Projects
The freedom of education. A study of pedagogical freedom and its impact on Flemish education policy. KU Leuven
This research project deals with the constitutional rights surrounding educational policy in Belgium and Flanders. It examines to what extent “pedagogical freedom” (“vrijheid van richting”), i.e. the freedom of schools and educators to determine the content of their education and the pedagogical method, as part of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of education limits public authorities when they regulate education.
Firstly, the ...
GO ALL for learning! Strengthening shared educational and transformational leadership through learning communities aimed at preventing and remedying learning disabilities University of Antwerp
(How) Do school inspections affect the professional identity of teachers: emotions as obstacle or catalyst? University of Antwerp
Structured disadvantage in tertiary education opportunities? The role of secondary school composition, structure, and processes in higher education enrollment and success. Ghent University
I propose to investigate whether higher education opportunities differ according to the attended secondary school’s social and ethnic composition. Explanations for compositional effects are sought in secondary school’s resources, facilities, and strategy for career counseling, and students’
and teachers’ attitudes, practices, and cultures in secondary education. Moreover, I study the role of higher education processes in inequality in ...
Building the awareness - education campaign to improve traffic safety for high school children in Vietnam Hasselt University
Migration & Equal Opportunity in Education – a human rights law analysis KU Leuven
Belgium is a country of immigration. Labor migration, colonial migration, the arrival of different international institutions and membership of the EU, have brought a growing amount of non-Belgians into the country. Their influence on Belgian demographics is significant, most importantly so among children. Almost thirty percent of Flemish children have a foreign background, with ten percent having no Belgian nationality. However, the Flemish ...
With a little help from my teacher: The role of teacher-student interactions in peer victimization at school KU Leuven
Bullying and peer victimization are persistent problems in schools. Victimized students are at risk of experiencing many negative consequences in the short and long run. Although teachers are considered important interaction partners at school and key adults in the prevention and reduction of peer victimization, their role in victimization processes has only recently been investigated. The main goal of this dissertation was to examine the ...
School choice and segregation: determinants, effects and policy KU Leuven
We investigate the determinants and effects of school segregation, a socially and economically relevant topic. Not only does social segregation have severe democratic consequences, it also impacts educational outcomes and hampers an efficient allocation and production of human resources. First, we investigate how preferences for socio-economic and ethnic group composition lead to school segregation. We estimate and simulate school choice ...
Empowering teachers in primary education to keep students in educational systems and train executive functions in their students as a guarantee for future success KU Leuven
Education is the key that will allow many other Sustainable Development Goals of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to be achieved. When people are able to get quality education they can break from the cycle of poverty. Education therefore helps to reduce inequalities and to reach gender equality. In Ethiopia where 44% of its 95+ million population being aged between 0 and 14 years, efforts to improve education have a huge potential ...