About the organization

Structure of management

The Board of the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences bears final responsibility for all education and research and for the proper management of the faculty means. When making a decision, the board takes into account the advice of the management of the 5 departments, including the department of Pedagogics and Educational Sciences.

 

The university studies of Pedagogics and Educational Sciences are managed by a educational director and a research director. These directors are appointed by the faculty board. The educational director is responsible for the organization and quality of education. The research director is responsible for the organization and quality of the research performed at the Groningen institute for research of education, child upbringing and development (Dutch: Gronings Instituut voor Onderzoek van Onderwijs, Opvoeding en Ontwikkeling, GION). Consultation concerning the daily routine takes place in the departments. These are the department of ‘Pedagogics and Educational Sciences’ the department of ‘special needs education and childen care’ and the department of ‘Research and Development of Education’.

 

Director of Education: Prof.dr.S.J.Pijl

Director of Research:   Prof. dr. R.J. Bosker

 

Educational Committees

It is the task of the educational committees for “Pedagogics” and “Educational Sciences” to give advice – either solicited or unsolicited – to the director of education, the faculty board and the faculty council concerning all educational matters. The committees play an important role in evaluating the standard of education and the materialization of the study guides. Both educational committees have four student members and four university teachers. The educational committee for “Pedagogics” has established a subcommittee for the separate majors and the bachelor.