Tim Mainhard
Professor Educational Sciences
- Name
- Prof.dr. M.T. Mainhard
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- m.t.mainhard@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2151-1398
Tim Mainhard works as a professor of Educational Sciences at the Institute of Education and Child Studies at Leiden University. Tim Mainhard focuses primarily on how interaction and social climate in primary and secondary education can best be operationalized and how teacher-student interaction can contribute to motivation, well-being and learning.
More information about Tim Mainhard
Short cv and research
After doing his master’s in psychology at Maastricht University, Tim Mainhard received a PhD from Utrecht University for his dissertation on interpersonal teacher behavior in secondary education classrooms. He received several external research grants, including personal grants from the Dutch Research Council.
His research on interpersonal processes in the classroom is relevant to current societal issues such as citizenship education, equity in education and the teacher shortage. Tim Mainhard focuses primarily on how interaction and the social climate in primary and secondary education can best be operationalized and how teacher-student interaction contributes to motivation, well-being and learning. His research also focuses on implications for teachers themselves, such as professional well-being and stress.
Activities
Tim Mainhard chaired the AERA Special Interest Group Classroom Management, has been associate editor for Learning and Instruction and has extensive experience in social science research review as a member of ethics committees. Since September 2022 he is the educational director of the graduate school ICO (Interuniversity Center for Educational Sciences).
Teaching
In addition to his teaching in the (under) graduate program Educational Sciences and the Research Master at Education and Child Studies, Tim is involved as a coordinator (EMPO - Educational Master Primary Education) and teacher educator/lecturer (EMPO and ACPA - Academic Pabo) in two academic teacher training programs for primary education.
Workdays
Monday - Friday
Professor Educational Sciences
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Onderwijswetenschappen
- Donker M.H., Scheepers D., Gog T. van, Hove A. van den, McIntyre N. & Mainhard M.T. (2023), Handling demanding situations: associations between teachers’ interpersonal behavior, physiological responses, and emotions, The Journal of Experimental Education : 1-19.
- Endedijk H.M., Swart F. de, Molenaar J., Hammer A., Laros N., Pranger S., van der Stelt E., van Rossum S., van Genderen A., van Hout G., Zee M. & Mainhard M.T. (2023), BeGRP. Bekwaam in gedrag: responsief door perspectief. Leiden: Leiden University. [other].
- Hoekstra N.A.H., Berg Y.H.M. van den, Lansu T.A.M., Mainhard M.T. & Cillessen A.H.N. (2023), Teachers’ goals and strategies for classroom seating arrangements: a qualitative study, Teaching and Teacher Education 124: 104016.
- Mainhard T., Donker M.H. & Gog T. van (2022), When closeness is effortful: teachers’ physiological activation undermines positive effects of their closeness on student emotions, British Journal of Educational Psychology 92(4): 1384-1402.
- Wubbels T., Mainhard M.T., Brok P. den, Claessens L. & Tartwijk J. van (2022), Classroom management at different timescales: an interpersonal perspective. In: Sabornie E.J. & Espelage D.L. (Eds.) Handbook of classroom management. New York : Routledge. 388-414.
- Hendrickx M.M.H.G., Kos L.G., Cillessen A.H.N. & Mainhard T. (2022), Reciprocal associations between teacher-student relations and students' externalizing behavior in elementary education? : A within-dyad analysis, Journal of School Psychology 90: 1-18.
- Hooijdonk M. van, Mainhard T., Kroesbergen E.H. & Tartwijk J. van (2022), Examining the assessment of creativity with generalizability theory: an analysis of creative problem solving assessment tasks✰, Thinking Skills and Creativity 43: 100994.
- Gasser L., Cillessen A.H.N., Huber C., MainhardT., Müller C.M. & Zurbriggen C.L.A. (2022), Editorial: the role of teachers in students' social inclusion in the classroom, Frontiers in Education 7: 830973.
- Endedijk H.M., Breeman L.D., Lissa C.J. van, Hendrickx M.M.H.G., Boer L. den & Mainhard T. (2022), The teacher’s invisible hand: a meta-analysis of the relevance of teacher–student relationship quality for peer relationships and the contribution of student behavior, Review of Educational Research 92(3): 370-412.
- Endedijk H.M., Hendrickx M. & Mainhard M.T. (2022), Jij bent hun voorbeeld, Didaktief 2022(1): 1-3.
- Pol J. van de, Vries N. de, Poorthuis A.M.G. & Mainhard T. (2022), The questionnaire on teacher support adaptivity (QTSA): reliability and validity of student perceptions, The Journal of Experimental Education : 1-33.
- Roos A., Goetz T., Krannich M., Donker M., Bieleke M., Caltabiano A. & Mainhard T. (2022), Control, anxiety and test performance: self‐reported and physiological indicators of anxiety as mediators, British Journal of Educational Psychology : .
- Jaspers W.M., Prins F., Meijer P.C., Mainhard T. & Wubbels T. (2022), Mentor teachers’ intended intervening during student teachers’ lessons: a vignette study in Dutch primary education, Teaching and Teacher Education 117: 103342.
- Vemde L. van, Donker M.H. & Mainhard T. (2022), Teachers, loosen up! How teachers can trigger interpersonally cooperative behavior in students at risk of academic failure, Learning and Instruction 82: 101687.
- Sun X., Hendrickx M.M.H.G., Goetz T., WubbelsT. & Mainhard T. (2022), Classroom social environment as student emotions' antecedent: mediating role of achievement goals, The Journal of Experimental Education 90(1): 146-157.
- Educational Director - Onderwijsdirecteur