Projects
(Re)constructing educational practice: Relationships, time and space KU Leuven
This research programme focusses on conceptualising and analysing educational practice as a relational accomplishment, emerging from the resources and constraints in particular socio-structural contexts. The success (or failure) of an educational practice is thus not considered a function of the cognition or competences of individual teachers (or the lack thereof). It is rather seen as a quality of the relationship developing between actors ...
Thinking about Religious Education as 'Pag-alalay': A postcolonial, empirical and theological study into the theory and practice of Catholic religious education in the Philippines KU Leuven
For contexts like the Philippines, where the majority of the people are religious and where the Catholic religion has been entangled with a history of oppression of peoples, the challenge for religious education is to reimagine both the content and methodology of religious education. Thereby it is important that it promotes inclusive care and just relations inside and outside the classroom. In dialogue with postcolonial theory, practical ...
Citizenship education in times of changing and innovation in Flemish education and global uncertainty: theory and practice – Historical Empathy as pedagogical-didactical tool for controversial and historical sensitive topics Ghent University
OBPWO research: social inequality in the transition from primary to secondary education: an investigation into the conduct of the practice orientation Ghent University
questions: 1) What factors determine the choice of study in the transition from primary to secondary education? Metn name. (A) what is the relative importance of ascribed characteristics - such as gender, socio-economic and ethnic origin, level of education parents - versus acquired characteristics - such as school performance and delay, but also interests of the student? (B) What role kenmerkenn of the school, such as location (urban / ...
Social sustainability in Landscape and Garden Architecture: toward a dialogue in education and practice HOGENT
Thematical reviews for education practice Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Learning as shared practice. Towards a new understanding of education in monastic communities of the High Middle Ages Ghent University
The project aims to re-evaluate education in monastic contexts of 11th-12th century by relying on the concept of “community of practice” and thus stressing active social participation in the processing of knowledge, beliefs and attitudes. This will be achieved through a comparative analysis of the preserved monastic correspondence, which will address the contents, contexts and perception of the learning process.
Implementing sustainability education in higher education: Revisiting the scholarly debate, policymaking, and practices from a Kenyan perspective Ghent University
The SHEK-project revisits the debate about competencies and employability in education for sustainable development (ESD) from a sub-Saharan African perspective. It conducts a comparative policy analysis of ESD and sustainable higher education policies in Belgium and Kenya, a comparative analysis of ESD implementation in a Belgian and Kenyan university, and action research on curriculum redesign in a Kenyan university.
Theorizing contemporary higher education: investigating study practices KU Leuven
This research is aimed at the development of a theoretical account of higher education today. The main concern is the question what it means to study today. This happens, more specifically, from a praxeological perspective, i.e. from an investigation into the meaning of study practices. This happens furthermore against the background of a post-disciplinary and domain-oriented approach. The objective of the project is to come to a precise and ...