The SEDY2 project is a three-year follow-up project (2020-2022) funded through the European Union (Erasmus+). The goal of the project is to encourage inclusion and equal opportunities in sport for children and youth with disabilities. This toolkit is aimed at people involved in educating students or volunteers on inclusion in sport for young people with disabilities, who are managing, working in a sports club or involved in the development of sports policy. They could be a volunteer, a coach, a club member or a policy maker. Inclusion in its simplest form is defined as the state of being included. In an inclusive club, every participant is welcomed, accepted, and feels that they belong. However, the needs of young people with disabilities are often unmet. Young people with disabilities have fewer opportunities to participate in quality sport activities. The goal of this toolkit is to support educators to facilitate and promote disability inclusion among mainstream sport providers through education, using the educational materials and sharing best practices and inclusive ideas from SEDY2 project.
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This guide first gives teachers insight into what academic language is, including illustrative videos with statements by teachers in higher professional education. In addition, it contains examples of and inspiration for various ways to sharpen one's own lectures. This allows for more language development opportunities for students. The '10x eer' described earlier in this study has been further developed into a Kijkwijzer (viewing guide) with 11 points of interest. which was examined for effectiveness. Based on this follow-up research, a revision of the previous Guide (version 1) has been carried out.
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Due to the variegated nature of the teaching profession system, different actors operating in this system (teachers, school leaders, policy makers) are inevitably intertwined and assumably influence each other’s sensemaking processes, especially when system-wide educational change occurs. Gaining insight into how different actors in the teacher profession system make sense of educational change is important, as it might hamper or enable the system's adaptive capacity. That is why we stretched Coburn’s model of collective sensemaking from a teacher-team lens to include different actors and focus on their interpersonal dynamics during sensemaking processes. Performing a conceptual review, we synthesized 87 articles which focus on collective sensemaking of the following actor groups: (1) teachers (micro), (2) school leaders (meso), and/or (3) district/state/national leaders, policy makers, professional development providers, curriculum developers, researchers, community members, and parents (macro). In the results we describe how actors’ involvement varied due to different role distributions and role perceptions of actors. In addition, four contextual factors influencing the interpersonal dynamics were distinguished that were closely related to leadership practices that enable actors to compare the change with their own beliefs and (organizational) practices. We describe three mechanisms which explain how actors valuate a change (valuating), how they are owning this change (owning), and which is shaped by gatekeeping of sensegivers in their social context (gatekeeping).
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PurposeAll entrepreneurs interact simultaneously with multiple entrepreneurial contexts throughout their entrepreneurial journey. This conceptual paper has two central aims: (1) it synthesises the current literature on gender and entrepreneurship, and (2) it increases our understanding of how gender norms, contextual embeddedness and (in)equality mechanisms interact within contexts. Illustrative contexts that are discussed include entrepreneurship education, business networks and finance.Design/methodology/approachThis conceptual paper draws upon extant literature to develop its proposed conceptual framework. It provides suggestions for systemic policy interventions as well as pointing to promising paths for future research.FindingsA literature-generated conceptual framework is developed to explain and address the systemic barriers faced by opportunity-driven women as they engage in entrepreneurial contexts. This conceptual framework visualises the interplay between gender norms, contextual embeddedness and inequality mechanisms to explain systemic disparities. An extra dimension is integrated in the framework to account for the power of agency within women and with others, whereby agency, either individually or collectively, may disrupt and subvert the current interplay with inequality mechanisms.Originality/valueThis work advances understanding of the underrepresentation of women entrepreneurs. The paper offers a conceptual framework that provides policymakers with a useful tool to understand how to intervene and increase contextual embeddedness for all entrepreneurs. Additionally, this paper suggests moving beyond “fixing” women entrepreneurs and points towards disrupting systemic disparities to accomplish this contextual embeddedness for all entrepreneurs. By doing so, this research adds to academic knowledge on the construction and reconstruction of gender in the field of entrepreneurship.
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Een centrale grondslag in de persoonlijkheidspedagogiek van Kohnstamm is dat elke leerling de kans moet worden geboden om zich naar eigen aard en aanleg te ontwikkelen. Om dat te realiseren zou er in het onderwijsrekening moeten worden gehouden met de onderlinge verschillen tussen leerlingen, een taak waarvoor de onderwijsgevende goed toegerust moet zijn. Op die manier zouden ook leerlingen met een achterstandspositie of met leer- of ontwikkelproblemen betere kansenkrijgen om zich verder te ontwikkelen. Op dit moment, honderd jaar na de inaugurele rede van Kohnstamm, klinkt in het Nederlandse onderwijs opnieuw een roep om meer maatwerk in het onderwijs, zowel als het gaat om hetpedagogisch-didactisch handelen door onderwijsprofessionals, als bij de inrichting van meer flexibele leerroutes in het onderwijsstelsel. We verkennen de roep om maatwerk in de voorschoolse fase, in het primair onderwijs en in het voortgezet onderwijs. In het voetspoor van Kohnstamm gaan we daarbij in op de relatie tussen maatwerk en het vraagstuk van kansengelijkheid.
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Social robots have been introduced in different fields such as retail, health care and education. Primary education in the Netherlands (and elsewhere) recently faced new challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and quarantines including students falling behind and teachers burdened with high workloads. Together with two Dutch municipalities and nine primary schools we are exploring the long-term use of social robots to study how social robots might support teachers in primary education, with a focus on mathematics education. This paper presents an explorative study to define requirements for a social robot math tutor. Multiple focus groups were held with the two main stakeholders, namely teachers and students. During the focus groups the aim was 1) to understand the current situation of mathematics education in the upper primary school level, 2) to identify the problems that teachers and students encounter in mathematics education, and 3) to identify opportunities for deploying a social robot math tutor in primary education from the perspective of both the teachers and students. The results inform the development of social robots and opportunities for pedagogical methods used in math teaching, child-robot interaction and potential support for teachers in the classroom
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Het onderzoek geeft zicht op (a) in hoeverre studenten moeite hebben met het mondelinge academische taalaanbod van docenten en (b) welke factoren van invloed zijn op het wel of niet begrijpen van het mondelinge academische taalaanbod in de colleges. In het onderzoek is van zeven verschillende hoorcolleges aan eerstejaarsstudenten (elk van een andere faculteit van de HvA) een filmopname gemaakt. Elk college is integraal getranscribeerd en uit elke transcriptie zijn tien complexe talige uitingen geselecteerd, onderverdeeld in 5 categorieën: algemene academische woordenschat; specifieke academische woordenschat (vaktaal); beeldspraak; grammaticale complexiteit; en hoge informatiedichtheid. Bij de meeste categorieën was het percentage studenten dat de uiting niet moeilijk vond hoger dan het percentage docenten dat de uiting niet moeilijk vond. Er waren twee uitzonderingen: ‘beeldspraak’ en ‘algemene academische woordenschat’ (WS algemeen). Ook bleek dat de geïnterviewde studenten uit elke groep (‘migratieachtergrond’, ‘mbo-achtergrond’, ‘eerstegeneratiestudent’) moeite hadden met het begrijpen van de geselecteerde fragmenten. Bijna alle gemiddelden waren lager dan 2 ( wat stond voor ‘voldoende begrip’). De meeste moeite hadden ze met ‘beeldspraak’, de minste moeite hadden ze met ‘het begrijpen van vaktaal’. De uitingen die studenten moeilijk vonden, werden ook minder goed begrepen, behalve bij ‘grammaticale complexiteit’. Ook blijkt dat uitingen die door studenten geclassificeerd zijn als ‘niet moeilijk’, vaak toch niet voldoende begrepen zijn (< 2).Op basis van kwalitatieve analyse van de interviews van de studenten en de docenten zijn vier factoren gedefinieerd die bijdragen aan het al dan niet begrijpen van taal in de colleges: aansluiten bij kennis en vaardigheden; vormgeving van het college; wat studenten zelf (niet) doen; en helder en verstaanbaar spreken. Op basis van de bovenstaande resultaten kunnen we concluderen dat er een verschil is tussen hoe docenten hun eigen academische taalgebruik qua moeilijkheid inschatten en hoe studenten dat doen. Bovendien kunnen we concluderen dat studenten de uitingen die ze gemakkelijk vinden toch niet altijd goed begrijpen.Docenten gaan er daarnaast snel vanuit dat de stof bekend is, omdat ze dat verwachten vanuit de vooropleiding of omdat het elders al eens aan bod is gekomen, terwijl dat (lang) niet altijd een realistische verwachting is. Ook benoemen docenten soms dat ze een doel of verband in het college impliciet hebben gelaten en dan zien we bij studenten meer begripsproblemen. Docenten gebruiken onbewust regelmatig beeldspraak die voor studenten lastig te begrijpen is. Studenten denken soms dat docenten met opzet moeilijke woorden gebruiken. Ook geven sommigen aan dat ze regelmatig de keuze moeten maken tussen ‘aantekeningen maken’, ‘dingen opzoeken’ en ‘het college blijven volgen’. Lange colleges zijn qua concentratie moeilijk te volgen, maar visualisering van de stof door de docent helpt bij het begrijpen van de stof. Studenten vinden het vaak moeilijk om vragen te stellen tijdens colleges. Tot slot geven ze heel eerlijk aan dat een goede voorbereiding helpt bij het begrijpen van het college, maar ook dat ze dat niet altijd doen.
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More women are attending university than ever before and a quarter of the world’s top universities have appointed a female president, but research shows that female academics are being pushed out of academia and are evaluated lower than male lecturers, which could stifle their careers. So what’s the state of play at the moment, and what can we do to redress the balance?
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Background: Particulate matter (PM) exposure is an important health risk, both in daily life and in the workplace. It causes respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and results in 800,000 premature deaths per year worldwide. In earlier research, we assessed workers’ information needs regarding workplace PM exposure, the properties and effects of PM, and the rationale behind various means of protection. We also concluded that workers do not always receive appropriate risk communication tools with regards to PM, and that their PM knowledge appears to be fragmented and incomplete. Methods: We considered several concepts for use as an educational material based on evaluation criteria: ease of use, costs, appropriateness for target audiences and goals, interactivity, implementation issues, novelty, and speed. We decided to develop an educational folder, which can be used to inform employees about the properties, effects and prevention methods concerning PM. Furthermore, we decided on a test setup of a more interactive way of visualisation of exposure to PM by means of exposimeters. For the development of the folder, we based the information needs on our earlier mental models-based research. We adjusted the folder based on the results of ten semi-structured interviews evaluating its usability. Results: The semi-structured interviews yielded commentaries and suggestions for further improvement, which resulted in a number of alterations to the folder. However, in most cases the folder was deemed satisfactory. Conclusion: Based on this study, the folder we developed is suitable for a larger-scale experiment and a practical test. Further research is needed to investigate the efficacy of the folder and the application of the exposimeter in a PM risk communication system.
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Increasingly, entrepreneurial growth is discussed in relation to business sustainability and the wider questions of ‘growth’ – economic, green, or sustainable. This chapter will discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching circular economy and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) models of sustainable production. The course applying circular economy theory to corporate case studies at the liberal arts college in The Netherlands will be discussed. Students were given the assignment to advise an existing company how to make a transition from a linear to circular economy model. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-501-620171028 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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