Op 28 september 2012 is het Quantified Self Institute opgericht. Na een driejarige projectperiode wordt het Quantified Self Institute voortgezet binnen de staande organisatie van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen. De afsluiting van deze projectperiode en de voortzetting als netwerkorganisatie vraagt om een …

Learning together: music teachers forming a community of practice. As a consequence of restructuring instrumental music education in the Netherlands, Art Centres increasingly cease to facilitate instrumental music lessons. As a consequence, instrumental teachers are no longer employed in these Centres …

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Al het goede komt in drieën. Lessons Learned Symposium Landelijk Steunpunt Brede Scholen. In deze lezing gaat Doornenbal in op de lessen die zijn geleerd uit de praktijken en onderzoeken naar Brede Scholen in Nederland. Het uitgangspunt is dat de brede school of Integraal KindCentrum een middel is en …

Constructed wetlands are one type of Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) that have been used for decades in The Netherlands. They provide stormwater conveyance and improve stormwater quality. European regulations for water quality dictate lower and lower concentrations for an array of dissolved …

Research in the field of out-of-school science is gradually increasing. These programs are considered to be important, yet more evidence about the learning effect is needed. This study aims to contribute to that matter by means of microgenetic measurements. We wanted to answer the question: How is the …

Teaching pronunciation seems to be one of the trickiest parts of teaching a language. How do we teach pronunciation? How can we correct students’ pronunciation if it is not correct? One method of doing this is using explicit phonological feedback, meaning correcting students on the spot and in an explicit …

This paper examines the factors which contribute to the intercultural adaptation of expatriate children. Although there are not many studies on this subject, there is evidence that the expatriate children are facing a difficult time during expatriation. Intercultural adaption consists of psychological …

Since the introduction of the subject of English in the Dutch elementary schools, research has shown that the Dutch elementary schools don’t spend the same amount of time on English education in comparison to other European countries that teach English as a second language. This could negatively influence …

Workload in primary education of novice and experienced teachers is a known phenomenon in the Netherlands. While 63 percent of the novice teachers consider leaving the profession, experienced teachers don‟t leave the primary education. Following recent literature, this small scale qualitative research …