Education
The ICO educational programme provides a conceptual basis and organizing framework with the aim of supporting PhD candidates to develop themselves to the highest possible level of professional researcher in the field of education and training. To this end, ICO establishes formal educational structures…
Theme Groups
The different elements in the ICO mission lead to the organization of the research programme into ‘thematic groups’. 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…
ICO Membership
Institutes of fourteen Dutch and Belgian universities participate in ICO. These universities constitute the inter-university graduate school ICO. To become a member of ICO, you have be appointed at one of the ICO universities, and should be employed in a faculty or institute participating…
Are you the new coordinator for ICO’s theme group 1?
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…
Learn MorePhD 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…
Learn MorePhD 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…
Learn MoreFor 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…
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