- Promotor
- Promotor
- Co-promotor
- Date
- Thursday 11 Apr 2024, 13:00 - 14:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Senate Hall
- Building
- Erasmus Building
- Location
- Campus Woudestein
On Thursday 11 April 2024, C. Hoogendijk will defend the doctoral thesis titled: ‘Keys to Teach Effectively: A randomised controlled trial to examine the teacher-focused coaching intervention Key2Teach for teachers and students with externalising problem behaviour‘.
Brief summary of the doctoral thesis:
Teachers are important for students’ behavioural, social-emotional and cognitive development. However, it is difficult for teachers to meet students' needs of support due to externalising problem behaviour. Teachers and students would benefit from more support. This dissertation describes an experimental study of the effects of the teacher-focussed coaching intervention Key2Teach, which aims to improve the relationship between a teacher and a student with externalising problem behaviour (a dyadic pupil) (Van Veen et al., 2015).
Key2Teach was examined for effectiveness in a randomised controlled trial (RCT), in which 103 teachers and their 1746 students participated. The control group consisted of 50 teachers and the experimental group of 53 teachers. The study consisted of four measurements, during which teachers and students filled in questionnaires and video recordings were made for class observation.
The results showed positive effects on aspects of the teacher-student relationship, on externalising and social-emotional problem behaviour of dyad students and classmates, and on aspects of teachers' occupational well-being. Data on the implementation of Key2Teach show that this intervention can be reliably implemented in the educational context. Teachers' sense of competence was found to be a predictor of emotional exhaustion at a later date, and the development of burnout symptoms was found to be stable during the school year. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
- More information
The public defence will begin exactly at 13.00 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers may be able to watch on the screen outside. There is no possibility of entrance during the first part of the ceremony. Due to the solemn nature of the ceremony, we recommend that you do not take children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.