This study answers the question ‘Is there a relationship between the perception of the pupils and the teachers on the cooperative skills of the pupils and the actual cooperative skills of the...Show moreThis study answers the question ‘Is there a relationship between the perception of the pupils and the teachers on the cooperative skills of the pupils and the actual cooperative skills of the pupils in elementary Montessori education?’ A mixed method cross sectional design including 330 pupils and 12 teachers from elementary Montessori education is used in order to compare the perceptions of the pupils and teachers on the cooperative skills of the pupils to the actual cooperative skills of the pupils. The findings of the study suggest that: There is a relationship between the perception of the pupils and the perception of the teachers on the cooperative skills of the pupils; There is no relationship between the perception of the pupils on their cooperative skills and their actual cooperative skills; There is no relationship between the perception of the teachers and the actual cooperative skills of the pupil; Teachers believe especially communicative skills are necessary for effective cooperative learning. The findings indicate that there is a mismatch between the perception of pupils and teachers and the actual cooperative skills. Therefore it is desirable in research and in education to draw more attention to the perception on cooperative skills. It is also found that the questionnaires used in this study to measure cooperative skills of pupils might not measure cooperative skills correctly. It is desirable to further validate the questionnaire to this subject.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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This thesis is a result of anthropological research that I conducted at the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden (Museum of Ethnology). The research is about the change in the organization of the museum in...Show moreThis thesis is a result of anthropological research that I conducted at the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden (Museum of Ethnology). The research is about the change in the organization of the museum in the last 25 years. The change of organization had an influence on the decision making process and consequently on the image that is being formed in exhibitions. The aim of this thesis is to explain how image-forming is been done in a decision making process. Specifically I will do this in relation to permanent and temporary Indonesian exhibitions at the museum. I use the term ‘imagined community’, introduced by Benedict Anderson, to show that the image that is formed in Indonesian exhibitions is an imagined one. When the museum went through a change of organization in the 1990’s, it also redecorated the exhibition halls. For the discussion on the new design of the museum I use the distinction made in Sally Price’s book ‘“primitive art in civilized places” between objects displayed in art and ethnology museum. As a case study I will describe my internship at the Volkenkunde Museum on the Queen Wilhelmina doll collection.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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This thesis investigates the ways in which metalfans in the Netherlands cope with prejudice and stigma. This thesis explores the collectivity of metalfans in order to explain how the group they...Show moreThis thesis investigates the ways in which metalfans in the Netherlands cope with prejudice and stigma. This thesis explores the collectivity of metalfans in order to explain how the group they belong to attaches great importance to authenticity. The concept of authenticity is used to show how the issues that contribute to prejudice and stereotypes about metalfans and the metalscene, are also the issues that contribute to being a more authentic metalfan. Another major issue is the indiffernt reaction of metalfans to their stigmatization and the prejudices that exist, which is in conclusion also explained through the authenticity concept.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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The thesis looks at how collectors of three types of dolls (Barbie, Blythe, Ball-jointed dolls)shape their collections, how they form a relationship with the collected objects and how collectors...Show moreThe thesis looks at how collectors of three types of dolls (Barbie, Blythe, Ball-jointed dolls)shape their collections, how they form a relationship with the collected objects and how collectors interact with each other both online and offline.Show less
Het overkoepelend doel van dit onderzoek is het ontwikkelen van een betrouwbaar en valide monitoringsysteem dat het leergedrag van leerlingen op een eenvoudige wijze in kaart kan brengen. In dit...Show moreHet overkoepelend doel van dit onderzoek is het ontwikkelen van een betrouwbaar en valide monitoringsysteem dat het leergedrag van leerlingen op een eenvoudige wijze in kaart kan brengen. In dit onderzoek wordt onderzocht welke leergedragingen ( “aan taak”, “niet aan taak”, “storend gedrag” en “actief leergedrag”) van de Student Behavior Observation Form (SBOF) betrouwbaar zijn. Om dit vast te stellen is de interbeoordelaarbetrouwbaarheid en test-hertestbetrouwbaarheid berekend. Ook is gekeken in welke mate het leergedrag (van de twee onderzoeksdagen) per individu verschilt en of het leergedrag verschillend is per type leerling. De steekproef bestond uit 30 brugklasleerlingen uit het voortgezet onderwijs in de leeftijd van 13 tot 15 jaar. De interbeoordelaarsbetrouwbaarheid van de leergedragingen “aan taak”, “niet aan taak” bleek hoog (>80%). Uit de correlatieanalyse bleek dat de scores van het “aan taak” en “niet aan taak” leergedrag op de twee onderzoeksdagen redelijk samen hangen. Meer dan de helft van de leerlingen lieten matig of veel verschil in het “aan taak” leergedrag zien. Dit verschilde niet per type (zeer goed, goed of minder goed) leerlingen.Show less
In dit onderzoek waaraan 58 laag functionerende kinderen met ASS uit Zuid-Holland hebben deelgenomen, is onderzocht welke spelhandelingen kinderen met ASS verrichtten en wat de effecten van...Show moreIn dit onderzoek waaraan 58 laag functionerende kinderen met ASS uit Zuid-Holland hebben deelgenomen, is onderzocht welke spelhandelingen kinderen met ASS verrichtten en wat de effecten van speltraining daarop waren. Daarbij is onderzocht wat de invloed was van taalbegrip en -productie op deze effecten. Bij kinderen met ASS verloopt de spelontwikkeling anders (Van Berckelaer-Onnes, 2003) en ook hun taalbegrip en -productie zijn trager ontwikkeld (Lewis, Boucher, Lupton & Watson, 2000). De kinderen uit het huidige onderzoek lieten voornamelijk simpel manipuleren en combinatiespel zien. Uit het onderzoek met een behandel- en controlegroep design kwam naar voren dat speltraining een groot effect heeft op het aantal spelhandelingen van de kinderen. De toename in spelhandelingen was vooral te zien bij het spelniveau simpel manipuleren en combinatiespel. Wat betreft de invloed van taal kwam naar voren dat bij de kinderen die meer taal begrepen en produceerden, het repertoire aan functionele spelhandelingen was uitgebreid na de speltraining. In een wetenschappelijk experiment is aangetoond dat speltraining grote effecten heeft op het spelgedrag van laagfunctionerende kinderen met ASS. Speltraining is in deze studie een betrouwbaar en effectief middel gebleken om het repertoire aan spelvaardigheden van deze kinderen te vergroten. Temeer omdat uit dit onderzoek is gebleken dat het taalniveau van de kinderen weinig tot geen invloed had op de effecten van de speltraining. Het is belangrijk dat ook kinderen met ASS spelen, omdat spelen de sociale, cognitieve, emotionele, lichamelijke en psychologische ontwikkeling bevordert (Hellendoorn & Van Berckelaer-Onnes, 2002; Lewis, 1993; Hughes, 2010).Show less
In the present study, the relation between caregiver sensitivity and child temperament in home-based childcare in the Netherlands was investigated. Eighty caregivers, children (between the age of...Show moreIn the present study, the relation between caregiver sensitivity and child temperament in home-based childcare in the Netherlands was investigated. Eighty caregivers, children (between the age of 11 and 43 months) and their parents participated in this study. Temperament was reported by parent and caregiver using the Toddler Behavior Assessment Questionnaire. Caregiver sensitivity was measured with the Caregiver Interaction Scale during home visits. We did not find a relation between sensitivity and temperament. The results of this study indicate inconsistency in parent and caregiver reports of child temperament. Except for the subscale Activity, there were no significant correlations between corresponding subscales for parents and caregivers. On average, parents report more aggression than caregivers. The educational level of the caregiver is the only significant predictor of caregiver sensitivity. The present study gives reason for further investigating the interaction between temperament and sensitivity in different contexts. This could provide us with more insight into the concept of temperament and its relation to the child’s environment.Show less
In spite of the skeptical forecasts in the early 1990s when Brazil’s transition to democracy process was starting, this presidential regime is now considered stable. Therefore, the analyses in...Show moreIn spite of the skeptical forecasts in the early 1990s when Brazil’s transition to democracy process was starting, this presidential regime is now considered stable. Therefore, the analyses in political sciences today seek rather to explain how this process has evolved than to recommend profound changes in the system’s direction. This work is based on one of such theories, called the “Executive toolbox”. Its proponents contend that the president has tools that enable him or her to bring stability to the system through a balanced use of a set of tools in the Executive-Legislative relations. One of such tools is the budgetary prerogatives of the president - which, in the Brazilian case, include the liquidation of individual amendments of MPs. This thesis will study pork barrel politics in Brazil in comparative perspective and in relation to other tools in the president’s kit, especially with coalition goods. An existing debate in Brazilian literature about pork is taken as starting point and qualitative research methods are used including media analysis and personal interviews with Brazilian MPsShow less
Deze paper beschrijft de het proces van vrouwenbesnijdenis bestrijding in Mali, Mauritanië en Somalië. Hierbij is ook gekeken in hoeverre deze regimes gevoelig zijn voor druk van binnenlandse en...Show moreDeze paper beschrijft de het proces van vrouwenbesnijdenis bestrijding in Mali, Mauritanië en Somalië. Hierbij is ook gekeken in hoeverre deze regimes gevoelig zijn voor druk van binnenlandse en transnationale organisaties tijdens de bestrijding van vrouwenbesnijdenis.Show less
The purpose of this thesis is to explore and test whether framing climate change as a security issue impacts the way non-state actors can participate in national and global climate change...Show moreThe purpose of this thesis is to explore and test whether framing climate change as a security issue impacts the way non-state actors can participate in national and global climate change policymaking. While it has been argued, in general terms, that securitizing an issue creates a state-centric security response, it has yet been untested to what extent this impacts environmental NGOs and civil society in climate change policymaking. After an analysis of the discourse on climate change over the past decade, I posit that since 2007 we have seen and will continue to see an increase of environmental NGOs indirectly excluded from climate change decision-making processes by states. This thesis, therefore, contends that climate change should be de-securitized and approached with a multidimensional climate change framework, incorporating a green theoretical standpoint. Drawing from an extensive questionnaire and two case-studies, I evaluate the role of non-state actors in climate change policymaking. The results suggest that the more climate change is framed as a security issue, the more non-state actors are indirectly excluded from climate change policymaking.Show less
Advanced master thesis | Political Science (Advanced Master)
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Trans-boundary rivers are shared by multiple sovereign states, creating conflicting demands on the river’s resources and further complicating already difficult political legacies. This combination...Show moreTrans-boundary rivers are shared by multiple sovereign states, creating conflicting demands on the river’s resources and further complicating already difficult political legacies. This combination hinders cooperation over the communal resource and makes trans-boundary river basins areas of conflict. To resolve such conflicts, the involvement of a third party mediator with the capabilities to offer incentives to reluctant riparians, coupled with the creation of a management institution to address conflicts as they arise, offers the best means of addressing both the short term issues of getting states to agree to a cooperative arrangement for the river and the long term commitment problems that would lead states to renege on the agreement. This thesis will explore the utility of the combined short and long-term approach to mediate trans-boundary river conflicts by examining the mediation and resolution of the Indus River conflict between India and Pakistan. The lessons learned are then used to investigate the unresolved conflict between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq over the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and offer ways of managing the conflict.Show less
