This paper presents three lesson activities for upper secondary education that focus on learning subject specific knowledge and general system thinking skills by creating a qualitative representation. The learning goals and the pedagogical approach are described.

From the very beginnings of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, water management has been a topic of prime importance. This subject has taken even greater priority in recent times due to climate change and the consequent erratic weather and sea-level rise. The measures taken to ensure water safety have been …

Currently, the cutting forces themselves are only roughly estimated by a Specific Cutting Energy assumption. Throughout literature, many assumptions are made about different parameters, the condition in which the cutting process is taking place, and in specific cases, some parameters are not even considered …

As a full company, with corresponding overhead costs, the average cost to hire a designer working for Witteveen + Bos is €90 per hour. In comparison, an experienced self employed designer working from home with a yearly income of €100.000 will do the same job for roughly €60 to €70 per hour (€100.000 …

When waves interact with surfaces of different structures they are reflected, and these reflections are mainly caused due to less wave energy being dissipated by the surface of the structure. Naturally, rock slopes or permeable structures (mangroves forests, brushwood material, etc.) are used around …

The exhibition presented the outcomes of the project 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood', which was carried out by the Digital Production Research Group in 2020-2022. The exhibition consisted of ten panels with mixed media, objects and video's. The exhibition was displayed at the offices of the project …

Marco Snoek signaleert dat het op dit moment maar beperkt lukt om een schoolcultuur te creeeëren waarin professionele ontwikkeling en groei van expertise gedurende de hele loopbaan vanzelfsprekend is. Maar hij ziet ook perspectieven om dit te veranderen.,

Leidt de democratiseringsambitie van de gemeente Amsterdam tot fundamentele verandering van de manier waarop zij haar bewoners bij het besturen van de stad betrekt, of blijft het bij geïsoleerde experimenten? Wij betogen dat de experimenten in de stad leiden tot spanningen tussen de participatieve democratie …

Het uitgangspunt van Geo Future School om leerlingen actief te laten nadenken over een duurzame, gezonde, veilige, rechtvaardige en leefbare wereld, wordt breed gedragen in het onderwijs en dat geldt ook voor de vakoverstijgende benadering. Toch worstelen docenten om GFS goed voor het voetlicht te brengen …