dr. F.G.M. Coenders (Fer)

After graduation as a chemist, Fer started his career as a chemistry teacher. He taught chemistry from 1978 till 1992 at two secondary schools in the Netherlands and two years at the Escola Secundária Francisco Manyanga in Mozambique. In 1992 he moved to the University of Swaziland where he was employed as chemistry educator in the Department of In-service of the Faculty of Education. The main aim of this department was to improve the teaching of mathematics and the natural sciences at high school level through the development of exemplary learning materials disseminated at national and regional workshops.

In 1998 Fer joined the department of teacher training (ELAN) at the University of Twente, where he worked both in pre-service as in in-service. His research interests are on professional development of science teachers and on student learning.

In 2018 he joined the department of Instructional Technology where he will be working in the Go-Ga project.

MEMBERSHIPS

VELON, Duth association of Teacher Educators
KNCV, Royal Duth Chemical Society
NVON, Duth associatio of teachers in thenatural sciences
VOR, Netherlands Educational Research Association
ASE, Association for Science Education

Social Sciences

# Chemistry
# Curriculum
# Learning
# Mathematics
# Student
# Teacher
# Teaching
# Teaching Practice

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), ELAN Teacher Development (ELAN)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chemistry education
Student learning
Teacher professional development

van Dulmen, T. H. H. , Visser, T. C. , Coenders, F. G. M., Pepin, B. , & McKenney, S. (2023). Learning to teach chemical bonding: A framework for preservice teacher educators. Chemistry education : research and practice, 24(3), 896-913. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RP00049K

Coenders, F., Gillet, D., Sayegh, R., Gomes, N., Noutahi, A., Madu, N., & Kinyanjui, I. (2021). GO-GA: Class experiences with offline inquiry learning spaces in go-lab. In H. Mitsuhara, Y. Goda, Y. Ohashi, M. M. T. Rodrigo, J. Shen, N. Venkatarayalu, G. Wong, M. Yamada, & L. Chi-Un Lei (Eds.), Proceedings of 2020 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2020 (pp. 55-62). Article 9368333 (IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE); Vol. 2021). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE48869.2020.9368333

Anto, A. G. , & Coenders, F. (2019). Facilitator and peer support in collaborative curriculum design. In J. Pieters, J. Voogt, & N. Pareja Roblin (Eds.), Collaborative Curriculum Design for Sustainable Innovation and Teacher Learning (pp. 205-223). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20062-6_12

Anto, A. G. , & Coenders, F. (2019). Teacher learning in collaborative professional development: Changes in teacher and student practices. In J. Pieters, J. Voogt, & N. Pareja Roblin (Eds.), Collaborative Curriculum Design for Sustainable Innovation and Teacher Learning (pp. 229-247). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20062-6_13

Coenders, F. , & Verhoef, N. (2019). Lesson Study: professional development (PD) for beginning and experienced teachers. Professional development in education, 45(2), 217-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2018.1430050

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