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Education

We all want the best education, but how do we actually get there? To help students get ahead in the future, our researchers are working on innovations in education right now. Discover our community of research into better learning.

Researchers

Researchers from various faculties and research institutes are working on interdisciplinary projects for educational research. 

Prof. I. Molenaar (Inge)

Prof. I. Molenaar (Inge)

professor (Orthopedagogics: Learning and Development), professor (Behavioural Science Institute)
Inge Molenaar focuses on the role of artificial intelligence in education. She is interested in the interface between education and technology, and how we can develop personalised systems that are better suited to the needs of students.
Dr S. Unsworth (Sharon)

Dr S. Unsworth (Sharon)

associate professor (Centre for Language Studies), associate professor (Department of Language and Communication)
Sharon Unsworth researches the way in which multilingual children simultaneously learn multiple languages. Which corresponding factors may be deemed a success? This knowledge is shared with parents, teachers and policy makers so that it can subsequently be applied and implemented.
Dr Y.H.M. van den Berg (Yvonne)

Dr Y.H.M. van den Berg (Yvonne)

assistant professor (Developmental Psychology), assistant professor (Behavioural Science Institute)
What can teachers learn to help them nip bullying in the bud? Yvonne van den Berg develops practical tools to map social relationships in the classroom and interventions to reduce bullying.
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Projects

Digitaal klaslokaal met leerlingen met computers en laptops

Hybrid Human-AI Regulation

Research

This project focuses on the development of a ‘Hybrid Human-AI Regulation System’ (HHAIR system), which teaches 10- to 14-year-olds self-regulation skills. This will allow them to learn with support from adaptive or self-adaptive learning tools.

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VMBO Sportlab

Research

In the research project vmbo sportlab, a consortium of young people, practitioners and researchers will provide insights and knowledge about how to tackle inactivity among VMBO students and get them playing sport and exercising into later life

Beeldmerk 2in1project

2in1

Research

How does one child actually acquire and use two different languages? The 2in1 project examined how a bilingual child’s languages affect each other and the circumstances under which this occurs.

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Study programmes

News about research into education

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Why resilient students are important for the democratic rule of law

Research news item

For a long time, he opposed government interference in education. But recent (geo)political developments have led Ben Vermeulen, retiring professor of Education Law, to take a more nuanced perspective.

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Learning a new language often goes wrong with pronunciation and head movements

Research news item

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to make mistakes in the new language: incorrect intonation can change the meaning of a word or sentence.

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Knowledge about the Second World War: why it is educational for pupils to write history themselves

Research news item

Historians at Radboud University help new generations to learn about the stories of the war. Not by giving lectures, but by putting schoolchildren to work themselves.

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