Zoekresultaten

Building connections for success

For delayed and long-term students, the education process is often a lonely journey. The main conclusion of this research is that learning should not be an individual process of the student connected to one lecturer, but rather a community where learning is a collective journey. The social interaction between lecturers, groups of delayed students and other actors is an important engine for arriving at the new knowledge, insights and expertise that are important to reach their final level. This calls for the design of social structures and the collaboration mechanism that enable the bonding of all members in the community. By making use of this added value, new opportunities for the individual are created that can lead to study success. Another important conclusion is that in the design and development of learning communities, sufficient attention must be paid to cultural characteristics. Students who delay are faced with a loss of self-efficacy and feelings of shame and guilt. A learning community for delayed students requires a culture in which students can turn this experience into an experience of self-confidence, hope and optimism. This requires that the education system pays attention to language use, symbols and rituals to realise this turn. The model ‘Building blocks of a learning environment for long-term students’ contains elements that contribute to the study success of delayed and long-term students. It is the challenge for every education programme to use it in an appropriate way within its own educational context. Each department will have to explore for themselves how these elements can be translated into the actions, language, symbols and rituals that are suitable for their own target group.

Employees’ motivation to invest in their sustainable employment

Demographic changes, such as the ageing of society and the decline of the birth rate, are gradually leading to the loss of valuable knowledge and experience in the Dutch Labour market. This necessitates an explicit focus on workers' sustainable employment so that they can add value to the organisation throughout their career. This study looks into the way in which the workers' motivation might affect their investments into their own sustainable employment. It was conducted in a major industrial service provider, Sitech Services. The conclusion is that intrinsic motivation plays an important role in both younger and older employees, and that the younger workers undertake more action in order to give physical form to their sustainable employment than their older colleagues.

Thinking in terms of values

Lectorale Rede. Een op waarden gebaseerde vastgoedstrategie stelt de onderneming in staat een competitieve strategie aan te gaan.De rode draad in het curriculum vitae van Jan Veuger (1966) is strategisch management van (maatschappelijk) vastgoed in het bedrijfsleven en de corporatiesector. Jan ronde zijn studie Master of Real Estate (MRE) in 2006 af op een onderzoek over governance van een woningcorporatie en samenhang van (kwaliteits)instrumenten. Hij is daarmee onderscheiden als beste student MRE in 2006. Jan is directeur van CORPORATE © Real Estate management, lector Maatschappelijk Vastgoed Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte Hanzehogeschool Groningen, lid Committee of quality certificates (CKV) bij Kwaliteitscentrum Woningcorporaties Huursector (KWH), toezichthouder bij vier verschillende regionale maatschappelijke organisaties (130 tot 2000 werknemers) op het gebied van onderwijs, jeugd- en ouderenzorg. Verder is Jan visitator, voorzitter stichting Kwaliteit Ontwikkeling Verbetering Onderhoudsbedrijven Nederland (KOVON), Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), auteur van 7 boek(del)en, 33 artikelen, 4 syllabi en 49 (onderzoeks)rapporten.

Ontwerpen voor gedragsverandering

Door het gericht inzetten van recente inzichten uit de gedragswetenschappen vergroot je niet alleen de slagingskans van je campagne, app of interactieve product, maar ben je bovendien in staat je conceptuele keuzes beter te onderbouwen en de effectiviteit van je interventie aan te tonen. [ Lees dit boekje online: zie Link (ISSUU); of bestel de 2e (herz.) ed. bij U Create. ]

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Profiles of Cultural Adaptation and Parenting Approach for Childhood Obesity in Lifestyle Interventions for Families With Young Children

Background and Objectives: Various interventions aim to reduce obesity and promote healthy lifestyles among different cultural groups.Methods: We have conducted a systematic literature review, following PRISMA guidelines (registered at https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/HB9AX), to explore profiles of cultural adaptation and parenting approach of lifestyle interventions for families with young children (1-4 years).Results: Our search (in CINAHL, ERIC, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and SSCI) yielded 41 studies reporting 31 interventions. Drawing on Intervention Mapping, we applied a newly developed framework with various indicators of cultural adaptation and a parenting approach to analyze interventions. Our review shows clear differences in the level of cultural adaptation. A categorical principal component analysis revealed 6 different empirical profiles of cultural adaptation.Conclusions: Based on our profiles, we discuss how cultural adaptation can be strengthened in the design of future early interventions aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle.