Research projects

FACTS stimulates citizenship by strengthening news literacy on sustainability and the environment within teacher education. The project provides students and lecturers with the tools to engage critically with news, counter misinformation, and understand the importance of reliable reporting in a democracy.

In the research project WaardenVerkenner, research centre ExploRatio is developing a methodology to support teachers in making sensitive societal topics discussable in primary schools. This accessible methodology combines artistic approaches and philosophical dialogue techniques to encourage pupils to think critically about diverse perspectives within a safe classroom environment.
 

How can we work with the whole team to create an inclusive school culture? Primary teachers and teacher education students are ready to work toward an inclusive school culture, but lack tools and understanding.

GRASP aims to help elementary school students improve their language comprehension and critical thinking skills.

In the COntent project, we explore the opportunities that generative AI offers content marketers and guide Flemish SMEs in applying it to their content marketing activities.

How can we strengthen young people's resilience against scientific mis- and disinformation? In this developmental research project, we focus on media literacy within a scientific context, both in secondary education and in museums.

WaardenBurger consists of three educational tools aimed at strengthening teachers (religious education), educational therapists, and museum educators in facilitating value‑laden critical dialogue with young people about sensitive social issues. Topics such as identity, faith, or justice are increasingly causing tensions in the classroom and during extracurricular activities such as museum visits.

A cross-curricular approach to foster reasoning skills in second stage secondary students.

Do you want to get more out of your data by enriching it with data obtained from external parties? Or do you see an opportunity in trading your own data? In this project, we will find out how this can be done in a privacy-friendly way.