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We focus on designing/developing educational environments that offer sound education to all pupils and students irrespective their background, gender, religion or additional needs. Inspiring education designed and delivered through conscious, collaborative teaching and research activities. Education that focuses on working towards more inclusive learning environments. Environments in which all learners have the opportunity to learn and develop - reflecting all educational objectives (qualification, socialization and subjectification), with a positive attitude towards learner ambitions and respect for learner differences.

Our research projects

Our research groups uses the concept of the inclusive learning environment in the idea of the inclusive pedagogical house, expressed in the metaphor 'The home we build together'.

The research projects are now categorized under one theme, but most research projects fall under multiple themes.

- 1. Systems thinking and design principles for shaping inclusive learning environments or educational systems
  The first research line is: The building system, the blueprint, the environmental plan, fitting within the first research line of systemic design of inclusive learning environments as multi-layered support systems.
  
  Publications
  
  Systems thinking and design principles for shaping inclusive learning environments or educational systems?
  
  Willemse, T.M., Nelen, M., & Goei, S.L. (2023). School-wide positive behavioural interventions and supports in the Dutch context: A decade of experiences. Bild, International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support, 13(2): 38–45.
  
  Willemse, T.M., Goei, S.L., Boei, F. & Bruïne, E.J. de (2023). School-wide positive behaviour interventions and support in Dutch schools for special education. European Journal of Special Needs Education, DOI: 10.1080/08856257.2022.2120331
- 2. Professional development and collaboration in learning networks
  The second research line is: The support of the (professional) development of teachers, pupils, students, school leaders, parents and other (education) professionals.
  
  Publications
  
  Goei, S.L., Norwich, B., & Dudley, P. (2021). Lesson Study in Inclusive Educational Settings. Routledge Singapore.
  
  Willemse, T.M., Boei, F., Kaskens, J., Goei, S.L., & Korthals Altes, T. (2025). Teachers’ views on Inclusive Higher Education. International Journal of Inclusive Education. Willemse, T.M., Nelen, M., & Blonk, A. (2024). Including families in the implementation of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support: Dutch’ administrators and SWPBIS-leadership team’ experiences. Psychology in the Schools.
  
  Tan, S., Goei, S.L., & Willemse, T.M., (2024). Global Insights on Lesson Study in Initial Teacher Education: A systematic literature review encompassing English, Japanese, and Chinese language sources. Teaching and Teacher Education.
  
  Korthals Altes, T., Willemse, M., Goei, SL., & Ehren, M. (2024). Higher Education Teachers' Understandings of and Challenges for Inclusion and Inclusive Learning Environments: a systematic literature review. Educational Research Review, 43.
  
  Nelen, M. J. M., Willemse, T. M., & Goei, S. L. (under review). Employing Lesson Study to address behavioural challenges in primary education.
- 3. Participatory, art-based and co-creative methodologies
  The third research line is the construction method: the explicit cooperation and inclusion of target groups and stakeholders in inclusive participatory research methods.
  
  Publications
  
  Willemse, T.M., Boei, F., & Pillen, M. (2016) Fostering teacher educators’ professional development on practice-based research through communities of inquiry. Vocations and learning, 9(1), 85-110.

Our professors and researchers

Dr Sui Lin Goei, professor

Dr. Sui Lin Goei is a professor and Academic Director of the Professional Educational Masters. Since 2023, she has been one of the leading figures for Youth in the NWA Route Jeugd.