Projects
Inspecting school inspections: Describing and explaining (un)intended effects University of Antwerp
Evaluation of internal inspections of schools University of Antwerp
The Flemish School Inspection as a Lever for Educational Quality University of Antwerp
Old school bacteriology revisited: need for in-depth knowledge on bacterial growth to tune diagnosis of bloodstream infections for use in low resource settings Institute of Tropical Medicine
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 ...
Conceptualisations of school leadership. A literature review ordered by the Flemish Education Council. KU Leuven
Analysis 'Evaluation Inspection 2.0' University of Antwerp
Screening as a lever for educational quality: state of affairs and embedding in a system-wide quality monitoring system KU Leuven
This research project provides insight into the effects of the Inspection 2.0 screening approach in Flemish compulsory education and in which (f)actors (inspection, school, user and context) play a role in explaining the effects of inspections in schools. The research also describes how competent Flemish principals and teachers are in the use of the so-called OK- framework (Frame of reference for Educational Quality) and how variation in this ...
The freedom of education. A study of pedagogical freedom and its impact on Flemish education policy. KU Leuven
This research project deals with the constitutional rights surrounding educational policy in Belgium and Flanders. It examines to what extent “pedagogical freedom” (“vrijheid van richting”), i.e. the freedom of schools and educators to determine the content of their education and the pedagogical method, as part of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of education limits public authorities when they regulate education.
Firstly, the ...