SUMMER BREAK ICO OFFICE

The ICO Office is taking a summer break, and will be closed from the 11th of July until the 19th of August. If you do have any questions, or information you want to share with us, do not hesitate to send an email to c.vonk@uu.nl….

PhD Defence Anne Tappel

On Friday 7 June 2024 Anne Tappel (University of Twente) has successfully defended her thesis The Sustainability of Educational Innovations. Congratulations!

PhD Defence Sharisse van Driel

On Thursday 23 May 2024 Sharisse van Driel (Open University of the Netherlands) has successfully defended her thesis Mining teachers’ minds in classroom management situations. Congratulations!

Mini-symposium: Self-regulated learning in higher education

website: https://www.ou.nl/en/-/mini-symposium-zelfregulerend-leren-in-het-hoger-onderwijs On the 27th of June 2024, we organize a scientific symposium for all who are interested in research on Self-Regulated Learning (SRL). This symposium is part of the NRO Overzichtsstudies voor het hoger onderwijs project called ‘The effectiveness of student-centered educational methods for self-regulated…

PhD Defence Lisa Kiltz

On Thursday 20 June, at 9.00 hours exactly, Lisa Kiltz (University of Groningen) will defend her thesis Fostering Student Well-being in Higher Education. Exploring individual and contextual factors through positive psychology and systemic lenses. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the…

ICO Course Programme 2024-2025

You can now register for our upcoming ICO Courses. Although we are still working on the programme for the next year, the first outline of the courses we will offer has been set up, starting in September; for more information see https://ico-education.nl/education/. The programme will…

How to avoid death by PowerPoint?

At our ICO National Spring School one of our PhD members noticed that the PowerPoint slides that were used, were not always supporting the presentation as they could have done. Slides with too much information, long sentences, or too many bullets and unreadable fonts…

PhD Defence Brigitte Theeuwes-De Bock

On Wednesday 29 May 2024,  at 10.00 hours exactly, Brigitte Theeuwes-De Bock (Leiden University) will defend her thesis Culturally responsive teaching in Dutch multicultural secondary schools. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at the Academiegebouw of Leiden University….

Invitation ICSEI thematic event on The use of evidence for policy-making in education

We kindly invite you to a thematic event on The use of evidence for policy-making in education, organized by ICSEI (the International congress on School Effectiveness and Improvement), in collaboration with research institute LEARN! (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and the Education University in Hong Kong….

ICO National Spring School 2024

18 & 19 April, Utrecht https://nss2024.ico-education.nl/ ICO welcomes you at the Marinus Ruppert Building of Utrecht University for the ICO Spring School 2024. On Thursday we will kick off with a Keynote speech by Christine Teelken on Post-PhD careers, followed by a lunch meeting…