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…
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…
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…
On Friday, 10 September 2021, at 16:15 hours exactly, Sofie Van den Eynde (University of Groningen and KU Leuven) will defend her thesis Blending of mathematics and physics: undergraduate students’ reasoning in the context of the heat equation. Due to Covid-19 regulations, only a…
Learn MoreThe ICO Office is taking a summer break, and will be closed from the 16 July until the 16 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. We will…
Learn MoreSave the date: 15 October 2021, 11:00-17:00 hours in Utrecht This year we join hands with the VPO (the VOR PhD Council) to organize the VPO-ICO PhD Day. Here you can get in touch with other PhD students. During the PhD day, we will…
Learn MoreOn Thursday, 1 July 2021, at 14:30 hours exactly, Marij Veldman (University of Groningen) will defend her thesis Better together, social outcomes of cooperative learning in the first grades of primary education. Due to Covid-19 regulations, only a limited number of people can physically attend…
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