Education
The ICO educational programme provides a conceptual basis and organizing framework with the aim of supporting PhD candidates to develop themselves to the highest possible level of professional researcher in the field of education and training. To this end, ICO establishes formal educational structures…
Theme Groups
The different elements in the ICO mission lead to the organization of the research programme into ‘thematic groups’. These thematic groups can be regarded as Special Interest Groups. The thematic groups are responsible for the organization of ICO’s thematic courses and also contribute to…
ICO Membership
Institutes of fourteen Dutch and Belgian universities participate in ICO. These universities constitute the inter-university graduate school ICO. To become a member of ICO, you have be appointed at one of the ICO universities, and should be employed in a faculty or institute participating…
PhD Defence Lucas Silva Didier
On Monday 16 February 2026 at 12:45 hours exactly, Lucas Silva (University of Groningen) will defend his thesis “Teachers’ Learning from Their Students. The design and evaluation of a professional development program to support the use of students’ perceptions of teaching quality”. All ICO Members…
Learn MorePhD Defence Marloes Vreekamp
On Thursday 2 April, 2026 at 15:30 hours exactly, Marloes Vreekamp (Wageningen University) will defend her thesis “Unravelling teacher development: exploring the mechanisms, conditions and continuity of teacher learning in pedagogical development programmes in higher education”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present…
Learn MoreSave the date: Inaugural lecture Maaike Endedijk
The rhythm of learning. Het samenspel van leren, werk en technologie in tijden van transitie 9 April 2026, University of Twente
Learn MoreExtended registration: ICO course Domain-specific education and learning
About the course Course coordinators: Research within the area of learning and education often takes place within a specific domain. Important research questions focus on learning and teaching of domain-specific ways of reasoning and problem solving. Within these domains many innovations have been implemented…
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