Projects
We are chemistry, development of educational materials and packages for chemistry teachers in the second stage of secondary education. University of Antwerp
Impact Modernization Secondary Education on Bachelor Secondary Education HOGENT
Research into relational and sexual education (RSV) among pupils with a disability in special secondary education schools in Flanders Ghent University
In an exploratory research project it will be investigated which contents children and young people with a disabilit are offered with regard to Relational-Sexual education in Flemish schools for special secondary education.
All Flemish BUSO schools are invited to participate.
Examples of good practice and of contents that need to be improved will be presented.
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 ...
A grammar of the school drama. About the creation of artistic space for contemplation in processes of theatre making as world-centred praxis in drama education of the Flemish Artistic Secondary Education (KSO). KU Leuven
Improving gender balance in the transition from STEM secondary education to STEM higher education in Rwanda KU Leuven
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education in general, and for girls in particular, is prominent in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Empirical research shows that gender imbalances in
attitudes towards STEM tend to be smaller in Sub-Sahara Africa, compared to the West; a trend confirmed in our 2021 Global Minds Multistakeholder research project implemented in Kayonza, Rwanda. Our data and
stakeholder ...
Analysis of pilot projects for differentiation in the last two years of primary education and 1B of secondary education KU Leuven
This research focuses on providing insight into the implementation processes of differentiation in the pilot projects in Flemish schools (Liège 1). Based on an innovation-theoretical framework with an eye for both action (giving meaning) and structural elements, case studies are made in which the conditions, determinants and effects of the developed differentiation practices are exposed.
Part 2 of the project takes the form of an ...
Heritage education as didactic method for controversial (and sensitive) topics in secondary education in Flanders Ghent University
History didactic/public history research on the link between heritage education and the didactic treatment of controversial (and sensitive) topics in secondary education in Flanders. The research question focuses on the use of heritage in the classroom to make controversial topics easier to discuss during history class.
The research consists of three core components. Firstly, the development of teaching packages in which working with ...