Publications
Chosen filters:
Chosen filters:
Information and Communication Technology and Education: Meaningful Change Through Teacher Agency Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The quality of teachers is a very strong influence on the quality of ed-ucation. In an era when societies and technologies are changing rapidly, both the nature of the education that is appropriate and the means available for its delivery are also changing rapidly. Hence, if teachers are to contribute to the ongoing trans-formation of societies by transforming education through the use of technologies, they will need to engage in personal ...
Wheels of change. Insights into the professional development of teachers of Dutch as a second language KU Leuven
In the pursuit of high-quality education, the professional development of teachers is high on the agenda. The advancement of learners or students is after all closely linked to the quality of the teacher. It is therefore not surprising that research wants to examine how the quality of teaching can be increased. On the one hand, the focus of this type of research is on the impact of professional development initiatives: what are the ...
Surviving diversity in times of performativity: Understanding teachers' emotional experience of change KU Leuven
In this chapter we focus on the way teachers experience their job and their professional identity. Our narrative and biographical approach allows for an in-depth reconstruction of the political and moral tensions teachers experience; the pressure to reconceptualise their selves; and as a consequence the emotional quality of their work lives. We argue that the changes in the working conditions deeply affect teachers both in their professional ...
Do changes in instructional time, professional development of teachers and age of students explain changes in reading comprehension at the country level? An exploration of PIRLS 2006 and 2016 KU Leuven
Several international large-scale assessments in education take place every 3 to 5 years. piRlS (the progress in international Reading literacy Study) takes place every 5 years. if data from only one moment are considered, it is difficult to explain differences in achievement between countries. But we can also consider data from two (or more) years and focus on changes over time within each of the participating countries. following countries ...
Pre-Service Teachers’ Changes in Perspective: A Transformative Learning Experience During Teaching Practice in Remote Areas Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Experiencing unfamiliar environments tends to foster transformative learning. However, limited studies investigate how experiencing contrasting localities fosters transformative learning, such as teaching practice in remote areas by pre-service teachers who are from elsewhere. This study focuses on revealing pre-service teachers’ transformative learning experiences during their teaching practice by investigating the changes associated with their ...
Time spent on distance learning moderates changes in teachers' work-related well-being one year after the first school closures. KU Leuven
It is now well documented that school closures enforced at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic impaired teachers' well-being. Yet, only a few studies tracked changes in teachers' well-being during the subsequent phases of the pandemic, phases that were characterized by the discontinuous implementation of in-person teaching and distance learning. To fill this gap, we conducted a follow-up study at the end of the school year 2020-2021 (May-June ...
Uncovering changes in university teachers' professional networks during an instructional development program University of Antwerp
This study examined (1) the extent to which university teachers networks changed while they participated in an instructional development program, (2) which mechanisms supported or constrained network change, and (3) the extent to which value was created through networks. Longitudinal social network data combined with follow-up interviews were collected over a 2-year time frame from 16 university teachers participating in an instructional ...
Climate change and extreme weather conditions : applications of geosynthetics securing flood defenses and coastal protection Ghent University
This article presents an overview of climate change research, predictions of global sea level rise, the increasing effects on coastal and riverine areas all over the world and furthermore an extensive overview of geosynthetic applications for flood defenses and coastal protection. Sea level rise, an important consequence of climate change, will lead undeniably to increasing problems concerning the safety against flooding and major challenges in ...