Projects
Unravelling self-regulated professional learning in contemporary challenging work environments. University of Antwerp
Professional Roles and Employability of Future EngineeRs KU Leuven
The PREFER project (Professional Roles and Employability of Future EngineeRs) aims to reduce the skills mismatch in the field of engineering: new engineering graduates frequently display a lack of transversal skills required by the labour market. Enterprises observe a lack of self-awareness among new engineering graduates of who they are as an engineer and what their strengths are. Despite appropriate levels of technical skills, enterprises ...
Professional identities in social work: an intergenerational perspective HOGENT
Continuous monitoring of internal end external game and trainingload in professional soccer: innovative possibilities for performance-optimalisation and injury prevention. KU Leuven
During last decade, technological advances during last decade allowed to quantify training and match load of elite team sports in a valid and reliable way. These developments have resulted in an increased use of player tracking tools, and, correspondingly, the increase in research output focusing on novel load indicators. Various studies in professional soccer have described the load during pre-season and in-season periods examining external ...
Revisiting health and social care in the community for disadvantaged elderly citizens: developing a socio-spatial professional orientation Ghent University
Little attention has been paid to the changing professional role of frontline community-based health and social care professionals throughout the transition towards a spatial rescaling of state responsibilities towards local communities. The research project will tackle 3 interrelated theoretical and empirical knowledge gaps, taking into account how health and social care professionals can shape community care for disadvantaged elderly ...
The role of professional learning communities in experienced and expert teacher learning Ghent University
In this doctoral thesis, we analyze the professional development of experienced teachers in Flemish primary and secondary schools. The school as a professional learning community in which teachers’ learning is stimulated throughout the entire career, is the key element in this research. Both influencing and outcome variables are investigated.
Factors Contributing to Success in Blended Learning - The Case of Language Teaching and Training in Academic and Professional Contexts. University of Antwerp
BIG_PICTURE - Developing data management and analytical tools to integrate and advance professional and citizen science camera-trapping initiatives across Europe Research Institute for Nature and Forest
1) Address human, technological, and analytical bottlenecks to generate a set of tools that will permit the large-scale and efficient processing, sharing, analysis, and exploitation of camera trap data on an unprecedented ...
URGENT UnderRepresented Groups of ENgineering sTudents: Role of professional awareness in inclusion KU Leuven
The shortage of engineering talent leads to a loss in economic output. This shortage-combat has to be fought on several fronts, one of them is attracting and retaining under-represented students. Driving diversity in engineering not only results in a more prosperous society, it also makes industry smarter. Research has shown that identity development and motivation have high impact on persistence and study success. In this interdisciplinary ...