1. PROO Programming Council for Educational Research The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) – Research Council for the Social and Behavioural Sciences (MaGW), in The Hague, The Netherlands

2. Outline of the Presentation 1. About PROO:Who are we What do we do How do we do that Results 2. Why are we in Helsinki 3. How to contact PROO

3. About Proo: the Dutch Council for Educational Research The Council The members History and present tasks Budget PROO in NWO 1

4. What do we do? Programming research in: -pre-primary education -primary education -secondary education -teacher education -vocational education Process of programming -basic principles -programming cycle 2

5. How do we do that More about the research programmes: PROO programme 2004-2007: in preparation PROO programme 2003: in process Previous programmes 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001: realised 3

6. More about procedures: Applications Assessment Grants for internationalization 4

7. Results Ongoing and finished research projects Cohort research in primary and secondary education International comparative research 5

8. PROO research projects PROOResearch projects979899 00 0102 1997- 1999 Learning, instruction and the new information and communication technology 818 Management and organisation of the educational system 52 The social environment of education 26 Vocational education and human capital 6 143 11

9. PROO research projects PROO Research projects979899000102 2000- 2002 Dutch vocational education 1 37 Learning and instruction 4 46 ICT and education 714 4 Accessibility of the educational system 23 The teacher 425 The pedagogical function of education 11 Decentralization of national educational policy 7 25

10. PROO research projects Research projects 979899000102 1997- 2002 Cohort PRIMA – primary education 2627 6 Cohort VOCL – secondary education 7115 46 International (comparative) research 2171 PROO projects inherited from predecessor SVO 8 912

11. Output Dissemination Communication Evaluation 9

12. Why are we here in Helsinki Present PROO policy For the future: to intensify international contacts, points of interest 10

13. How to contact PROO PROO member Prof.dr. Hetty Dekkers, h.dekkers@ped.kun.nl h.dekkers@ped.kun.nl Or NWO secretariat:Post box 93 461 2509 AL The Hague, The Netherlands By E-mail:Mr. Paul Berendsen berendsen@nwo.nl Mrs. Margreet Bouma bouma@nwo.nl 11