We are increasingly realizing that, as a result of technological developments and globalization, problems are becoming so complex that they can only be solved through cooperation between scientists from different disciplines. Healthcare, climate change, food security, globalization, and quality of life are just a few examples of issues that require scientists to work across disciplines. In many cases, extra-academic stakeholders must be involved in order to arrive at robust solutions. Young a...

We horen voortdurend oproepen dat leraren hoge verwachtingen moeten hebben, maar wat dit in de praktijk betekent wordt nooit duidelijk gemaakt. Leraren met hoge verwachtingen beschrijft de overtuigingen en werkwijzen van leraren met hoge verwachtingen en biedt leraren praktische handvatten om hun lessen te verbeteren en hun onderwijs anders in te richten. Zo ontstaan klassen waarin van alle leerlingen een veel hoger leerniveau wordt verwacht dan leraren voorheen misschien voor mogelijk hielde...

The common saying is that people have a culture. This book argues that people live a culture – which may explain why they are so affectively attached to it. By considering cultural interactions on a global scale, this book investigates how cultures can be understood in terms of conflict and cooperation, in relation to the nationstate, a multiplicity of worlds, society, civilization and community. It considers how culture is at the basis of the construction of individual and collective selve...