Counting the costs of a certain condition such as Spina Bifida in an economic breeding farm is absurd. We are all consumers that keep the economic engines running, no matter if we are obese, or anorectics, if we do sport or if we don 't, or if we have SB as a condition, or not. Of course, there are …

Dit afstudeeronderzoek vond plaats in opdracht van de Academie Mens en Arbeid teamleiding (AMA) van hogeschool Saxion te Deventer. De opleiding Toegepaste Psychologie (TP) valt onder de vleugels van de AMA. Al verscheidende jaren kent deze opleiding veel verloop en daarom is de AMA een grootschalig onderzoek …

Er wordt een relatief laag studierendement behaald door Nederlandse studenten in het hoger beroepsonderwijs, in het bijzonder bij eerstejaars studenten. Ook binnen de opleiding Toegepaste Psychologie van Saxion neemt de mate waarin studierendement behaald wordt af. Een laag studierendement heeft als …

We don 't accept a doctor to be stupid. Populism is a form of stupidity, and stupidity is the biggest plague of contemporary democracy. We could have every populist statement analyzed by a jury of both professionals and laymen. It is an expensive means, but if we leave complex issues such as European …

Applied psychology in education can stand for social connection, for a world that is getting richer, in which more colours are accepted. Also, a world in which neurodiversity plays a key role. A world in which educational programs start from an in-depth understanding of target groups, guaranteeing that …

In ancient times, music education was an essential part of mathematics education: in the Quadrivium mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy formed a four-unit whole. In China, among others, Confucius emphasized the importance of music education and the connection between poetry, law and music.

In 1969, the real revolution (internet) was in disguise. It looked like an evolution. Even now, Licklider is hardly known. A regular man. And the revolutionary-looking spacemen of yore, turned out to be part of an evolution. Already in the 17th and 18th centuries people dreamed of a journey to the moon. …

Through these composite emotions we can become who we want to be, they form the fuel in the direction of our desired virtues. For example, almost no one is brave at birth, but can become so, both by the desire to be courageous and by a lot of practice (trial and error). Complex emotions are not innate …

Just like learning in the brain, social progress (development) is based on accommodating and assimilating. We structure the information from the outside world on the basis of what we already know (assimilate them in our knowledge structures). If the information does not fit in already present knowledge …

There 's a largely unnoticed power that multinationals (electronics giants, Google, Facebook, etc.) have in our lives, including upbringing and education. And like magic oil, digital techniques are good for everything. No condition is conceivable, or there is an app for it. Certainly, if there is none, …