This book contains five views and architectural proposals for Cape Town, South Africa. The design project is a 3rd year project (P5) at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam. Two lecturers and five students visited Cape Town in 2014, The metropolitan region of Cape Town has grown rampant for decades. …

Deze studie gaat over een instrument waarmee Expressed Pedagogical Content Knowledge (EPCK) binnen het onderwijs in Wetenschap en Technologie gemeten kan, door gebruik te maken van procesobservaties. Deze pilot case studie vond plaats in het Mobile Planetarium, een activiteit van het Wetenschapsknooppunt …

Experimental setup of motivating physiotherapy clients to perform balancing exercises at home through the use of a game with custom ‘wobble board’ hardware and iPadaccelerometer data.

This report examines the possibilities of using a solar chimney in a highland tropical climate to promote thermal comfort, air‐quality and energy consumption. The study is carried out using modeling and simulation techniques and is conducted at the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil. A model is …

Music makes a difference?! The values of music.Music and culture play a significant role in the political and societal development of a peaceful and integrative Europe. Music and its diverse expressions are extremely relevant for social cohesion, wellbeing and economic growth. What kind of an impact …

Wisdom of a different kind: a case study of experienced and novice music teachers learning from each other.

This presentation will discuss the collaboration between teachers and parents especially in areas where social, economical, cultural differences between the parties are likely to influence the communication and the moral judgement. How do schools create inclusive environments with room for differences? …

This report is the result of a research to press freedom in the European Union. In recent years, several EU-countries have experienced a dramatic fall in the ratings on press freedom. On the other side, EU-member Finland is the highest rated country in the world when it comes to press freedom. The aim …

The use of games as interventions in the domain of health care is of-ten paired with evaluating the effects in randomized clinical trials. The iterative design and development process of games usually also involves an evaluation phase, aimed at identifying improvements for subsequent iterations. Since …

Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Games for Health Conference brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share …