The ‘Grand Challenges’ of our times, like climate change, resource depletion, global inequity, and the destruction of wildlife and biodiversity can only be addressed by innovating cities. Despite the options of tele-working, tele-trading and tele-amusing, that allow people to participate in ever …

Digitale spelletjes vinden hun oorsprong in het Amerika van de jaren dertig. Het leger bootste door middel van simulaties vluchten na om piloten te trainen voor het echte vliegen. Ook in digitale spelletjes brengt de speler door simulatie iets tot leven (Salen en Zimmerman, 2004). Digitale spelletjes …

Objectives The objective of the manuscript was to describe the natural history of complaints and disability in children diagnosed with joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS)/Ehlers–Danlos-hypermobility type (EDS-HT) and to identify the constructs that underlie functional decline. Methods One hundred and …

Objective Lowered pressure‐pain thresholds have been demonstrated in adults with Ehlers‐Danlos syndrome hypermobility type (EDS‐HT), but whether these findings are also present in children is unclear. Therefore, the objectives of the study were to determine whether generalized hyperalgesia is present …

This is the closing chapter of the volume on the popular music studies in The Netherlands and Belgium (The Low Countries), which is part of the IASPM-book series Made in... . This chapter focuses on the influence of Dutch and Belgian popular music across the world. Filled with sometimes surprising examples …

This chapter describes the developments in the area of assessment in vocational education in the Netherlands over the past 15 years. In: Bruijn, E., Billett, S., & Onstenk, J. (Eds.). (2017). Enhancing teaching and learning in the Dutch vocational education system : Reforms enacted (Professional and …

In this chapter competence-based education is studied with respect to the curriculum. It offers a review of what competence-based education entails; from the design of a competence-based curriculum (intended), to the interpretations of these curricula by stakeholders (implemented), and the actual outcomes …

This chapter analyses the way vocational education in the Netherlands deals with the issue of positioning the knowledge base of occupations in educational programmes. In: Bruijn, E., Billett, S., & Onstenk, J. (Eds.). (2017). Enhancing teaching and learning in the Dutch vocational education system : …

In this chapter the aim is to introduce the current Dutch vocational education system and discuss how it works. In: Bruijn, E., Billett, S., & Onstenk, J. (Eds.). (2017). Enhancing teaching and learning in the Dutch vocational education system : Reforms enacted (Professional and practice-based learning, …