Our research is conducted within the Groningen
Institute for Educational Research (GION), which allows for smooth connections
between the research we do and the courses we teach. This means
that your research project (Master's thesis) will be supervised by
active researchers in the field and that your project will be
closely connected to a larger research initiative.
On the GION web pages you can also find examples of current research.
Staff members Learning in Interaction
prof.
dr. Jan-Willem Strijbos
expertise: technology-enhanced learning; collaborative
learning; peer assessment and feedback.
prof.
dr. Alexander Minnaert
expertise: motivational social-emotional, neurological,
and (meta)cognitive aspects in development and (gifted) student
learning, implementation of educational innovations aiming at
development, self-regulated, collaborative learning and
inclusion.
dr. Jasperina Brouwer
expertise: higher education; workplace learning.
dr Marjolein Deunk
expertise: teacher-child interactions; language and
literacy development; early childhood education and care; discourse
analysis; cultural diversity in education; differentiation.
dr.
Danny Kostons
expertise: self-regulated learning, executive functioning,
eye-tracking.
dr.
Mayra Mascareño Lara
expertise: classroom interactions; instructional quality;
development in early childhood.
dr. Alma Spijkerboer
expertise: developmental psychology, neuropsychology,
executive functioning, digital learning environments,
self-regulating learning and reading comprehension in secondary
education.
Thesis
topics
The topics below are some examples of thesis
topics:
Support of beginning teachers.
Student engagement in Chinese elementary schools.
Beginning teachers fulfillment of psychological needs and
well-being.
Student engagement in learning modalities during the COVID-19
pandemic.
Addressing ethic-cultural diversity in Dutch classrooms.
Growth mindset for the environment.
Effect of a Virtual Reality on Classroom Management
Strategies.
Effectiveness of career orientation and guidance activities in
secondary education.
Differences in need-supportive teaching between students with
and without special educational needs.
Culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy of teachers that
educate newcomers in the Netherlands.
