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More students choosing university teacher training programmesEducation 27 July 2026More students are training to become teachers at university, according to Universities of the Netherlands, the sector organisation representing Dutch ...
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Improvisation in music education: Empirical evidence, classroom practice, and teacher preparationphd defence 08 July 2026Improvisation is widely recognized as an important part of music education. It can enhance, among other things, creativity, musical understanding, se...
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Learner-centered online learningPhD defence 12 June 2026Many people do not finish a MOOC. This does not match the goal of large scale online learning. Learners have different goals and backgrounds. Xiaomei ...
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Listen to studentsPhD defence 13 February 2026We often look at the behaviour of students and label them motivated or not based on that. But what motivates students? We can respond to their needs b...
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A real professor in the classroom: ‘Did you sweat in the Sweat Room?’Dies Natalis 09 February 2026It may be the best tradition of them all: on the university’s birthday, its professors go to primary schools to teach a special lesson. This year, 75 ...
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D&I Symposium 2026: ‘You can’t call something inclusive if it doesn’t include everyone’03 February 2026How can our university really become inclusive? This is what students and staff discussed at our annual Diversity & Inclusion symposium. ‘It’s moving ...
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'An opportunity to learn new things myself'Lateral entry programme Dutch 30 January 2026Sang-Ah Yoo is a freelance journalist and is following the lateral entry programme Dutch at ICLON Leiden University. She enjoys showing students what ...
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From bowing deer to spider crabsStudents teach Japanese lessons at primary school 16 January 2026An introduction to Japanese language and culture: pupils in the enrichment classes at De Morskring primary school in Leiden and De Vink primary school...
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Teaching across bordersCharlotte and Malou taught classes abroad 19 December 2025What is it like to teach at an international school, surrounded by different languages, cultures and educational traditions? The World Teachers Progra...
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Discover teaching: ‘Take the leap!’11 December 2025Nicky Boer is enrolled in the Educational Master’s Programme in Social Studies/Social Sciences at ICLON, the Leiden University Graduate School of Teac...
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The role of feedback in Dutch oral language educationPhD defence 31 October 2025Anneke Wurth, PhD candidate at ICLON, wanted to gain insight into what works well in oral language education in the school subject of Dutch in the upp...
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‘Teach young people to take control of technology’Inaugural lecture 30 October 2025Technology is spreading its tendrils into the classroom. But who is in control? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Nadira Saab calls for ‘digital age...
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Identifying educational goalsPhD defence 29 September 2025How do teachers work on their pupils' development? Kevin Zweeris, PhD candidate at ICLON, designed tools to identify teachers' objectives.
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Navigating challenges in university teachingDissertation Max Kusters 19 June 2025New research sheds light on how university lecturers make critical deliberate decisions about their teaching in an era of rapid change, revealing the ...
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In memoriam prof.dr. Nico Verloop10 June 2025Nico Verloop, Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies at Leiden University, passed away on 5 June 2025. Nico was the founder and first professor-dir...