Report from the IAS chair in Gent -

Belgium

“Hello from the other side” (Adele)

Filip De FruytNovember 17, 2015, Sao

Paulo

A short wrap-up: some milestones

May 14, 2015: Launch of Edulab 21 in Brazil:

Contract with Ghent University signed in November 2015

Official installation of the IAS chair @ Ghent University on March 2, 2016

In the meantime: recruiting staff:

- Gina Pancorbo- One post-doc vacancy: Interviewing several candidates

Started working on two projects: MySKILLS and BENEFITS: collaborative effort

EDULAB21’s assessment portfolio: Lacks an instrument for formative assessment

Formative assessment: provide input for the learning process

Why do we need such instrument/tool?- Connect with teachers and students- Introduce a common vocabulary- Structure the domain of social-emotional skills/learning- Make social-emotional skill constructs operational and

tangible

MySKILLS: Developing an instrument for formative evaluation of socio-emotional skills

- Development of social-emotional skills is an aim in itself

- Assume that they also impact on (more distal) valued outcomes

Research agenda:

- Describing the associations between SENNA 2.0 scales and (proximal and distal) outcomes

- Learning about SENNA 2.0 skill levels and outcomes to construct (compound) scales

BENEFITS: Linking social-emotional skills to outcomes

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school achievement

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interpersonal behavior

physical health

mental health well-being

citizenship sustainability

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We are very happy with this partnership

- First chair @ Ghent by an international NGO- Provides a set of possibilities, both scientifically and

applied- Received very encouraging reactions so far- Will certainly contribute to the international exposure

of EDULAB21, IAS, and eduction in Brazil- We received already requests from Brazilian

researchers to spend a study visit/sabbatical in Ghent- Through EDULAB21 we are partnering with a wide

range of eduction stakeholders in Brazil

In closing …

Muito Obrigado