Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 6590
E-Mail:	fjanssen@iclon.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	ICLON, Voortgezet Onderwijs, Lerarenopleiding
Office Address:	Willem Einthoven gebouw Wassenaarseweg 62A 2333 AL Leiden Room number B2.38

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Curriculum vitae

Fred Janssen (1967) completed his Masters in Biology in 1992 (cum laude). In 1999 he received his PhD at the University of Utrecht on the basis of his thesis entitled: Learning Biology by Designing: Exemplified and Tested for Immunology. Since 1999 on he has worked as assistant professor, associate professor (September 2010) and teacher educator at ICLON (the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching). His current research and publications focus on teacher learning especially with respect to  inquiry learning in classrooms.

Research

Current research projects:

1. Developing an  approach for developing and testing effective design support for teachers.
2. Research on the role of positive experiences for stimulating productieve reflection by teachers
3. Research on the role of domain-specific models for stimulating productive reflection by teachers.
4. Developing a model for eliciting and comparing teachers’ beliefs and practices with respect teaching and learning (Phd-project).
5. Understanding and supporting design of context-concept lessons by teachers (Phd-project)
6. Understanding and supporting design of open inquiry lessons by teachers (Phd-project)
7. Understanding and supporting stimulating student questioning by teachers (Phd-project).

Key publications

Janssen, F.J.J.M., & Verloop, N. (2003). De betekenis van perspectieven voor leren leren [The value of perspectives for learning to learn].  Pedagogische Studiën, 80, 375-391.

Janssen, F.J.J.M. , Hullu, A. E. de, & Tigelaar, D.E.H. (2008). Positive experiences as input for reflection by student teachers. Teachers and Teaching: Theory andPractice,14, 115-127.

Janssen, F.J.J.M., & Hullu, A.E. de (2008). A toolkit for productive thinking. Journal of Biological Education,43, 21-28.

Janssen, F.J.J.M., Tigelaar, D.E.H., & Verloop, N. (open access). Developing Biology Lessons Aimed at Teaching for Understanding: A Domain-specific Heuristic for Student Teachers. Journal of Science Teacher Education. DOI 10.1007/s10972-008-9118-3.