Projects
Short and long term effects of Environmental Education for Sustainable Development University of Antwerp
NME within PROVANT. Nature and environmental education in the Province of Antwerp: targeted and effective? University of Antwerp
Grundtvig - Botanic Gardens: new tools for environmental education Meise Botanic Garden
In order to produce vital knowledge for researchers, citizens, museum professionals, and policymakers, this project integrated historical studies with a wider contextual examination of the role of these gardens in ...
Analyzes based on PISA data in the context of the environmental analysis of education and training in 2009 Ghent University
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in member and non-member nations of 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading. It was first performed in 2000 and then repeated every three years. It is done with a view to improving education policies and outcomes.
470,000 15-year-old ...
Suppression of asthma through education of airway epithelial cells by environmental microbial exposure Ghent University
The prevalence of allergic asthma rised significantly in the last 50 years. Epidemiological studies have shown that this trend might be caused by lifestyle changes in the Western world and by a reduction in the incidence of infectious diseases. Conversely, growing up on a farm or in a house with high endotoxin in the home environment has been shown to offer protection from allergy.
How these factors can influence the development of ...
Environnemental education program in Virunga National park Meise Botanic Garden
Innovative online learning environments: using business case studies in higher education (E3Cases). University of Antwerp
A tension between the design and reception of learning environments in higher education: Instructional knowledge as an influencing factor KU Leuven
Contrary to prevailing assumptions, students do not blindly adhere to the expectations and prescriptions imposed on them by the learning environments they encounter. Instead, they appeal to their prior knowledge to interpret these expectations and prescriptions, adjusting their behaviors accordingly. As such, research suggests that students’ knowledge of micro-level education – referred to here as their ‘instructional knowledge’ – often ...
Dealing with difficult behaviour in inclusive education environments Ghent University
We see that education professionals do have an eye for pupils with difficult behaviour, but in education it is often difficult to deal with this (Onderwijsraad, 2010). We aim to adopt a socio-ecological perspective on behaviour and assume that behaviour arises in relation and never in isolation (Roorda, Koomen, Split & Oort, 2011; Furrer & Skinner, 2003). It emerges in interaction with the environment. Several methods that focus on ...