Research on higher education
in Leiden University
Jan van Driel
CEL Kick-off meeting
Delft, May 14, 2014
ICLON, Interfacultair Centrum voor
Lerarenopleiding,
en Nascholing
Universiteit
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kennen.
A little bit of history
• Until the 1990s, Leiden University, like most
universities, had a department of research on higher
education (‘BOVO’)
• Some influential studies were done, e.g. PhD thesis
of Van der Drift & Vos (1987) on effects of time
table (courses, exams) on student behaviour (e.g.
procrastionation)
ICLON, Interfacultair Centrum voor
Lerarenopleiding,
en Nascholing
Universiteit
Leiden.Onderwijsontwikkeling
Bij ons leer je de wereld
kennen.
Shift towards contract research
• Evaluation and policy studies, mostly shortterm
• Broad range of topics, driven by questions of
faculties and university board
• Results published in internal reports rather
than in academic publications
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ICLON, Interfacultair Centrum voor
Lerarenopleiding,
en Nascholing
Universiteit
Leiden.Onderwijsontwikkeling
Bij ons leer je de wereld
kennen.
PhD studies in the last decade
• Oolbekkink-Marchand (2006) on teachers’
perspectives on (self-regulated) learning
• Visser-Wijnveen (2009) on the research-teaching
nexus in humanities
• Van der Rijst (2009) on the research-teaching nexus
in the natural sciences
• Min-Leliveld (2011) on professional development of
medical teachers
• Vink (2014) on the use of concept maps in medical
education
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Universiteit
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Insights from these studies concern:
• Planning of contact hours and examinations
directs student behaviour (‘Wet van Vos’)
• Effective professional development of
university teachers
• The various aims of the research-teaching
nexus, and how these are put into practice
• …..
(Zie http://www.studiesuccesho.nl/)
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ICLON, Interfacultair Centrum voor
Lerarenopleiding,
en Nascholing
Universiteit
Leiden.Onderwijsontwikkeling
Bij ons leer je de wereld
kennen.
Towards research-based university
education
• Policy measures and educational innovations need to
be based on insights from research
… and subjected to (academic) research
… at all levels: the institute, the faculties and
the educational programs
• Research is directed by a group of professors from
various faculties, led by Vice-Rector (‘CROHO’)
• Budget
ICLON, Interfacultair Centrum voor
Lerarenopleiding,
en Nascholing
Universiteit
Leiden.Onderwijsontwikkeling
Bij ons leer je de wereld
kennen.
Current studies
• Three PhD studies, focusing on ‘study success’:
- Day on intermediate testing
- Huisman on formative feedback
- Vereyken on the teaching-research nexus
• Six projects on various current topics:
- MOOCs and VREs
- Honours students
- Diversity
- Matching and selection (‘decentrale selectie’)
ICLON, Interfacultair Centrum voor
Lerarenopleiding,
en Nascholing
Universiteit
Leiden.Onderwijsontwikkeling
Bij ons leer je de wereld
kennen.