Projects
Investigating elementary and (lower) secondary preservice teachers' mathematical content and pedagogical content knowledge in the rational number domain. KU Leuven
Pedagogical content knowledge in French: Disentangling its development KU Leuven
Teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) (Shulman, 1986b) is an important predictor of educational quality and student outcomes (e.g., Baumert et al., 2010; Kunter et al., 2013). Hence, it is an important task of teacher education to contribute to PCK development in the best possible way. The present project aims at a better understanding of the development of PCK. The project focuses on primary (pre-service) teachers’ PCK of French as a ...
Pedagogical content knowledge in a planetarium KU Leuven
Research has shown that the added educational value of planetariums (for visiting school groups) only emerges if the planetarium educators incorporate educational theory-driven and research-confirmed practices of (formal) school science education into the planetarium learning environment. After all, planetarium educators, like teachers, set out learning goals they want to achieve with the students, guide the students through the content, and ...
Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge in an Ethnically Diverse Society KU Leuven
A crucial part of teacher preparation is equipping them with the necessary knowledge base. But currently, educational research lacks a tailored conceptualization and an assessment tool of teacher knowledge regarding ethnocultural diversity. This is a critical research challenge that this project will address by offering a novel conceptual framework which captures the general, pedagogical and subject-specific knowledge regarding ethnocultural ...
Research and the development of the pedagogical content knowledge of teachers in training, teachers and teacher educators PAV KU Leuven
High expectations are rightly placed on the school subject of 'Project General Subjects' PAV, but they are not easily met. This project addresses these by developing: 1) modules to support the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of students, teachers and teacher trainers PAV on Flemish Qualification Level (VKS) 6-7 in order to design functional, powerful and integrated learning environments; 2) modules in function of the acquisition of the ...
From Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge to ICT-integration in primary education. Ghent University
Given the increasing emphasis on the requirement for teacher to become proficient in the use of ICT, the goals of this study are (1) to explore the potential of TPCK for ICT-integration in primary education and (2) to evaluate the ompact of teacher design teams as a mean to further develop TPCK-competencies for ICT-integration in science education.
Developing and validating didactic teaching methods in chemistry education: focus on the (pedagogical) knowledge acquisition of students within the concept 'chemical reaction'. KU Leuven
This project has two aims: a. To conduct and report didactic research within the field of educating the concept ‘chemical reaction’. b. To develop and implement innovative, off- and online, experiments to be used by students in a secondary school (16-18 years old). Digital material, f.i. Pasco, will be used. Study days at the KULeuven are developed on the basis of the latest follow-up in the scientific literature and the social needs. During ...