In the Teacher Lab, teachers, school leaders, and researchers collaborate on the theme of teacher (shortages) with the aim of developing promising approaches to attract and retain (more) teachers in the classroom.
In the Teacher Lab, teachers, school leaders, and researchers collaborate on the theme of teacher (shortages). The goal of the Teacher Lab is to develop promising approaches to attract and retain (more) teachers in the classroom. The Teacher Lab is one of the two co-creation labs within the national program Ontwikkelkracht.
Within the co-creation labs, work is conducted according to the 5D methodology. Research is carried out to understand the underlying reasons for the shortage, followed by the development, implementation, and evaluation of promising interventions to address the shortage. Each phase of this process involves collaboration between educational practice, educational policy, and science. Promising solutions thus arise from both scientific research and educational practice. Below you will find more information about the ongoing and completed projects within the Teacher Lab
Detect
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Diagnosis
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Design
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Determine
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Decide
5D methode
Connecting knowledge from experience and science
Sustainable education improvement
Teachers explore the problem together with researchers.
Teachers and researchers make a diagnosis based on literature study, data analysis and simulation models.
The researchers and teachers formulate promising interventions. These are then implemented in the form of pilots in educational practice.
The interventions are tested at various schools. Afterwards, both the effectiveness of the interventions and the process are carefully evaluated, and teachers and researchers jointly determine whether the intervention is promising.
In the final step, teachers and researchers decide whether and how the intervention can be successfully scaled up.
Meet the Teacher Lab team
Within Teacher Lab, we work in co-creation with various partners and schools
