Professionals werkzaam in de jeugdzorg passen doorgaans veel verschillende methoden toe in hun werk met kinderen, jongeren en hun ouders. Het vergt oefening en ervaring om deze methoden kwalitatief goed toe te passen en toe te blijven passen. Reflectie op en feedback over de toepassing van de specifieke …

Background: Children with asthma can decrease the impact of their disease by improving their physical activity (PA). However, health care providers lack interventions for children with asthma that effectively increase their PA levels and achieve behavior change. A technology-supported approach can positively …

Talking about money can be difficult; designing with it, harder still. Though design is increasingly ‘value-centred’, this theme-track proposes the need for critical attention to how we actually represent, transact and exchange what we value. In this editorial, we offer some background to the topic, …

When preparing students for the industry’s global context, publishing degrees aim to provide them with experience of cooperating and doing business with colleagues internationally. In order to achieve this, Oxford Brookes University and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences have designed a module …

Educators in professional higher education experience difficulties addressing students’ self-awareness in their courses. The topic is often dismissed by students as ‘vague’ or ‘irrelevant’. This is detrimental for learning since knowing who you are and who you want to be is crucial: it guides behaviour …

Anno 2022 worden de agenda’s van de markt en politiek bepaald door de transities rondom gezondheid, mobiliteit, klimaat en economie. Gemeenschappen die creatief en innovatief met die uitdagingen omgaan zijn niet alleen robuust genoeg om ze te absorberen maar kunnen problemen die op ze af komen ook tijdig …

In het werving- en selectieproces proberen organisaties in eerste instantie zoveel mogelijk geschikte kandidaten te laten solliciteren (een marketing/ branding probleem) om daaruit dan de meest geschikte kandidaat te kiezen (een selectieprobleem). Het is wettelijk verboden om bij het selecteren van kandidaten …

This paper discusses challenges in assessing design students within studio model education. It reflects on the assessment methods used in the M.Sc. Digital Design, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, with input from an online survey targeting former students and assessors of the programme. Building …