Learning and developing school together
Research theme
Agile schools with passionate teams today deal with educational challenges resiliently. The key? Work together and learn together. But how can you stimulate that? What kind of leadership and school policy is needed for this? And how do you keep it feasible? With ‘Learning and developing school together’, we want to understand what are the factors that contribute to the growth and retention in education, even in times of challenges such as limited influx, early outflow, flat careers, and high stress and burnout rates. Our research will not only lead to scientific insights, but will also provide us with practical tools and instruments. In this way, we strengthen teachers, teams and school leaders and we commit to high-quality education for every student!
Getting started with teachers, teams, and school leaders for strong education of high quality
What are we researching and for whom?
These days, agile schools with passionate teams deal with educational challenges resiliently. The key to this is working and learning together. But how can you stimulate that? What kind of leadership and school policy is needed for this? And how do you keep it feasible? With ‘Learning and developing school together’, we empower teachers, teams, and school leaders. We go fully for high-quality education.
Desired outcome
Our goal is to discover the key mechanisms that stimulate educational professionals to work and learn together, as researching experts. Special attention goes to feasible and manageable work in education. Another focus of our research is the analysis and strengthening of leadership and strong policy-making power in schools. Together, we build the future of our education!
Research lines
This research programme wants to contribute to strong and agile teachers, school leaders and school management, as they are the key to positive change in education.
Work and learn together
Long shall we learn! As a teaching professional, you keep on learning throughout your career. Together with colleagues, you continuously search for new knowledge, insights, and skills. After all, good education is made together. An effective professional development policy and a strong team culture are key. Our research helps in this.
Feasible and manageable work and resilience
Teams are searching how they can turn their school into a place where students and teachers like to learn and work. Efforts to make a sustainable policy that promotes everyone's wellbeing and ability to work is vital. But how to go about that? Based on research, we develop practice-oriented instruments.
School leadership
Strong school management is the driving force behind high-quality education. It is vital to support this for a stronger policy-making power and better learning and working environments.
Researching educational professional
An inquisitive attitude in education is vital to take informed (data-driven) decisions. Researching professionals substantiate their gut feeling and make effective choices to improve their practice.
Research projects and realisations
Be inspired by our research projects and concrete achievements and publications of Learning and developing school together that truly make a difference.
Collaborate with us
We engage in diverse forms of collaboration with our professional sector for research and innovation. Varying in intensity, flows of financing, term, and finality: Collaborative Research Agreements, collaborations via co-financing or with external project funding, collaboration via participation in design sessions, advisory committees, etc. For future research projects we are constantly looking for partners active in the sector. Do you have a question or would you like to collaborate? Contact us. We will gladly discuss and determine how we can reinforce each other!
Services for companies and organisations
We engage in diverse forms of collaboration with our professional sector for research and innovation. Varying in intensity, flows of financing, term, and finality: Collaborative Research Agreements, collaborations via co-financing or with external project funding, collaboration via participation in design sessions, advisory committees, etc. For future research projects we are constantly looking for partners active in the sector. Interested in collaborating with us?
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Are you an entrepreneur of an SME or a social profit organisation? Thanks to Blikopener of the Flemish Agency Entrepreneurship and Innovation (VLAIO) we can support you without any obligation in your search for solutions to practical problems or questions. We put our practice-oriented research results and experts at your disposal.
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You can visit our labs to get acquainted with the latest technologies and innovations. Our experts will work with you on a specific question, formulate tangible recommendations, and develop custom prototypes. They are open spaces where there is room for experimentation, co-creation, and creativity.
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About expertise centre Education
The mission of expertise centre Education is the creation of innovative, integrated, and connecting learning spaces, where everyone can excel in their talents, corresponding to the competencies for the 21st century.
