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Oproep tot actie | Pleidooi voor een eco-sociale benadering van sociaal werk

In een sociaal-ecologisch rechtvaardige samenleving komt sociaal werk op voor mensen, groepen en gemeenschappen in een kwetsbare positie terwijl het tegelijkertijd streeft naar herstel en versterken van de natuur. Dit pleidooi vormt een eerste aanzet om sociaal werkers, opleidingen social work, organisaties voor sociaal werk en andere belangrijke betrokkenen aan te moedigen het gesprek hierover te voeren én een bijdrage aan een sociaal-ecologisch rechtvaardige samenleving te leveren. Auteurs: Richard de Brabander (lector Hogeschool Inholland), Josien Hofs (bestuurslid IFSW), Jeanet de Jong (beleidsadviseur BPSW), Christine Kuiper (voorheen Movisie), Maja Ročak (Fontys en Zuyd Hogeschool) en Mariël van Pelt (Fontys Hogeschool en Movisie)

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Does stimulating physical activity affect school performance?

This paper investigates whether encouraging children to become more physically active in their everyday life affects their primary school performance. We use data from a field quasi‐experiment called the Active Living Program, which aimed to increase active modes of transportation to school and active play among 8‐ to 12‐year‐olds living in low socioeconomic status (SES) areas in the Netherlands. Difference‐in‐differences estimations reveal that while the interventions increase time spent on physical activity during school hours, they negatively affect school performance, especially among the worst‐performing students. Further analyses reveal that increased restlessness during instruction time is a potential mechanism for this negative effect. Our results suggest that the commonly found positive effects of exercising or participating in sports on educational outcomes may not be generalizable to physical activity in everyday life. Policymakers and educators who seek to increase physical activity in everyday life need to weigh the health and well‐being benefits against the probability of increasing inequality in school performance.

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Testing quantum correlations with nuclear probes

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Narrative accounts of Origins: a blind spot in the intersectional approach?

This article uses a study of the life-story narratives of former classmates of Dutch and Moluccan descent to argue that the constructionist approach to intersectionality, with its account of identity as a narrative construction rather than a practice of naming, offers better tools for answering questions concerning intersectional identity formation than a more systemic intersectional approach. The case study also highlights the importance of the quest for origins in narratives. It demonstrates that theories of intersectionality are not justified in subsuming the issue of belonging under the identity marker of ethnicity, when all identities are performatively produced in and through narrative enactments that include the precarious achievement of belonging. The case study demonstrates that if narrative accounts of a (singular or collective) life fail to achieve narrative closure regarding roots, attempts to trace routes are seriously hampered.

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Islamitische basisscholen en sociale integratie

In 1988 werden in Nederland de eerste islamitische basisscholen opgericht. Sindsdien liggen de scholen regelmatig onder vuur. Critici vrezen dat religieuze segregatie de sociale integratie van kinderen belemmert. Dit artikel laat daarentegen, op basis van de resultaten van eerder onderzoek, zien hoe islamitische scholen kunnen bijdragen aan het wederzijdse proces van sociale integratie in de Nederlandse pluriforme samenleving. Verschenen in Religions, 13: 849.

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The insanity of endless growth

The authors consider the reality that endless economic growth on a finite planet is unsustainable, especially if society has exceeded ecological limits. The paper examines various aspects of society's endless growth predicament. It reviews the idea that there are 'limits to growth'; it then considers the 'endless growth mantra' within society. The paper then considers the 'decoupling' strategy and its merits, and argues that it is, at best, a partial solution to the problem. The key social problem of denial of our predicament is considered, along with the contribution of anthropocentric modernism as a worldview that aids and abets that denial. Finally, the paper outlines some potential solutions to our growth predicament. https://www.ecologicalcitizen.net/article.php?t=insanity-endless-growth https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/

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Maker Education

Over the past decade, the maker movement and in its slipstream maker education have attained worldwide popularity among educators, politicians, and the media. Makers’ enthusiasm for creative design and construction, using old and new tools has proven contagious, and is worth exploration and critical reflection by the community of engineering and technology education (ETE). This chapter describes what has been said about “making” by philosophers and educators; what maker education is, and what is new and not so new about it; why it has gained momentum; what the evidence is about its effectiveness and its possible weaknesses; and how mainstream technology education may benefit from maker education. This chapter concludes with ideas for a research agenda.

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Labour market participation of refugees in the Netherlands and the role of social enterprises

"Despite many efforts, people with a refugee background still have great difficulties to find a job on the Dutch labour market. This has adverse consequences for the economic independence of people with a refugee background, their social connections, personal development, health and general well-being, but also for employers as well as society in general. There are many sectors in the Dutch labour market with large, structural labor shortages, while at the same time much talent remains untapped. Meanwhile, more and more social enterprises in the Netherlands are stepping into this void, with the explicit goal to facilitate access to the labour market for people with a vulnerable position, including people with a refugee background. Consequently, these so-called work integration social enterprises (WISEs) are — by far — the dominant type of social enterprises in the Netherlands. Although the diversity between WISEs in terms of economic sectors, specific target groups and business models is large, the way in which they organize their key activities can serve as an example for regular employers, who still tend to think in problems rather than opportunities when it comes to employing people with a refugee background. At the same time, the impact of these social enterprises still remains relatively limited in comparison to the scale of the societal challenge. The aim of this study therefore is twofold: 1) to obtain a better understanding of the role of WISEs with regard to the sustainable labor participation of refugees, and 2) to assess the ways in which WISEs can scale their societal impact with respect to labour participation of refugees. These conference proceedings focus in particular on (new) forms of collaboration between WISEs and regular employers that aim to become more inclusive employers."

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Social work in a digital society

We live in a digital society which has significantly changed the information landscape affecting every aspect of our lives. The current wave of technological innovation is part of the context in which social work students, practitioners and service users and carers operate. Technology can improve the quality of our lives and learning and can potentially enrich social work practice but that depends on our active involvement. It will not happen without social workers moulding technology developments and uses to their own and service users' needs. However, the technology can also pose challenges and dangers. This chapter outlines some of the major issues when thinking about the digital society from a social work perspective.

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Oproep tot actie | Pleidooi voor een eco-sociale benadering van sociaal werk

Does stimulating physical activity affect school performance?

Testing quantum correlations with nuclear probes

Narrative accounts of Origins: a blind spot in the intersectional approach?