The METHODOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES research group (M. Decuypere, P. Onghena, & W. Van den Noortgate) focuses on quantitative and qualitative research methodology for educational research. Research lines include:
Research within this team is focussed on a selected number of topics within the domain of learning, teaching and management in education. Topics are: 1. professional development of teachers 2. self regulated learning 3. education technology 4. social affective aspects of learning and teaching, more specific: well being 5. school management, more specific: school culture and policy making capacity of schools 6. (study)career counseling ...
The Research Centre for Mathematics, Education, Econometrics and Statistics joins staff members who teach courses on mathematics, econometrics or statistics. The research of the group is rather heterogeneous and pertains to domains of mathematics (e.g., differential geometry), education (e.g, strategy choice and strategy development, numerical and mathematical cognition, problem solving, mathematics learning), econometrics (portfolio ...
The research in the Centre for Educational Effectivness and Evaluation focuses on the functioning of schools, teachers and classes.
Current studies deal with the school career of secondary school students and the effectiveness of schools.
The studies on the school career of students concentrate on the cognitive and non-cognitive effects of repeating classes, the transition from school to job, and the development of the academic ...
Objectives EDWE is a recently assembled research group, consisting of the former Educational Sciences Department and the Adult Education research group. Together they have defined three topics for research: - Educational change and innovation - Community building - Cultural education Within the first, change and innovation are studied on micro-level (learning and instruction), organizational level and national policy level. The second, ...
The Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences consists of 8 research units: Occupational & Organisational Psychology and Professional Learning; Brain and Cognition; Education, Culture and Society; Parenting and Special Education; Behaviour, Health and Psychopathology; Methods, Individual and Cultural Differences, Affect and Social Behavior; Education and Training; School Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development.