This study explores how 33 student teachers’ reflections during 106 ‘bumpy moments’ while in an international student teaching internship reveal their professional beliefs, and how the moments make the student teachers reflect upon their subjective educational theories. Student teachers described four …

The subjects of the River Scan Challenge are Mahiga and Guadalupe rivers. These rivers are very polluted because they receive all kinds of wastes; untreated wastewaters and solid wastes, from the urbanized environment. These rivers are crucial to the flood occurrences in the highly urbanized city of …

Community-based tourism (CBT) uses existing natural and cultural resources and contributes to their preservation. Local communities are often presented as homogenous blocks in literature, without the presence of internal power struggles or contrasting values. In tourism studies, it is frequently assumed …

Deze scriptie richt zich op de interculturele samenwerking binnen het marketingteam van BEDRIJF. De marketingafdeling van BEDRIJF Nederland is samengevoegd met België, Duitsland en Oostenrijk. Op dit moment geven de medewerkers aan dat de organisatie moet werken aan samenwerking in verschillende surveys. …

The purpose of this report is to document research at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) on the topic of the importance of culture in the differences in perceived effectiveness of advertisements between Surinamese and Dutch individuals in the Netherlands. The researcher came up with this …

Part 3 Programming and Activating Cyberparks deals with the variety of ways in which urban public spaces can be reinvigorated through the use of digital media technologies. As is outlined in the introduction to this volume, digital media technologies profoundly shape the use and perception of urban public …

REDACTED, a specialized software provider for work safety in hazardous industries, has attempted to break into the Singaporian market without success for several years. REDACTED commissioned this research to gain insight into the situation and attempt to address the challenges in communication with …

A boundary is a metaphor for an experience of discontinuity wherein a socio-cultural difference is perceived as a challenge or obstacle in action or interaction. This case study explores eight student teachers’ perceptions of boundaries during an international teaching internship to identify where experiences …

In dit onderzoek staat de probleemstelling: “Hoe kan BEDRIJF inspelen op cultuurverschillen tussen Nederland en Frankrijk, bij het positioneren van zijn product in Parijs?” centraal. Nadat het probleem afgebakend en wel in kaart is gebracht, blijkt dat de theorie van Hofstede (2002) hierop het best aansluit. …

Understanding heterogeneity in farm development strategies is important in order to design effective policies and support programs to increase the sustainability of agriculture in relation to its socio-material context. Using a unique case study of 102 dairy farmers in The Netherlands, all operating …