In today's episode Melinda Karaca (your host) will be talking to Theo Wubbels.
Theo Wubbels received his masters degree in Physics in 1974 from Utrecht University and his PhD in Education in 1984. He was a physics teacher and school principal in a Montessori High school from 1973-1978 and then moved to Utrecht University, first as a curriculum developer for physics in secondary education (1978-1980) and then as an assistant professor in teacher education (1979-1986). As a full professor in Education from 1991 onwards he became Dean of the Institute of Education (1994-2002) and then moved to the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, first as Head of the Departmenet of Education and then as Associate Dean for Academic affairs (2004 - 2013) and Dean of the Graduate School (2007-2013). From 2012 until 2015 he was Admissions Dean of Utrecht University
His main research interests developed in his career from the pedagogy of physics education, via problems and supervision of beginning teachers and teaching and learning in higher education to studies of learning environments and especially interpersonal relationships in education. His most recent work focuses on multicultural classes, assessment of teacher interpersonal behavior, teacher learning and teacher cognitions about interpersonal relationships.
Thank you all for listening and thank you Professor Theo Wubbels.
