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Ghent University Department of Education: Context and research perspectives

Ghent University Department of Education: Context and research perspectives. PISA team Department of Education – Ghent University – Belgium Beijing – July 24-25, 2009. Structure. Context of the university Faculty of Psychology and educational sciences Department of education

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Ghent University Department of Education: Context and research perspectives

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  1. Ghent UniversityDepartment of Education:Context and research perspectives PISA team Department of Education – Ghent University – Belgium Beijing – July 24-25, 2009

  2. Structure • Context of the university • Faculty of Psychology and educational sciences • Department of education • Research perspectives • Collaborative activities • Discussion

  3. Context: Belgium - Flanders

  4. Ghent in Belgium

  5. Context WWW.UGENT.BE

  6. Context • Ghent University: State funded • Official language: Dutch (Belgium 3 languages) • 30.000 students • Research University • Full university: 11 faculties

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

  10. Department of Education

  11. 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)

  12. 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

  13. Ouput orientation • ISI indexed journal articles • Evidence-based orientation

  14. 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 • ….

  15. 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

  16. Ghent UniversityDepartment of Education:Context and research perspectives PISA team Department of Education – Ghent University – Belgium Beijing – July 24-25, 2009

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