Dit proefschrift heeft als centraal thema de vermindering van agressie en dwangtoepassing op acute psychiatrische afdelingen. Om dit doel te realiseren ontwikkelde Van de Sande de Crisis Monitor, bestaande uit een set instrumenten die gestructureerde observaties en risico-inschatting mogelijk maken in de alledaagse klinische praktijk van de acute psychiatrische afdeling.
Short article in Dutch on the concept of 'excellence' in music education
Orthography is considered to be a major problem in Dutch education, since many pupils don’t seem to be able to master orthographic rules, even after years of education. In educational literature it is argued that the problems related to spelling are caused by approaches that focus more on rules of thumb than on linguistic insights. This is somewhat remarkable, since a good understanding of the Dutch orthographic system requires a fair amount of morphological knowledge. In order to effectively implement this knowledge, the development of a morphological awareness (MA) seems to be required. Therefore, a short intervention was designed for the upper levels of secondary schools (4 havo) which aimed to foster MA and, subsequently, improve orthographic skills. Results of this quasi-experimental study indicate that a short intervention can significantly boost MA, but that students don’t seem to be able to use MA effectively to enhance spelling performance.
