How do you become a successful teacher? As a new teacher you need to learn how to establish specific routines and procedures. However, it takes more than learning the ‘tricks of the trade’ to become a qualified teacher. The Teachers’ Handbook meets the needs of future teachers who require tool…

Pathways to Empowerment helps counsellors to master an attitude and acquire the competences needed to do strength-based work with clients. The chapters provide practical insights by means of case studies and quotes from clients and counsellors. Each chapter concludes with some assignments. The publication has been included in the Effective Social Interventions database (Databank Effectieve sociale interventies; Dutch only) of Dutch knowledge institute Movisie as being ‘well-founded’.

Vraag je je weleens af waarom we ‘fijn weekend’ zeggen, maar ‘fijne avond’? Heb je nog steeds problemen met de plaats van ‘niet’ in de zin? Weet je of de koffie op tafel ‘ligt’, ‘staat’ of ‘zit’? En vind je ‘er’ ook zo’n lastig woordje? 77 puntjes op de i biedt een verzameling onderwerpen waar je als anderstalige moeite mee kunt hebben, zelfs als je het Nederlands al op een hoog niveau beheerst. De onderwerpen zijn onderverdeeld in de categorieën grammatica, woordkeus en uitspraak. Je krijgt uitleg over grammaticaregels, toelichting bij de betekenis van woorden en uitspraakinformatie.

In Diversity competence, interpersonal communication forms the point of departure: the meeting of people, not of cultures. From there onwards, the authors describe what diversity competence entails: which processes, challenges and skills are relevant in a ‘superdiverse’ world. The TOPOI model consequently offers an inclusive, communicative approach to analyze and address potential miscommunication.

Practice-based research in (allied) healthcare teaches you to specifically examine practical problems, appreciate existing research, critically assess scientific articles, and come up with solutions to practical problems. The book offers healthcare students in higher education practical support when learning about evidence-based practice and practice-based research during their entire studies, a good preparation for their final thesis, and a basis for working in their professional practice.

Het boek Art-Based Learning is een uniek handboek voor toekomstige docenten in het kunst- en cultuuronderwijs. Het helpt ze om samen met hun studenten te onderzoeken hoe kunst kan bijdragen aan het ontwikkelen van een creatieve en onderzoekende geest.

The aim of this book is to provide students and other interested readers with an up-to-date introduction to economic geography, applied to the Netherlands and beyond. . It provides an overview of what economic geography studies and summarizes and explains its main approaches.

Writing a proper scientific text is not an easy job. Academic reality is complex, and text requirements differ per discipline and per writing task. Then there is your research, the basis for your text, which also demands attention.…

To be able to understand and speak a language well, you need to know the rules of that language. Ideally, learning these rules should be as enjoyable and easy as possible. This is where this book and its accompanying website come into the picture: English Grammar through Dutch Eyes is a contrastive…

For second-language writers, academic writing in English can be very challenging. Non-native English students can apply structural, linguistic and stylistic skills and strategies, to help them produce English academic texts. This book aims to increase learners’ awareness and understanding of these…