
Groningen, Netherlands
Knowledge in the Making: STS Meets Education Research
When:
18 August - 23 August 2025
Credits:
3.0 EC
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Educational Sciences
When:
07 July - 11 July 2025
School:
University of Groningen Summer Schools
Institution:
University of Groningen
City:
Country:
Language:
English
Credits:
3 EC
Fee:
150 EUR
Around the world, there is a growing desire to improve the quality and the equity of education. Teachers and the teaching they deliver play a crucial role in the day-to-day life of students, affecting fleeting states of their short-term and long-term psycho-socio-emotional and academic growth. For many students, the effectiveness of the teaching they encounter opens doors that would otherwise stay shut, and allows them the best opportunities to access and discover myriad opportunities the changing world can offer. Effective teaching is a contested concept influenced by multiple and admittedly complex factors. Rapid growth of digital transformation such as artificial intelligence (AI) contributes to shaping the face of future teaching which teachers cannot avoid, offering affordances and challenges in today’s teaching practices. However, many struggle to understand how and under which conditions the act of teaching can be considered effective and meaningful for students. There is, therefore, a pressing need to develop a better understanding of effective teaching for serving future generations.
In this international and interdisciplinary summer school, we will bring participants including students, teachers, researchers, and educational practitioners together and present them with the opportunity to engage with various researchers and practitioners from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), the University of Cyprus (Cyprus), the University of Worcester (England), Sunchon National University (South Korea), and Kongju National University (South Korea) from the disciplines of teacher education, teacher effectiveness, curriculum and educational design, psychology of education, computer science and artificial intelligence, and other relevant disciplines in an innovative and transdisciplinary program addressing effective teaching for the future generations. Participants will learn about and engage with current debates and research insights addressing effective teaching, teaching for the future. They will work together in mixed and diverse groups discussing the state-of-the-art of effective teaching from research and practice perspectives.
Ridwan Maulana (University of Groningen), Marie-Christine Opdenakker (University of Groningen), Alette Arendshorst, University of Groningen
The Summer School is targeted for motivated students (Master and PhD) in education and related fields, as well as teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and educational practitioners with an academic Masters’ degree and some research experience from around the world. All applicants of the Summer School are required to have an academic Master’s degree, or at least in the process of obtaining it.
It is expected that the participants have a sufficient command of the English language to actively participate in the discussions and to present their own work in English.
Upon completion of this Summer School, students will be able to:
Knowledge
- distinguish between related terms in the field of effective teaching (quality and effectiveness, teaching and teacher effectiveness, teacher and teaching quality).
- demonstrate understanding of the different conceptualizations of effective teaching.
- demonstrate understanding of the different frameworks and models proposed to conceptualize and operationalize effective teaching.
- demonstrate understanding of the different approaches utilized to measure effective teaching and associate it with student learning (including classroom observations, student and teacher ratings, and classroom artifacts).
- demonstrate understanding of the main advancements made in conceptualizing, operationalizing, and measuring effective teaching over the past four decades as well as the challenges faced in these areas.
- demonstrate understanding of how the reliability and validity of effective teaching measures can be assessed and challenges faced over the past decades in measuring effective teaching accurately
recognize the potential of assessing effective teaching formatively for supporting teachers’ learning and growth.
- understand the potential role of digital technology and artificial intelligence in studying effective teaching, including its affordances and challenges.
Skills
- participate in intellectual discussions about effective teaching taking into account the complexity of teaching.
- critically assess the current affordances and challenges faced in conceptualizing, operationalizing, and measuring effective teaching.
- identify strengths and weaknesses of different theoretical frameworks and models for studying effective teaching and explore possibilities for using them in a complementary manner.
- compare different approaches for measuring effective teaching (classroom observations, student and teacher ratings, classroom artifacts) and explore ways of using them in complementary manners.
- discuss findings from effective teaching studies in relation to student achievement, student engagement and student motivation.
- explore ways in which digital technology and artificial intelligence can potentially support addressing challenges while also supporting the provision of timely feedback to teachers to support their professional development.
- explores ways to translate research findings into practical insights to support daily educational practice.
Values
- underscore the value of the complex work of teachers in society.
- value the collaboration with teachers to gain understanding of effective teaching.
- develop sensitivity for cultural differences in effective teaching.
- value the diverse talents of teachers beyond their effective teaching behaviours.
- value and appreciate theoretical as well as practical perspectives of teaching.
- respect and reflect on the role of all individuals involved in effective teaching quality research and practice.
- value the international setting of the summer school.
Workload
Upon successful completion of the programme, the Summer School offers a Certificate of Attendance that mentions the workload of 84 hours (28 hours corresponds to 1 ECTS). Students can apply for recognition of these credits to the relevant authorities in their home institutions, therefore the final decision on awarding credits is at the discretion of their home institutions. We will be happy to provide any necessary information that might be requested in addition to the certificate of attendance.
Fee
150 EUR, for University of Groningen students and partner universities. Possibility of a waiver can be discussed between partner universities.
Fee
300 EUR, for students and participants from other, non-partner universities/institutions.
When:
07 July - 11 July 2025
School:
University of Groningen Summer Schools
Institution:
University of Groningen
Language:
English
Credits:
3 EC
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Credits:
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