Dr P.J.A.C. van der Zanden (Petrie)

My research addresses the question how (transitions between) educational and environmental contexts (e.g., home environment) affect students’ well-being and learning, and how this differs for students with and without vulnerable home environments. In addition, I am interested in how teachers support students’ transitions between contexts and how they design and guide more innovative learning for/or with students.

In my research I focus on higher education, the transition from secondary to higher education, inequality in education, innovative teaching and learning, and teacher professional development in the context of educational innovations.