Educational policies in the Netherlands reveal that the current mainstream participatory approach to citizenship education jeopardises students’ autonomy. Especially in Dutch post-secondary vocational education, citizenship education has been shown to be mainly aimed at socialization: initiating students …

Abstract Background: To address the lack of social interaction and meaningful activities for persons with dementia (PWD) in nursing homes an artistic Photo-Activity was designed. The present study aims to develop a digital version of the Photo-Activity and to investigate its implementation and impact …

De rechten van jongeren zijn in het geding bij klimaatverandering. “Mama, ik vind dat de stem van jongeren bij klimaatvraagstukken zwaarder moet tellen dan die van ouderen omdat het gaat om onze toekomst.” Zei me mijn dochter van 20, toen we naar Amsterdam gingen voor de Franse Presidentsverkiezingen. …

Vrijdag 8 april 2022 heeft ECHO (Expertise Centrum voor Diversiteitsbeleid) in samenwerking met het kenniscentrum Global and Inclusive Education een Townhall sessie georganiseerd op de Haagse Hogeschool voor het Nationaal Programma tegen Discriminatie en Racisme. Deze dertiende van 22 sessies was gericht …

Aanleiding voor deze position paper was het grote aantal vragen over de relatie tussen wereldburgerschap en internationalisering die we kregen van mbo- en hbo-docenten. Om te verduidelijken hoe wereldburgerschap en internationalisering leven onder mbo- en hbodocenten, hebben we een survey afgenomen in …

Presentatie gegeven tijdens het congres Supporting Health by Technology (12-13 may - Groningen)

Abstract Background People with epilepsy and mild intellectual disability have a limited adaptive capacity resulting in difficulties in communication and social skills. Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to help this group of people to learn how to manage difficult situations. SEIN (Expertise Center …

Artists and other cultural workers have tried to create stable, long-term collective income systems for themselves forever. In 2004, an American tech entrepreneur launched one of the most ambitious redistribution schemes up to date, the Artist Pension Trust (APT). The idea was to give artists not just …

A poem about the role screenshots can play in our lives, our minds, our poetry. When does the personal become universal, and when does the digital become lyrical?

Behaviour Change Support Systems (BCSS), already running for the 10th time at Persuasive Technology, is a workshop that builds around the concept of systems that are specifically designed to help and support behaviour change in individuals or groups. The highly multi-disciplinary nature of designing …