There is pressure to raise educational standards. The Dutch government is seeking to bring education more into line with the labour market, to promote excellence and to produce better teachers. Our Education research activities provide knowledge and insights that support the design of educational processes, interventions and organisations.

Research is also intended to facilitate the professionalisation of people working in education. Normative professionalism and differences between pupils, educators and organisations form important points of reference, and the pupil is always placed at the centre of the educational process.

Exercise, School and Sport

Research activities in the field of Exercise, School and Sport are aimed at the acquisition of knowledge regarding the exercise habits of children, young people and adults in the school environment, in sports clubs and in other recreational settings. What, for example, is the relationship between sports clubs and exercise education in school?

ICT and Educational Innovation

How can ICT applications contribute to innovation in education? What is the best way to organise and direct their use? And what role can ICT play in improving and consolidating the results achieved through ICT-based innovations?

Special needs teaching and cooperation within the chain

Special needs teaching arrangements make it possible for pupils with special educational needs to be taught in ordinary schools as far as possible. What form should these arrangements take? And how can they best be used to provide appropriate education?

Research in schools

How should practical research within educational institutes be organised? The development of special research methods opens the ways for schools to undertake research, independently or in collaboration with Windesheim.

Pedagogical Standards in Education

What can be done to increase the pedagogical and scientific professionalism of teachers at all levels of the educational system? And how can this increased professionalism promote the development of citizenship amongst pupils?