Publicaties
Starting from scratch: experimenting with computer science in Flemish secondary education Universiteit Gent
Gender differences in context : the impact of track position on study involvement in Flemish secondary education Universiteit Gent
Connecting sustainable development and heritage education? An analysis of the curriculum reform in Flemish public secondary schools Universiteit Gent
Development of Teacher Competences in Creating Powerful Learning Environments in vocational Secondary Education Vrije Universiteit Brussel
authentic problems individually and in group. Powerful learning environments could enforce these
learning processes. Research question: "Which critical desirable design principles can we define
to create a powerful learning environment in Secondary Vocational Education ? Method: We
combine different perspectives of teachers, students and ...
Towards a typology of occasional truancy: an operationalisation study of occasional truancy in secondary education in Flanders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The negative consequences of truancy for individuals, schools, communities and society in the short and long term are well documented. However, empirical research on truancy often takes only the frequency of the absence into account. As a consequence, truancy research has been dominated by the comparison of characteristics of truants with characteristics of non-truants. The purpose of the present study is to provide insight into the ...
A report on Minor and Major Peace. Peace Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in Flanders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Responding to students' learning needs: how secondary education teachers learn to implement differentiated instruction Vrije Universiteit Brussel
As student populations in schools become more diverse in many western countries, the urge for teachers to provide instruction that caters for students’ needs increases concurrently. Teachers however find it difficult to put differentiated instruction into practice. This study is based on an action research project that documented teachers’ professional development. Three teams of secondary education teachers were trained and coached to ...
Students’ Preferred Characteristics of LearningEnvironments in Vocational Secondary Education Vrije Universiteit Brussel
students, it is important for them to learn what motivates students to engage in
learning. Students have their own preferences on design characteristics of powerful
learning environments in vocational education. We developed an instrument - the
Inventory Powerful Learning Environments in Vocational Education - to measure
students' preferences ...