Projects
From sensemaking to school improvement? Exploring educational professionals' use of school performance feedback KU Leuven
Purposeful and systematic data use has a positive impact on the quality of educational decisions (Rossi et al., 2004). However, research has shown that Flemish schools make limited use of pupil outcome data, benchmarks, standardized assessment and feedback from scientific research in order to shape their policy and practice (Van Gasse et al., 2015; Vanlommel et al., 2017). In this doctoral project, we investigated to what extent and in what ...
It takes a village to raise a child: A cooperative and co-creative response to school delay and early school leaving Karel De Grote Hogeschool
Patterns of school non-attendance: An optimal matching analysis of school attendance data. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
School, younsters, parents and neighbourhood: partners in the creation of an optimal school career. University of Antwerp
An ethnography of the importance of a particular school and broader social contexts in the development of ethnic stereotypes and experiences of racism and discrimination with secondary school students in Flanders. Ghent University
This study relies on ethnographic research in two Flemish secondary schools to explore ethnic minority students’ experiences with racism and discrimination, the ethnic stereotypes majority and minority groups develop of each other and the factors and processes explaining differences in experiences with racism ena discrimination and ethnic stereotyping.
THE DEMOCRATIC SCHOOL CLIMATE: ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AT SCHOOL KU Leuven
In this dissertation, I examine the relation between the democratic school climate and students’ engagement. Hence, I inspect the relation between the school context and students’ political knowledge, their political attitudes and their willingness to participate. On the one hand, the results of this dissertation provide evidence of the democratic school climate and the teachers’ role within the socialization process. On the other hand, this ...
School adjustment trajectories at the transition from kindergarten to elementary school. KU Leuven
Tránsito Educativo: a study on the impact of school transition programs in the secondary school trajectories of children from low socio-economic backgrounds Ghent University
The primary to secondary school transition is the first bottleneck in educational trajectories worldwide, resulting in low secondary school completion. This study aims to determine if and how an educational program to promote transitions from primary to secondary schools, as implemented in Uruguayan schools, impacts these transitions to secondary education of Uruguayan children, in particular of those with low socio-economic backgrounds. The ...
The contribution of student, teacher and school characteristics to secondary school students' reading comprehension Ghent University
This research project investigates which student, teacher, and school characteristics are related to secondary school students’ reading comprehension. Research objective 1 (RO1) studies the relationship between these characteristics at different levels in conjunction. RO2 specifically
focuses on generic key teaching/instruction mechanisms, and RO3 on the implementation and evaluation of a teacher professional development program aiming ...