Teacher professional identity is conceptualized in this chapter as a complex configuration of personal and contextual factors. Professional identity is also seen as dynamic and subject to change. This coloring of the concept leads here to a specific elaboration of research with regard to (student) teachers’ …

The aim of this paper is to understand how employees, in their role of follower of change, frame upcoming change by studying the prospective stories they tell (n=110). This study complements the dominant retrospective approach to the research of employees’ change sensemaking. We incorporate forward-looking …

Extensive research has explored the role of perfectionism in individuals (Hewitt & Flett, 1991; Mackinnon & Sherry, 2012). Perfectionism is considered as a stable personality trait that is characterized by “high standards of performance which are accompanied by tendencies for overly critical evaluations …

This paper seeks to understand the role of valuing in urban live music ecologies. It explains how multiple actors (e.g. directors of music venues, musicians, policy-makers, and real estate experts) in Dutch live music ecologies negotiate the different values of live music. To examine this dynamic, we …

Initial expectations about the interactive affordances of VR were often inspired by science fiction and technological fantasies rather than based on actual technical possibilities. In these futuristic accounts of VR, interactors would have the opportunity to fully engage with the characters that inhabit …

Inclusion is an important topic in today’s society, yet it is surrounded by confusion and is difficult to attain in reality. This paper aims to critically appraise the concept of inclusion, to reflect on the essence of what inclusion in society is about, and to translate this essence into user involvement …

Referring to his legendary Qatsi trilogy, Godfrey Reggio argues that the real problem with our world is not the people, but the technology we bring to life, as ubiquitous as the air we breathe. He argues that competition, winning, fame and love of money are elevated to core values of life: life as a …

Ontwikkelingen in de zorg volgen elkaar snel op, maar hoe zorg je ervoor dat nieuwe therapieën ook geïmplementeerd worden in je dagelijkse praktijk? Belangrijk is dat revalidanten en professionals hierbij betrokken worden – iets waarbij een Customer Journey Map (CJM) kan ondersteunen. Professionals …

Our age is, according to Hubert Dreyfus, characterized by technological nihilism, just as the pre-Enlightenment era was characterized by Christianity - saints and sinners - and, for example, the Greek era by heroes and slaves. Nihilism, because technology encourages a fixation on trying to get the best …