For susceptible children, appropriate education and the right circumstances are of the utmost importance, even more than with "normal" children. In wrong circumstances things can easily go wrong. But under favourable conditions these people can reach the top. A bit like Formula 1 cars, which still have …

A colomn about "the biggest knowledge festival in the Netherlands". Saxion University had rented a large tent. Eight Saxion professors and their students gave lectures on smart technology. Between the lectures, I walked across the festival site. What a profusion! Performances in every nook and cranny. …

Column over dat ten principale de energiebelasting per ton CO2 voor iedereen gelijk zou moeten zijn

During our lives we go through many of these cycles. It is no coincidence that, now that our world is so constantly available, on average we start with jobs, friends and loved ones over and over again. Now that we derive our stability from a continuously available environment, our cyclical nature is …

Are we  "molding" society into what the companies (and algorithms) hold us as the most desirable outcome? This colomn is about dangers of smart technology and social media.In: Education Journal, 2018-340 p.20

One speaks of technological progress as if it is already (autonomous AI) an autonomous process, of which it is self-evident that much / everything is invested in, but it is often downright dehumanizing (Kierkegaard saw that very sharply). In: Education Journal 2018-338 p.23

Culture has freed us to some extent from nature, first through language and religion, and almost simultaneously through technology. From the control of the fire and the first tools until now - smart technology - technological development has taken a long cultural path, with many challenges and possibilities. …

Digital technology is beautiful but, unfortunately, is also incredibly unreliable. Imagine, after a night of good sleep, you enter your car where you find that the brake pedal is on the right and the accelerator pedal on the left. An update, with kind regards from Volkswagen. Or that the manufacturer …

Veel sportverenigingen hebben moeite zich op eigen kracht te ontwikkelen tot een vitale vereniging. Steeds vaker dragen verenigingsondersteuners bij aan het 'vitaliseringsproces' van de vereniging, op de meest uiteenlopende thema’s en manieren. In Groningen, Drenthe en Friesland zijn rond de honderd …

Recent heeft de Nederlandse Dalton Vereniging (NDV) zich opnieuw gebogen over de vraag wat de essentie van het daltononderwijs is. Het is een vraag die binnen de vereniging periodiek en steeds heel nadrukkelijk gesteld wordt. Het afgelopen jaar heeft de NDV het plan om een ‘daltonpaspoort’ te ontwikkelen, …