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Belgian Literature in Secondary Education: integrating critical reading literacy and civic education KU Leuven

Elke D'hoker
English Literature, Leuven, Translation and Intercultural Transfer, Leuven, Translation Studies Research Unit, Brussels Campus
In a context of decreasing reading literacy and reading engagement of Flemish 15-year-olds (PISA) and a general lack of attention to Belgian literature in the curriculum, this research project aims to develop research-informed and practice-oriented didactic methods and teaching materials on Belgian literature for teaching critical reading literacy and civic education in the final two years of Flemish secondary education. Building on existing ...

Addressing Educational Inequalities in Flanders: An Exploration of the 'Commons' Framework in Secondary Education Ghent University

Lieve Bradt
Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy

This research explores the "commons" framework as a potential alternative to the prevailing neoliberal hegemony in education that excludes vulnerable youth. We explore its potential in current secondary education through two case studies. Through observations, interviews, focus groups and the implementation of two "commons" projects, we engage school boards, teachers, parents and students to identify barriers and opportunities.

We are chemistry, development of educational materials and packages for chemistry teachers in the second stage of secondary education. University of Antwerp

Annie Pinxten
Didactica, AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation), Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology
This project represents a formal research agreement between UA and on the other hand the Province of Antwerp. UA provides the Province of Antwerp research results mentioned in the title of the project under the conditions as stipulated in this contract.

Impact Modernization Secondary Education on Bachelor Secondary Education HOGENT

Marino Van Moortel
Research Centre for Learning in Diversity, HOGENT, UC Leuven Limburg
In this research project, we examine the impact of the modernization of secondary education on teacher training programs in Flanders. We investigate how undergraduate programs can train future secondary teachers to become change-ready educational professionals who are ready to function within a modernized and more diverse secondary education system. This is a PWO project initiated by University Colleges Leuven-Lumburg (UCLL), to which we, as ...

Research into relational and sexual education (RSV) among pupils with a disability in special secondary education schools in Flanders Ghent University

Geert Van Hove
Department of Special Needs Education

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

Jannick Demanet
Department of Sociology

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

Nancy Vansieleghem
Image Research Unit, Ghent Campus, Education and Society
Theatre always touches the world. The process of theatre-making offers time and space to reflect on the world together, after which the world is opened up to the public again in a transformed way.Based on this conviction, I explore in my research how, as a drama teacher in ‘woordkunst-drama’ as field of study in the Flemish Artistic Secondary Education (KSO), I can understand the drama class as and transform it into a rehearsal space where 'the ...

Bringing Up Thinking: Philosophy and Philosophy Education in Textbooks for Secondary Education KU Leuven

Griet Galle
Didactics of Philosophy
By analyzing and comparing philosophy textbooks for upper secondary education (ages 15-18) from different Western countries, we aim to investigate how philosophy is characterized, how philosophy education is shaped in these textbooks, and which factors influence this characterization of philosophy and its philosophical-didactic approach. To achieve these objectives, we will develop a theoretical framework for the comparative analysis of ...

Improving gender balance in the transition from STEM secondary education to STEM higher education in Rwanda KU Leuven

Cecil Meeusen
Sociology

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

Geert Kelchtermans
Centre for Innovation and the Development of Teacher and School

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 ...