1. “The Ghent connection”
Filip De Fruyt, May 14, 2015, Sao Paulo

2. PARTNERSHIP WITH GHENT
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology (~50 staff)
Ghent University – Belgium
Research unit on Individual Differences
2 professors, 3 postdocs, 3 predocs
visiting researchers + EduLab21 collaborator(s)
Main specialisms:
Taxonomies and assessment of individual differences
Developmental and cross-cultural focus
Mission to contribute AND implement evidence-based knowledge
Initial contacts? Advisory work for the OECD Longitudinal Study of Skills Development in Cities

3. BELGIUM?

7. PARTNERSHIP WITH GHENT
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology (~50 staff)
Ghent University – Belgium
Research unit on Individual Differences
2 professors, 3 postdocs, 3 predocs
visiting researchers + EduLab21 collaborator(s)
Main specialisms:
Taxonomies and assessment of individual differences
Developmental and cross-cultural focus
Mission to contribute AND implement evidence-based knowledge
Initial contacts? Advisory work for the OECD Longitudinal Study of Skills Development in Cities

8. (Part of) our team

9. PARTNERSHIP WITH GHENT
Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology (~50 staff)
Ghent University – Belgium
Research unit on Individual Differences
2 professors, 3 postdocs, 3 predocs
visiting researchers / EduLab21 collaborator(s)
Main specialisms:
Taxonomies and assessment of individual differences
Developmental and cross-cultural focus
Mission to contribute AND implement evidence-based knowledge
Advisory work for the OECD Longitudinal Study of Skills Development in Cities

10. MAIN TASKS AND ADDED VALUE
1. Develop and share scientific and technical expertise/support
Strong collaboration with our Brazilian colleagues
Give additional international exposure to the work done in Brazil
2. Conduct fundamental research on the assessment and course of social-emotional skill development from childhood to young adulthood
Natural course and formative studies
Several in the pipeline now, e.g. MySKILLS
3. Contribute to innovation (in a broad sense)
Key principles:
Cross-cultural and transdisciplinary focus
Policy relevance and implementation in Brazil
Bottom-up: with education stakeholders (teachers, students, …)
Preparatory step for “Science in Action” (see also EduLab21’s structure)

11. MySKILLS PROJECT
Formative assessment and intervention tool that pupils and teachers can use in the classroom to start an individual exchange between pupil and teacher on the development of social-emotional skills.
Individual student and the teacher provide independent ratings on the MySKILLS’ set.
Hands-on instrument, printable on one A4-page, easy to administer, and perceived as challenging and entertaining.
Develop feedback methodology on how to work with this tool.
Director/professor project in Ceara; MySKILLS will rely on taxonomic work of social-emotional skills.
Small scale effect evaluation.

12. “Looking forward to collaborate”

13. Obrigado 