ghent university department of education: context and research perspectives

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