Abstract Background: Good dental hygiene is important to prevent or reduce frailty in the elderly. Research shows that 66% of elderly patients admitted to a nursing home have bad dental hygiene. During their stay, dental hygiene remains moderate to bad. To start addressing this issue, a group of students …

De HvA heeft voor de periode 2018-2021 ‘aansluitgelden’ van OCW ontvangen om de aansluiting van vo en mbo met het hoger onderwijs te verbeteren. Het HvA-netwerk aansluiting dat toen is opgestart, heeft diverse projecten uitgevoerd. Met dit praktijkonderzoek wordt in kaart gebracht welke aansluitingsprojecten …

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 …

This study focuses on the complexity and uniqueness of 45 beginning teachers’ professional identity, an important perspective that is usually not an explicit part of induction programmes. Data were collected in four workshops designed to support beginning teachers in reflecting on personal and contextual …

Purpose Refugees face multiple barriers to employment, such as previous work experience and qualifications not recognized. The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences offers a Higher VET dual program for highly-skilled refugees, in which education and work is combined. After completion of the two-year …

In this presentation a new EA Wind Task is presented, i.e. an international cooperative project on the field of aerodynamic wind turbine measurements organised under auspices of the IEA

In Nederland groeit één op de twaalf kinderen op in armoede: gemiddeld twee leerlingen per klas. Als gevolg van de coronamaatregelen is het aantal gezinnen in financiële onzekerheid of problemen toegenomen. Armoede belemmert kinderen in hun ontwikkeling. Stress belemmert de ontwikkeling van de executieve …