PROO Programming Council for Educational Research The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) – Research Council for the Social and Behavioural Sciences (MaGW), in The Hague, The Netherlands
Outline of the Presentation 1. About PROO:Who are we What do we do How do we do that Results 2. Why are we in Helsinki 3. How to contact PROO
About Proo: the Dutch Council for Educational Research The Council The members History and present tasks Budget PROO in NWO 1
What do we do? Programming research in: -pre-primary education -primary education -secondary education -teacher education -vocational education Process of programming -basic principles -programming cycle 2
How do we do that More about the research programmes: PROO programme : in preparation PROO programme 2003: in process Previous programmes 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001: realised 3
More about procedures: Applications Assessment Grants for internationalization 4
Results Ongoing and finished research projects Cohort research in primary and secondary education International comparative research 5
PROO research projects PROOResearch projects Learning, instruction and the new information and communication technology 818 Management and organisation of the educational system 52 The social environment of education 26 Vocational education and human capital
PROO research projects PROO Research projects Dutch vocational education 1 37 Learning and instruction 4 46 ICT and education Accessibility of the educational system 23 The teacher 425 The pedagogical function of education 11 Decentralization of national educational policy 7 25
PROO research projects Research projects Cohort PRIMA – primary education Cohort VOCL – secondary education International (comparative) research 2171 PROO projects inherited from predecessor SVO 8 912
Output Dissemination Communication Evaluation 9
Why are we here in Helsinki Present PROO policy For the future: to intensify international contacts, points of interest 10
How to contact PROO PROO member Prof.dr. Hetty Dekkers, Or NWO secretariat:Post box AL The Hague, The Netherlands By Mr. Paul Berendsen Mrs. Margreet Bouma 11