Biography
Eveline Mertens studied Pedagogical Sciences (majoring in Pedagogy and Educational Sciences) at Ghent University. Since 2019, she has been working within the Educational Bachelor's programme in Pre-Primary Education at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences. Before that, she worked at the Karel de Grote University college in the Educational bachelor's programme in primary education for eight years. She fulfilled/fulfils assignments as a teacher, supervisor, coach, bachelor thesis supervisor, researcher and project coordinator. She was active in research on differentiation within higher education (with a view to strong students, attracting boys in educational programmes, ...).
Since September 2021, she has taken on the project leadership within the PWO project 'Elke stem doet ertoe' (='Every voice matters'). Within the pre-primary education programme, she takes on a leading role with regard to the theme of 'care and inclusion'. Since February 2021, she has been taking on the project management within the project 'Kleine Kinderen Grote Kansen' (=Small Children Big Opportunities).