Ghent University Department of Education: Context and research perspectives
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Ghent University Department of Education: Context and research perspectives PISA team Department of Education – Ghent University – Belgium Beijing – July 24-25, 2009
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Ghent UniversityDepartment of Education:
Context and research perspectives
PISA teamDepartment of Education – Ghent
University – BelgiumBeijing – July 24-25, 2009
Structure
• Context of the university• Faculty of Psychology and educational
sciences• Department of education
– Research perspectives– Collaborative activities
• Discussion
Context: Belgium - Flanders
Ghent in Belgium
Context
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Context
• Ghent University: State funded
• Official language: Dutch (Belgium 3 languages)
• 30.000 students• Research University• Full university: 11 faculties
Context
• Ranking– 2005 The Scientist: 11th position in world– 2005 Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University :• 127th position in World Top 500
• 43th position in European Top 100.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
• 4 programmes– Psychology (Bachelor & Masters)– Social Work (Masters)– Educational Sciences (Bachelor & Masters)– Academic Teacher Education (post master programme)
• Educational Sciences– 3 strands
• Pedagogy and Instructional sciences• Special Education• Social Work
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department of Education
Department of Education
• Largest educational department (75 staff members)– 9 professors– 13 teaching and research assistants– 12 practice assistants– 40 research staff
• Involved in 3 teaching programmes of the faculty– Pedagogy and Instructional Sciences– Social Work– Academic Teacher Education
• Involved in teaching programmes outside faculty– Engineering education– Physical Education– Logopedics and Audiology (medical sciences)
Department of Education: research
• Strong Research focus- Culture and literacies- Quality assurance in education (performance indicator studies ~
PISA – TIMSS - PIAAC)- ICT in higher education- Innovation in formal education- Professional development of Teachers- Management of Education- Management of Higher Education- Scientific Literacy- Adult education
- Output orientation: ISIExclusive orientation on
Ouput orientation
• ISI indexed journal articles
• Evidence-based orientation
Examples of PhD Research titles– G. N. Basaza: elearning in Uganda ~ teacher education– S. Chikasha: elearning in Zimbabwe ~engineering– K. Chiluiza: elearning in Teacher education in Ecuador– M. Desmet: peer tutoring in online learning– B. De Wever: discussion groups in medical and educational
sciences– E. Burny: time conceptions in primary school– S. Timmers: collaborative learning in pharmacy education– C. Zhu : elarning and cultural differences– Qiaoyan He: performance indicators for teacher education– M. Lucero: ICT and science education– C. De Smet: collaborative learning in secondary education– S. Matlombe: Research Based Learning in higher education– ….
China
• Beijing NU: Cultural differences and e-learning; ICT in teacher education
• South China NU: Performance indicators in teacher education
• BNU/SCNU: Advanced IRT applications in performance indicator studies in reading comprehension and mathematics
• Qinghai NU: Teacher education ~ evaluation
• Sichuan NU: Cultural differences and learning
Ghent UniversityDepartment of Education:
Context and research perspectives
PISA teamDepartment of Education – Ghent
University – BelgiumBeijing – July 24-25, 2009
