Over the past decade, the maker movement and in its slipstream maker education have attained worldwide popularity among educators, politicians, and the media. Makers’ enthusiasm for creative design and construction, using old and new tools has proven contagious, and is worth exploration and critical …

Een verslag van de redeneerwijze van leerlingen om relativistische verschijnselen te begrijpen.

Aim We investigated the extent and characteristics of injuries in contemporary dance students. Methods During one academic year, 134 students of Bachelor dance and Bachelor dance teacher from Codarts University of the Arts (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) were prospectively monitored monthly, using the Performing …

Corrigendum to original article: Elwin R. Savelsbergh, Gjalt T. Prins, Charlotte Rietbergen, Sabine Fechner, Bram E. Vaessen, Jael M. Draijer, Arthur Bakker Effects of innovative science and mathematics teaching on student attitudes and achievement: A meta-analytic study Educational Research Review, …

We weten meer dan ooit over de wereld en kunnen aan meer knoppen draaien dan ooit tevoren. We hebben het menselijk genoom in kaart gebracht, slimme algoritmen voorspellen ons gedrag en we veroorzaken ingrijpende veranderingen in onze leefwereld. Om jonge mensen op te leiden voor de samenleving van morgen …

Klimaat en duurzaamheid vinden we nauwelijks terug in schoolboeken en examenprogramma’s (behalve bij nlt), maar het zijn wel bèta-thema’s waar leerlingen zich druk over maken. De voorspellingen kunnen bedreigend zijn, en bèta-kennis zou minstens moeten helpen feit en fictie te scheiden. Als leraar hoef …

Special relativity theory (SRT) has recently gained popularity as a first introduction to “modern” physics thinking in upper level secondary physics education. A central idea in SRT is the absolute speed of light, with light propagating with uniform speed relative to the reference frame of the observer. …

Adequate gross motor skills are an essential aspect of a child’s healthy development. Where physical education (PE) is part of the primary school curriculum, a strong curriculum-based emphasis on evaluation and support of motor skill development in PE is apparent. Monitoring motor development is then …