dr. F.C. (Florianne) Rademaker

Everybody belongs! [Iedereen hoort erbij!]
In September 2015, the PhD research 'Everyone belongs!' started. The (further) development of a theoretically inderpinned lesson series for kindergarten students is central to this research. The lesson series aims to stimulate and promote the social participation of kindergarten students with a disability in regular education, as well as the attitude of their classmates without a disability. The lesson series utilizes digital picture books from Bereslim to educucate the students on several disabilities. Cooperative learning methods are also central to the lesson series and aimed at promoting contact between students with and without diabilities.

Three publications have already appeared in this project:

• Rademaker, F., de Boer, A., Kupers, E., & Minnaert, A. (2021). It also takes teachers to tango: Using social validity assessment to refine an intervention design. International Journal of Educational Research, 107, [101749]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101749
• Rademaker, F., Boer, de, A., Kupers, E., & Minnaert, A. (2020). Applying the Contact Theory in Inclusive Education: A Systematic Review on the Impact of Contact and Information on the Social Participation of Students With Disabilities. Frontiers in Education, 5, [602414]. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.602414
• Rademaker, F., & de Boer, A. (2020). Hoe zorg je dat elk kind erbij hoort? Jeugd in school en wereld, 104(10), 40-43. [link to article in Dutch]

he project is expected to be completed by mid-2023.