Abstract Background: Many countries in Europe have implemented managed competition and patient choice during the last decade. With the introduction of managed competition, health insurers also became an important stakeholder. They purchase services on behalf of their customers and are allowed to contract …

Formative assessment can be understood as assessment for learning rather than of learning. Research has demonstrated that formative assessment/feedback is strongly and causally related to students’ achievement in higher education. At Avans University of Applied Sciences, the first-year course Mechanics …

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 …

De afdeling Natuur- en Milieu van de gemeente Utrecht heeft Stichting Utrecht Natuurlijk opgezet en heeft als doel om de Utrechter groener, duurzamer en gezonder te maken. Dit doen zij door op verschillende manieren de Utrechter in contact te brengen met natuur. Locatie Stadsboerderij Gagelsteede, gelegen …

Background: Generally, a significant portion of healthcare spending consists of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses. Patients indicate that, in practice, there are often some OOP expenses, incurred when they receive medical care, which are unexpected for them and should have been taken into account when deciding …

In this chapter, we propose that the democracy we wish to see out in the world is influenced by the quality of our own “inner democracies”—that is: the quality of the democracies among and between the selves or voices in the landscape of the self. We must find ways out of the I-prisons we experience …

Western societies are quickly becoming less coherent (Giddens, 1991). As a result it is increasingly unclear how individuals should act in a range of situations or how they may understand themselves. To a certain extent this development towards more diverse perspectives and a broader range of ways to …

Voortijdig SchoolVerlaters(VSV’ers) hebben een negatieve impact op de maatschappij, waar politici en scholen zich zorgen over maken (Ministerie van onderwijs Cultuur en Wetenschap [OCW], 2016). Zo hebben VSV’ers een verhoogd risico op werkeloosheid (OCW, 2011) en een grotere kans op het ontplooien van …

The cultivation of intrinsic motivation is key in the 21th century, but most students in Dutch vocational education lack this quality. To foster intrinsic motivation, a strong career-learning environment is needed that enables students to develop career competencies and a career identity. However such …