Pieter Flamand

Pieter Flamand

PhD candidate
Department of Educational Studies at Ghent University

Status

I am Pieter Flamand. Since March 2022 I am a PhD candidate at the department of Educational Studies at Ghent university under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Melissa Tuytens and Prof. Dr. Ruben Vanderlinde. 

PhD project

My PhD project focuses on curriculum coherence in teacher education. Over the course of the project, I aim to gain both theoretical and empirical insight in the way teacher educators work together and leadership practices are deployed to foster curriculum coherence. 

Background information

Before obtaining my Master’s degree in Educational Sciences at Ghent University in 2021, I graduated as a biology and English teacher at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences. Before starting my PhD trajectory, I conducted research on teacher education curricula at ExCEL Thomas More (ExpertiseCentrum voor Effectief Leren). Next to my PhD trajectory, I teach sociology and psychology in secondary education.