The potential of software tools to support learning mathematics is widely acknowledged, but their use can be hindered for many reasons. When teaching future mathematics teachers, we observed that these students were unmotivated to use such tools. This lack of motivation was caused by two concerns held …

That expressive writing can be a beneficial response to trauma or grief is well-established in the literature. Grief research also shows that the majority of people are resilient in the face of the death of loved ones. That said, traditional rituals around loss are no longer ubiquitous, well-known phase …

This text has become a performance of (affirmative) entrepreneurship. This is done by a set of writing (and methodological) techniques: autoethnography, the triptych of mimesis, poiesis, kinesis and a life journey that forms the base of the chapter. As such, this text challenges some well-known shortcomings …

This book brings together contributions that analyse how subcultural myths develop and how they can be studied. Through critical engagement with (history) writing and other sources on subcultures by contemporaries, veterans, popular media and researchers, it aims to establish: how stories and histories …

In this epilogue, I take a teaching practice and teacher education perspective on complexity in Instructed Second Language Acquisition. I take the stance that it is essential to understand if and how linguistic complexity relates to learning challenges, what the implications are for language pedagogy, …

The intention of this chapter is to show how autoethnographic research might promote reflexivity among career professionals. We aim to answer the question: can writing one’s own life and career story assist career practitioners and researchers in identifying patterns, idiosyncrasies, vulnerabilities …

All experience/knowledge comes from three sources: (1) perception, (2) the past (consolidated perception in memory, or mediated by "technology": stories, writing, photo, etc.), or (3) judgment/argument based on perception and past (analogy). There is something special going on with our 'judgments '. …

Studies into affective publics often involve textual communication. However, emotive communication is increasingly visual. This study zooms in on the representation of the suffering other in seven re-workings of the Alan Kurdi photographs that resonated significantly on Instagram. Chouliaraki’s concept …

This graduation research thesis is written following the assignment conducted at the Own Greenscompany to write a protocol for the use of increased concentrations of CO2 for the production oftheir crops. As a result of writing that protocol, it was researched what these effects of increased CO2concentrations …

Education and the so-called Matthew effect (the rich get richer, the poor get poorer) are inextricably linked. Over forty years ago, the psychologist Stanovisch was the first who demonstrated that children who achieve the intended results of education early (reading, writing and math skills) have a lifelong …