Projects
Research into cultural education and participation of small children (0-6 years) Ghent University
In this study we will go deeper into cultural education and cultural participation of the little ones (0 to 6 years). The choice for a study that specifically targets this age group is the result of the growing interest in the cultural participation and learning of this group. At the same time, the choice was motivated by the fact that although the practical and policy attention for cultural education and participation among the ...
Pilot project to strengthen teacher training courses KU Leuven
In this pilot project, a partnership is formed between (1) students and teachers of the courses 'Pedagogies and Internship of interdisciplinary STEM education' in the Master of Teaching Programme at KU Leuven, (2) the expertise center 'iSTEM inkleuren', (3) the pedagogical support services of the Flemish Provincial Education (POV) and those of the Public Education of the Flemish Community (GO!), and (4) teacher teams of four Flemish pilot ...
Towards a child-driven understanding of citizenship: children as co-researchers in search of their place in society. Ghent University
Over the past decades, the question of children’s status as democratic citizens has become a subject of debate and a topic of research in (inter)national practice, policy and academia. Within the existing body of literature, research on citizenship is merely confined to educational settings, focusing on children’s political socialisation in function of their adult-future. As such, the debate on children’s citizenship remains to a large extent ...
Victim-offender mediation as social work practice. Analysis of the influence of intitutional, pedagogical and life world oriented rationales on victim-offender mediation practice Ghent University
Previous research on victim-offender mediation revealed differences between juvenile and adult mediation in both conceptualisation and reach of mediation processes. This research analyses which institutional, pedagogical and life world oriented social interaction influence the construction process of het mediation practice and which interactions influence the construction of a distinction between participants and non-participants in mediation ...
Beyond patronizing? The area of tension between educationalization and commercialization in the lifeworld of children Ghent University
The starting point of this research lies in the economical (the child as consumer) and political changes (the child as citizen) that took place in the lifeworlds of children during the second half of the 20th century in the Western countries. This research aims at mapping the implications of these sociatal changes for our constructions of today's childhood as well as for the actual lifeworlds of children.
Here’s to the Greenhorn. A pedagogical study into the image problems of "HaFa" amateur bands and the role of adult novices KU Leuven
Dutch harmony and fanfare bands have long been important players in the amateur musical landscape of Flanders and its environs. In other words, they have a pioneering role in musically engaging a diverse audience, a pioneering role they have often been unable to fulfil in recent decades. There seems to be a general consensus, both in literature and in practice, that this is due to an image problem. Indeed, in the public eye, orchestras are ...
Conducting conducts: towards a radically 'classical' reconceptualization of general music education KU Leuven
My research starts out from a problematization of the concept and practice of general music education, as found in relevant literature, claiming that more and more contemporary discourses—political, artistic, pedagogical—question the need and possibility of including music in general educational curricula, at least as a distinct subject matter. Having analyzed (some of) the assumptions underlying these problematizations, I then move on to a ...
New measurement of pedagogical quality in childcare in Flanders, based own the scientifically instruments developed in the MeMoQ project Ghent University
On behalf of Agentschap Opgroeien we measure the proces and structural quality of childcare in Flanders. In 2015-2017 we measured the quality in a baseline study of 400 location. The present study will repeat the measurement in 300 location. In addition a surbey of managers and parent will be done. The project runs in cooperation with KU Leuven.
Stories of multilingualism: Connecting families and schools through visual narratives KU Leuven
Co-lingual-S tackles a well-documented disconnect between family- and school language policies regarding multilingualism by applying innovative visual methods to understand multilingual family life, and develop multilingual pedagogies in schools. Co-lingual-S sets out to 1) understand how family members’ intersected identities (such as the interplay between gender, language and migration status) shapes family roles and actions in creating ...