This paper describes Ivy, an office chair that represents sitting time of an office worker through growing ivy strands. The longer one sits, the more strands will grow onto the chair. By means of a qualitative interface called Ivy, we illustrate a design approach that is currently underrepresented in …

Many challenges that confront today’s society are complex and dynamic and require new perspectives to arrive at solutions that could not be found before. Finding such new perspectives is part of a process called reframing and one of its key stages is theme investigation. Understanding a problem thoroughly …

The intention of this chapter is to show how autoethnographic research might promote reflexivity among career professionals. We aim to answer the question: can writing one’s own life and career story assist career practitioners and researchers in identifying patterns, idiosyncrasies, vulnerabilities …

This qualitative study evaluated the content, design, and learning outcomes of the HBO (applied universities) dance teacher’s professionalization course “Teaching Dance in the 21st century”. The course aimed to support the transition of dancer practitioners from the work field in their new role as teachers …

How can the teaching of biology contribute to sustainability education? The authors of this article suggest that their approach has the potential to increase the students’ level of engagement with the natural environment. The scope of biology teaching can be widened by allowing room for more experience …

Background: Healthy urban environments require careful planning and a testing of environmental quality that goes beyond statutory requirements. Moreover, it requires the inclusion of resident views, perceptions and experiences that help deepen the understanding of local (public health) problems. To facilitate …

Along with one part of the world becoming richer and another part of the world staying behind in their growth, development aid has become more important than ever. The main purpose of this report was to examine the effects of the implementation of the Paris Declaration in Ethiopia. This main question …

In the absence of words… A systemic N=1 study of Art Therapy in combination with Storytelling as a contributive therapy for adults suffering with acquired brain injury and possibly diagnosed with aphasia. People with acquired brain injury and aphasia can experience communication impairments and therefore …

To promote workplace learning for staff as well as students, a partnership was formed between a residential care organisation for older people and several nursing faculties in the Netherlands. This partnership took the form of two care innovation units; wards where qualified staff, students and nurse teachers …

Activity-Based Working (ABW) is supported by work environments that combine hot-desking with a variety of workplaces, designed to support different types of activities. While the advantages of these work environments in terms of efficiency are undisputed, their effectiveness with respect to job performance …