Background: Behaviours that challenge might prevent intellectually impaired individuals from experiencing a good quality of life (QoL). These behaviours arise in interaction with the environment and can be positively or negatively affected by architecture. Aim: This scoping review explores how architecture …

Facility management has recently met several inflection points that call for new working methods; therefore, IFMA must foster and facilitate discussions to help set a new course for the industry. FM should build upon a history of innovation and use the field's complexity and multidisciplinarity to its …

One neighborhood in Groningen, the Netherlands, is a neighborhood housing about 12,000 citizens with on average a low-SES background, showing a less healthy and active lifestyle. In the past, initiatives have been undertaken to promote active lifestyle by implementing outdoor facilities stimulating physical …

This study employed an exploratory approach by applying practice theory to insights gathered through the triangulation of interview, document analysis and observation methodologies to 1) map the Sacred Harp Singing practice scope and give a nuanced picture of its performativity in the Netherlands, with …

A description of an artistic activity that aims to sculpt out of clay the "missing link" in the process of evolution. The process was developed by Jan van Boeckel (inspired by the original activity in Antony Gormley's workshop) www.janvanboeckel.wordpress.com.

Deze Tool voor het ontwerp van STEAM onderwijs kan in verschillende onderwijscontexten worden gebruikt.

In het welvarende Nederland groeit een op de dertien kinderen en jongeren op in armoede. Armoede heeft nadelige gevolgen voor de ontwikkeling en kansen van kinderen. Professionals in het sociaal domein kunnen veel voor deze kinderen, jongeren en hun ouders betekenen. De SOS aanpak bij kinderarmoede maakt …

Hoe zorg je ervoor dat ieder kind plezier heeft in jouw zwemles? En dat ze ook het gevoel krijgen iets te leren? Hanze Hogeschool Groningen, Kenniscentrum Sport & Bewegen en Special Heroes Nederland hebben, als aanvulling op het leerboek ‘Plezier in bewegen voor ieder kind’, acht leskaarten ontwikkeld …

For this book, we chose the term Applied Design Research. “We”are the Network Applied Design Research: a learning community of professors and researchers at various universities of applied sciences. Within this community, we share our experiences with the many forms of applied design research. We consciously …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the implementation of an Oral Care Program on home care nurses' attitudes and knowledge about oral health (care) and the impact on older people's oral health. A pre-post study, without a control group, was conducted. A preventive Oral Care Program (OCP) …