specialization|Pedagogical and Educational Sciences

Research themes

Students in the Pedagogical and Educational Sciences specialization will focus on four interrelated objectives:

1. increasing the knowledge base of pedagogics and education. This includes the education of children and adolescents in schools settings - with attention to diversity and special needs, life-long educational development, and the parenting of children in the home context or in out-of-home living arrangements;
2. contributing to the prevention and solution of problems within educational practice and informing and training (future) professionals;
3. evaluating and informing policy making;
4. informing the general public on the outcomes and implications of our research.

Research groups

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Multidisciplinary programme

The Research Master with specialization Pedagogical and Educational Sciences is part of the theme Individual Development in Social Context within a multidisciplinary programme.

Specializations in this theme:
Developmental Psychology | Orthopedagogy | Pedagogical and Educational Sciences | Psychometrics and Statistics | Sociology

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