The Dutch overestimate their English speaking skills. Their pronunciation is not always convincing and certain pronunciation mistakes are easily recognised as being typical for Dutch speakers of English. Although intelligibility cannot exist without adequate pronunciation, teaching English pronunciation …

Purpose: Parentally transmitted germ-line chromothripsis (G-CTH) has been identified in only a few cases. Most of these rearrangements were stably transmitted, in an unbalanced form, from a healthy mother to her child with congenital abnormalities probably caused by de novo copy-number changes of dosage …

Introduction: Malnutrition is a persistent problem in Ghana, with high rates of underweight children, stunting and wasting. One of the NGOs that is trying to turn this situation around is Project Share. Through their nutrition centre, they have already rehabilitated over 300 children since 2009. They …

De integratie en participatie van Roma in Nederland verloopt stroef. In deze scriptie wordt de plek die de minderheidstaal en –cultuur van Roma in het basisonderwijs krijgt en zou kunnen krijgen onderzocht, door een ander onderwijsmodel, het MTB-MLE model (Mother Tongue Based- Multilingual Education), …

In het boek Schools that learn (2012, p. 76) van Peter Senge staat een mooi citaat: ‘A boy of five, on the first day of kindergarten, asked his teacher, ‘When am I going to learn how to read? She said, a bit absently (for there was a lot going on), ‘Oh, that won’t happen until next year, in first grade.’ …

In response to globalisation and internationalisation of both higher education and the job market, The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) has seen a considerable increase in English-medium courses, i.e. non-language subjects taught through English. Internationally, the rise of English-medium …

Background: In the Netherlands, 81% of mothers initiate breastfeeding. After one month the percentage of mothers still breastfeeding drops, despite positive intentions. Little is known about women’s perceptions of breastfeeding during the period of intention. Aim: This qualitative study aimed to gain …

Currently, only 22 percent of Dutch households consume a dairy dessert on a daily basis. FrieslandCampina, market leader in the Dutch dairy category, set a goal for 2013 to increase this to 23 percent. Mona, one of their brands, is set to be one of the driving forces in the category's growth.The brand …

In this research, the most important question is: What is the effect of having Psychomotor Therapy at Optima Forma to children in the age of 7 to 13 who need help to increase the defensibility on the interaction between mother and child? Motive: At Optima Forma parents of the treated child are often …

Inleiding: fysieke activiteit en gezond leven wordt steeds belangrijker, ook voor kinderen met een lichamelijke beperking. In de literatuur is er niet veel bekend over de faciliterende en belemmerende factoren voor kinderen met een lichamelijke beperking om fysiek actief te zijn. Vraagstelling: Wat zijn …