In een klas of groep van twintig kinderen, heeft – statistisch gezien – één kind een taalontwikkelingsstoornis (TOS). Voor kinderen met TOS is het heel moeilijk om goed mee te komen op school. De problemen in de taal geven ook makkelijk miscommunicatie en daardoor kunnen gedragsproblemen ontstaan. Het …

Many technological innovations – the internet, social media, challenges via TikTok, etc. – influence development at least as radically as 'invented ' interventions, such as behavioural therapy or EMDR. In contrast to therapeutic interventions, however, this is often not or hardly thought about and …

The aim of this study is to understand how governance mechanisms in cross-sector collaborations (CSCs) for sustainability affect value creation and capture and subsequently the survival of this organizational form. Drawing on a longitudinal, participatory, single-case study of collaborative action in …

This study focuses on the school–work connection from the perspective of curriculum design. The aim was to uncover considerations underpinning the design of learning environments in vocational education. The research took place in the Netherlands. A focus group methodology was chosen to elicit designers’ …

Research Findings: The parental role in supporting young children’s oral language development at home is crucial for children’s language and literacy development. However, there is limited expertise in how teachers can support lower-educated parents effectively to enhance their interactions with their …

Abstract for World Physiotherapy Congress 2021Title Ethical Considerations of Using Machine Learning for Decision Support in Occupational Physical Therapy: a narrative literature study and ethical deliberation. Authors Marianne W. M. C. Six Dijkstra1,4,7 · Egbert Siebrand2 · Steven Dorrestijn2 · Etto …

BACKGROUND: Approximately 5%-10% of elementary school children show delayed development of fine motor skills. To address these problems, detection is required. Current assessment tools are time-consuming, require a trained supervisor, and are not motivating for children. Sensor-augmented toys and machine …

In the context of education, ‘presence’—a state of alert awareness, receptivity and connectedness to what is happening in class—is related to depth of insight into the situation, and to more opportunities for action⁠. Presence is mainly conceptualized in philosophical and theoretical terms and idealistic …

This paper presents findings from a qualitative study among 50 secondary school students from 10 schools in the Netherlands, aiming to understand how they experience ‘presence’ – being fully (with one’s entire being) engaged in the here-and-now – in class⁠. Although presence was a non-regular experience, …

Continuing professional development approaches such as professional learning communities (PLCs) could help schools to sustainably work on school improvement to meet the rapid changes in the world around us. Sustainability is achieved when the core components of the approach become a self-evident and …