Projects
Physical education teachers inspiring young people towards engagement in lifelong physical activity?! A cross -cultural study. Ghent University
Physical inactivity is a one of the leading health risk behaviours related to the global
epidemic of obesity and chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases. The increasing
number of young people being inactive is therefore discouraging. Within schools, increasing
attention has been paid to the health-promoting role of physical education, as many
youngsters from all social backgrounds ...
Should I stay or should I go? Explaining the role of students in the development of attrition-inducing attitudes among teachers in secondary education in Flanders (Belgium). Ghent University
In Flemish secondary education, one in three starting teachers quits within five years. This indicates a profound dissatisfaction with teaching, often associated with increasing numbers of difficult-to-teach-students. Present research examines whether and how attrition-inducing attitudes associate with schools‘ student composition, considering students‘ culture. Uniquely, the research does not deal with teachers‘ perceptions of students, as ...
Evaluation of the education of teachers from the perspective of students and graduates Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Individual pupil guidance in primary and secondary education in Flanders: properties, predictors and relation to the teachers' perception of responsibilities and capability of acting. University of Antwerp
Lesson study: Together you will progress. A study into the usefulness and effectiveness of lesson study for the ongoing professional development of Physical Education teachers Ghent University
ICT in Teacher Education: Affordance versus Actual Use in Selected Teacher Education Programs in Ethiopia KU Leuven
The PhD research project aims to investigate ICT affordances and its actual use in pre service teacher education programs across the globe. To this effect, comprehensive available scientific evidence will be reviewed systematically which will be followed by study that analyzes the state-of-the-art in Ethiopian higher teacher education. Moreover, based on the study results, a model will be developed to enhance actual use of ICT in the study ...
Evaluation of teacher education from the perspective of training and educational institutions in compulsory education Ghent University
Research Questions 1. What is the profile of the student / learner which flows into teacher training? 2. What is the profile of the teacher educators, both in institutions and in the field? 3. How do teacher training, taking into account the various inflows, outflows that quality teachers? 4. What do teacher training for further professional development of trainers? 5. What is the profile of the flowing and flowing student / student in ...
Pre-service teachers, teachers and educational research: a longitudinal study on beliefs, attitudes and participation in educational research as a professionalisation strategy KU Leuven
The importance for teachers to possess a research-oriented attitude, of keeping up to date about and conducting educational research in the context of professional learning is widely described in literature. However, it appears that this is not evidently perceived this way by the entire professional group. In this research we want to investigate which beliefs and attitudes teachers have regarding educational research and how they are formed, ...