Projects
Inspecting school inspections: Describing and explaining (un)intended effects University of Antwerp
The Flemish School Inspection as a Lever for Educational Quality 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 ...
Development of key package for language exams French ans NT2 for teachers Hasselt University
Attention, please! Conceptualizations of attention and the psychologization of primary education, 1842-1980. KU Leuven
Starting from the contemporary problematization of 'attention deficit' (ADHD) in educational settings, this research project investigates the conceptualization of attention in philosophies of teaching between 1842 and 1980. Rather than starting from a theoretical and/or institutional perspective, as is the dominant trend within the existing scholarship, this study focuses on the attitudes of three educational actors (i.e. teachers, teacher ...