more successful, vibrant, and profitable energy and resource portfolio" (The League of Green Embassies: one-pager). Headquartered …

Bax.shop.nl is an online music store for DJs, producers and musicians. The last few years Bax-shop.nl is dealing with fast growing developments. Due to these developments there has been chosen to launch an online store for France at the beginning of 2013, and as this store has been launched, Bax-shop.nl …

This report is the result of a research to press freedom in the European Union. In recent years, several EU-countries have experienced a dramatic fall in the ratings on press freedom. On the other side, EU-member Finland is the highest rated country in the world when it comes to press freedom. The aim …

The energy transition requires the transformation of communities and neighbourhoods. It will have huge ramifications throughout society. Many cities, towns and villages have put together ambitious visions about how to achieve e.g. energy neutrality, zero-emission or zero-impact. What is happening at …

In 1996 innovative, double major teacher education programs for Physics & Mathematics and Physics & Chemistry were initiated at the University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines. Both programs require 4 years of study. From the outset the focus was on making a difference in the quality of Science and …

Nomination Best Research & Practice Project Award at the EAPRIL conference, Jyväskylä, Finland. Hybrid forms of learning environments in vocational education are central to the two projects of this application: a design-oriented, applied research project from the Centre for Expertise in Vocational Education …

The aim of this study was to investigate the nutritional composition of spring forage plants consumed by semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) on natural pastures in northern Finland. This study was conducted in order to contribute to the development of standards for the assessment of the current …

The first part-time jobs came into development in the 1950's. Due to shortage of (female) workers companies started offering part-time jobs to married women. Only part-time jobs were offered since the norms and values of that time viewed raising children and doing the household as the primary task of …

De new world of work -new WOW- heeft zich de afgelopen zomer geopend voor de deelnemers aan het International Facility Management Program (IFMP) 2011. Het programma, waarmee zeven samenwerkende opleidingen uit Duitsland, Finland, Nederland en Oostenrijk mede gestalte geven aan internationalisering, speelt …