PhD Defence Floor Kamphorst
On Wednesday 15 December 2021 at 10:15 hours exactly, Floor Kamphorst (Utrecht University) will defend her thesis “Introducing Special Relativity in Secondary Education”. Due to Covid-19 regulations, only a limited number of people can physically attend the public defence. For that reason, the defence can…
PhD Defence Daury Jansen
On Wednesday, 8 December 2021 at 16:00 hours exactly, Daury Jansen (University of Amsterdam) will defend his thesis “Shadow education in the Netherlands: The position of shadow education in the educational landscape and students’ school careers”. Supervisor is Prof. M.L.L. Volman. The co-supervisors are Dr…
For all ICO PhDs: Fill in the ICO Monitor 2021
The ICO PhD Monitor 2021 is now available online, and we would truly appreciate it if you would complete this questionnaire before February 1, 2022. We would like to remind you that completing the monitor is obligatory for all ICO PhD candidates. Also fill out…
Save the date: ICO National Spring School 2022
We would like to invite all ICO Members to ICO’s 11th national networking event: the ICO National Spring School, on 17-18 March, 2022, at the University of Twente. website: https://sites.google.com/view/ico-nss-2022/ Networking event The ICO National Spring School (NSS) is our biennial, two-day networking event…
PhD Defence Elske van den Boom-Muilenburg
On Thursday 11 November 2021, 12:30 hours exactly, Elske van den Boom-Muilenburg (University of Twente) will defend her thesis “The role of school leadership in schools that sustainably work on school improvement with professional learning communities”. Due to Covid-19 regulations, only a limited number of…
PhD Defence Stephanie Meeuwissen
On Friday, 12 November 2021 at 14:00 hours exactly, Stephanie Meeuwissen (Maastricht University) will defend her thesis Team learning at work: Getting the best out of interdisciplinary teacher teams and leaders promotores: Mirjam oude Egbrink (promotor)Wim Gijselaers (promotor)Ineke Wolfhagen (co-promotor) Link to the dissertation at…
Synergy Awards ’22: calling PhD students!
Calling all PhDs in the Social Sciences and the Humanities: are you ready to make an impact on society? Scientific impact matters Young researchers often are at the forefront of scientific innovation, but don’t always have the time, network or financial means to translate…
PhD Defence Rineke Keijzer-Groot
On Thursday, 18 November 2021 at 11:15 hours exactly, Rineke Keijzer-Groot (Leiden University/Hogeschool Rotterdam) will defend her thesis Vocational identity of at-risk youth – Tailoring to support career chances. Due to Covid-19 regulations, only a limited number of people can physically attend the public defence….
Collaborative Curriculum Design for Sustainable Innovation and Teacher Learning
by Jules Pieters, Joke Voogt and Natal Pareja Roblin (eds.) Open Access: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030200619 This open access book provides insight into what it takes to actively involve teachers in the curriculum design process. It examines different aspects of teacher involvement in collaborative curriculum design, with…
ICO is looking for theme group coordinators
The research of ICO’s members has been grouped into “themes”. These thematic groups can be regarded as Special Interest Groups. The thematic groups are responsible for the organization of ICO’s thematic courses and also contribute to the ICO biennial National and International Schools and…