Learning activities in a makerspace are hands-on and characterized by design and inquiry. Evaluation is needed both for learners and their coaches in order to effectively guide the learning process of the children and for feedback on the effectiveness of the after-school maker activities. Due to its constructionist nature, learning in a makerspace requires specific forms of evaluation. In this paper we describe the development of an instrument that facilitates and captures reflection on the activities that children undertook in a library makerspace. Our aim is to capture learning in this context with multiple instruments: analysis of the artifacts that are made, observation of hands-on activities and interviews - which all are time consuming methods. Hence, we developed an easy to use tool for self-evaluation of maker learner activities for children. We build on the design of a visual instrument used for learning by design and inquiry in primary education. The findings and results are transferable to (formative) assessment and evaluation of learning activities by learners in other types of education and specific in maker education.
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The present study aimed to develop a football-specific self-report instrument measuring self-regulated learning in the context of daily practice, which can be used to monitor the extent to which players take responsibility for their own learning. Development of the instrument involved six steps: 1. Literature review based on Zimmerman's (2006) theory of self-regulated learning, 2. Item generation, 3. Item validation, 4. Pilot studies, 5. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and 6. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The instrument was tested for reliability and validity among 204 elite youth football players aged 13-16 years (Mage = 14.6; s = 0.60; 123 boys, 81 girls). The EFA indicated that a five-factor model fitted the observed data best (reflection, evaluation, planning, speaking up, and coaching). However, the CFA showed that a three-factor structure including 22 items produced a satisfactory model fit (reflection, evaluation, and planning; non-normed fit index [NNFI] = 0.96, comparative fit index [CFI] = 0.95, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.067). While the self-regulation processes of reflection, evaluation, and planning are strongly related and fit well into one model, other self-regulated learning processes seem to be more individually determined. In conclusion, the questionnaire developed in this study is considered a reliable and valid instrument to measure self-regulated learning among elite football players.
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Background: Patient participation and goal setting appear to be difficult in daily physiotherapy practice, and practical methods are lacking. An existing patient-specific instrument, Patient-Specific Complaints (PSC), was therefore optimized into a new Patient Specific Goal-setting method (PSG). The aims of this study were to examine the feasibility of the PSG in daily physiotherapy practice, and to explore the potential impact of the new method. Methods: We conducted a process evaluation within a non-controlled intervention study. Community-based physiotherapists were instructed on how to work with the PSG in three group training sessions. The PSG is a six-step method embedded across the physiotherapy process, in which patients are stimulated to participate in the goal-setting process by: identifying problematic activities, prioritizing them, scoring their abilities, setting goals, planning and evaluating. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected among patients and physiotherapists by recording consultations and assessing patient files, questionnaires and written reflection reports. Results: Data were collected from 51 physiotherapists and 218 patients, and 38 recordings and 219 patient files were analysed. The PSG steps were performed as intended, but the ‘setting goals’ and ‘planning treatment’ steps were not performed in detail. The patients and physiotherapists were positive about the method, and the physiotherapists perceived increased patient participation. They became aware of the importance of engaging patients in a dialogue, instead of focusing on gathering information. The lack of integration in the electronic patient system was a major barrier for optimal use in practice. Although the self-reported actual use of the PSG, i.e. informing and involving patients, and client-centred competences had improved, this was not completely confirmed by the objectively observed behaviour. Conclusion: The PSG is a feasible method and tends to have impact on increasing patient participation in the goal-setting process. However, its full potential for shared goal setting has not been utilized yet. More implementation effort is needed to achieve the required behaviour change and a truly client-centred attitude, to make physiotherapists totally ready for shared goal setting.
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Over the last decade, many (European) countries have created special committees or conducted special investigations into the occurrence of sexual abuse in residential and/or foster care. Many of these studies concluded that children and young people in care are at a greater risk of being sexually abused, compared to youth growing up at home. However, the extent and scope of sexual abuse which has historically occurred in residential and/or foster care remains contested and is highly controversial. Although a broad range of factors are involved, one issue that is of crucial importance in the prevention of sexual abuse is paying attention to the healthy sexual development of children and young people in care. This sounds easy, but it isn’t easy at all. Ideas about relationships, intimacy and healthy sexual development differ between people and countries. It’s a sensitive subject that many professionals working in care find difficult to talk about. As most professionals working in care in Europe graduate from schools of Social Work, social work education should prepare (future) professionals to address this issue. Although some authors have addressed this issue, in general, social work education does not pay sufficient attention to the subject. This project aims to help (future) professionals build competencies on this specific subject by providing the following products:1. An international summer school on the subject of sex and sexuality, for social work students.2. An online course on the subject of sex and sexuality for professionals working in residential care or working with foster parents.3. A website with materials for European lecturers who teach future social workers on the subject of sex and sexuality.4. A reflection instrument as a tool for on-the-job training on the subject.These products are based on a set of practice based core competencies that professionals should develop in order to be able to provide care and upbringing on the theme of sex and sexuality. Next to that five central themes were used to order the development of modules.
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De PDCA- of Demingcyclus is het hart van de kwaliteitskunde en heeft haar nut bewezen. Het is echter geen panacee, datin alle culturen en op alle tijden even bruikbaar is. Met nanme in andere dan westerse culturen in tijden van snelle veranderingen voldoet Plan-Do-Check-Act niet.
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Twee welzijnsinstellingen in Limburg, te weten Trajekt in het zuidelijk deel en Wel.Kom in het noordelijk deel van de provincie, zijn samen met de onderzoeksgroep CESRT van Hogeschool Zuyd in 2007 op basis van een landelijke RAAK subsidie, gestart met een tweejarig actieonderzoek. Doel was om de ‘tacit knowledge’ van de welzijnsprofessionals expliciet te maken en daardoor welzijnsstrategieën van activering en dienstverlening voor het voetlicht te brengen. De uitdaging in het Procivi project lag in het expliciet naar buiten brengen van de ervaringen en ontwikkelde kennis van professionals. Met andere woorden ‘hoe breng je de eigen methodische aanpak onder woorden zodat anderen weet hebben van jouw kennis en inzicht in de gebruikte werkwijzen’. Procivi beoogde om een ontwikkeling in gang te zetten van ‘tacit knowledge’ naar ’reflective knowledge’ (Schön, 1983). Binnen Procivi is daarbij gaandeweg een methodiek ontwikkeld voor de professionalisering van het welzijnswerk in de praktijk. Oftewel voor de ontwikkeling van welzijnswerkers tot reflectieve professionals. In dit rapport wordt deze methodiek uiteengezet. Procivi vertoonde vele kenmerken van een actieonderzoek waarbij de coproductie van onderzoekers en professionals samen centraal stond. De onderzoekers brachten hun kennis van onderzoekstechnieken gekoppeld aan een nieuwsgierige houding ten opzichte van ‘het fenomeen welzijnswerk’ in, terwijl de professionals de kennis en ervaring van welzijnswerk in de praktijk bijdroegen. Het Procivi project heeft meerdere stappen en fases doorlopen die in het eindrapport van Procivi uitgebreid beschreven zijn. De hoofdlijnen bestonden uit het zoeken naar een manier om de kern en het wezen van het welzijnswerk te beschrijven en te duiden en het ontwikkelen van een methode om van binnenuit het welzijnswerk te onderzoeken en te bevragen. Gebruikte methodieken binnen Procivi bestonden uit interviews, focusgroep bijeenkomsten, intervisie bijeenkomsten, expert meetings, spiegel bijeenkomsten en het gezamenlijk ontwikkelen van een reflectie instrument. In dit methodiekboek wordt een beschrijving gegeven van hoe een professionaliseringsproces dat gericht is op reflectie in de welzijnspraktijk vorm gegeven kan worden. Uit de ervaringen die in Procivi zijn opgedaan en alle lessen die daar geleerd zijn, is een methodiek ‘gedestilleerd’ die ook voor andere organisaties in het welzijnswerk van nut kan zijn. Aangezien elke organisatie zijn eigen achtergrond, ervaringen en doelstellingen heeft, is er voor gekozen deze methodiek niet in veel vastliggende details te beschrijven, maar daarentegen in hoofdlijnen. Procivi was een samenwerking van onderzoekers en professionals, een combinatie die belangrijke voordelen bleek te hebben, maar ook enkele nadelen met zich meebracht (zie hiervoor het eindrapport).
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In dit hoofdstuk beschrijf ik een situatie uit de begeleidingspraktijk die niet illustreert hoe het hoort, maar beschrijft hoe het gaat. Of beter: hoe het eraan toe kan gaan, want elke situatie is anders. Ik bespreek ook theorie die houvast kan bieden voor de binnenkant van organisatiecoaching. Conceptuele verheldering van die binnenkant vind ik van belang voor de ontwikkeling van het vak. Daarbij laat ik me inspireren door de beroemde uitspraak van Lewin: ‘niets is zo praktisch als een goede theorie’. Mijn zoekvraag in dit hoofdstuk is hoe de binnenkant van ons vak zich op een voor professionals bruikbare manier laat conceptualiseren. Het volledige boek kan besteld kan worden via info@kloosterhof.nl
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Description: The Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS or NPAD) is a questionnaire aiming to quantify neck pain and disability.1 It is a patient-reported outcome measure for patients with any type of neck pain, of any duration, with or without injury.1,2 It consists of 20 items: three related to pain intensity, four related to emotion and cognition, four related to mobility of the neck, eight related to activity limitations and participation restrictions and one on medication.1,3 Patients respond to each item on a 0 to 5 visual analogue scale of 10 cm. There is also a nine-item short version.4 Feasibility: The NPDS is published and available online (https://mountainphysiotherapy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Neck-Pain-and-Disability-Scale.pdf).1 The NPDS is an easy to use questionnaire that can be completed within 5 to 8 minutes.1,5 There is no training needed to administer the instrument but its validity is compromised if the questionnaire must be read to the patient.2 Higher scores indicate higher severity (0 for normal functioning to 5 for the worst possible situation ‘your’ pain problem has caused you).2 The total score is the sum of scores on the 20 items (0 to 100).1 The maximum acceptable number of missing answers is three (15%).4 Two studies found a minimum important change of 10 points (sensitivity 0.93; specificity 0.83) and 11.5 points (sensibility 0.74; specificity 0.70), respectively.6,7 The NPDS is available in English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Hindi, Iranian, Korean, Turkish, Japanese and Thai. Reliability and validity: Two systematic reviews have evaluated the clinimetric properties of 11 of the translated versions.5,8 The Finnish, German and Italian translations were particularly recommended for use in clinical practice. Face validity was established and content validity was confirmed by an adequate reflection of all aspects of neck pain and disability.1,8 Regarding structural validity, the NPDS is a multidimensional scale, with moderate evidence that the NPDS has a three-factor structure (with explained variance ranging from 63 to 78%): neck dysfunction related to general activities; neck pain and neck-specific function; and cognitive-emotional-behavioural functioning. 4,5,9 A recent overview of four systematic reviews found moderate-quality evidence of high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alphas ranging from 0.86 to 0.93 for the various factors).10 Excellent test-retest reliability was found (ICC of 0.97); however, the studies were considered to be of low quality.3,10 Construct validity (hypotheses-testing) seems adequate when the NPDS is compared with the Neck Disability Index and the Global Assessment of Change with moderate to strong correlations (r = 0.52 to 0.86), based on limited moderate-quality studies.3,11,12 One systematic review reported good responsiveness to change in patients (r = 0.59).12
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