What is your mission? 

My mission as a teacher is twofold. First, I aim to nurture curiosity about and excitement for psychological science in my students. Second, I also aim to facilitate the development of skills that extend beyond the classroom, including critical thinking, collaboration, giving and receiving constructive criticism, and communicating knowledge.

How do you approach this within the online and physical educational environment?

I particularly enjoy using collaborative, case-based approaches in the classroom, so that students acquire a deeper understanding of the principles and procedures of clinical and research activities. For example, alternating between disclosing case information and fostering discussion, which allows students to learn to develop, test, and evaluate differential diagnostic hypotheses.

What is your mission? 

As a junior lecturer I try to get students enthusiastic about our hugely diverse and interesting field of human movement sciences and about learning. I think it is important that every student has the opportunity to develop in their area of interest and to learn a lot from and especially with each other.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

In education, I find it very important that every student has room to share their ideas, discuss concepts and feel heard by fellow students and by the teachers within our faculty. In addition, I try to build in space for students to make their own choices. I hope to create not only instructive but also fun education moments!

What is your mission? 

As a teacher, I contribute to the personal and professional development of my students. Giving them insight in their skills, competences and potential. With this approach I try to motivate students for a career in youth care and education.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

With an enthusiastic, open attitude and a positive mindset, I create a safe and pleasant atmosphere where students are free to share their knowledge, experiences and insecurity. In my approach I give special attention to the most important needs of the student: relatedness, competence and autonomy.

What is your mission? 

My aim is to foster students’ curiosity and critical thinking, as well as their belief in themselves. I encourage them to dive deeper into topics that spark their interest and scientific curiosity and try to support them in doing so.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I aim to create a safe learning environment where critical discussion is stimulated and where students can share and develop their ideas. By contributing to the development of their research skills, I aim to support them in examining and finding an answer to some of their questions by means of scientific research.

What is your mission? 

My mission is providing education that’s inspiring and personal. I believe students learn better when motivated and knowing why they’re learning. I want to design education in which I vary in learning activities, always keeping in mind the goals of the course and trying to be inspiring, relatable and personal. 

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

To achieve my mission I want to design motivating learning activities, varying from individual activities like online or immersive tools to collaborative assignments where students can learn from each other. During my lessons I want to guide students to achieve their own learning goals by listening, explaining and coaching.

What is your mission? 

For me there’s nothing more important than making my students feel seen, heard and valued. In my opinion teaching goes beyond sharing and receiving knowledge. It’s my dearest passion to create a space together where they feel safe, build belief in their own abilities, feel encouraged, feel inspired, have fun and most of all a place where they can be themselves. I believe this is the foundation needed to learn, develop and grow to wherever one wants to go. 

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

To create such an environment, I always try to have an eye for the group needs and individual needs. It’s part of my personality to be truly interested in the person behind the student, which helps me to be able to fullfill their needs. Besides building a safe environment, I belief knowledge will be internalized more easily when linked to daily life experiences. Therefore, I use examples from my own life, from their lifes, from populair tv series and whatever comes to mind that we can link. First and foremost, learning should be fun!   

What is your mission? 

Society is constantly transitioning meaning that our education programs have to follow. I like moving forward, but know that some people might regard change as a threat. My mission is to find out what drives the people I work with and what they need to be able to keep up with the movement.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I like to connect with people and find out together how I can support students and colleagues. If there is a need for clarity, I will look for a way to provide it. Sometimes just listening and asking questions is enough. Engagement and making connection is what I like most about my job.

What is your mission?

In an ever more data-driven society, my mission is to convince students that everyone should have, and is also also able to, develop a basic understanding of the use and mis-use of statistics, data and empirical analyses.

How do you approach this within the online and physical educational environment? 

In class, we have concrete worked examples and discuss what choices you have to make at each step and why. Students can ask questions, both online and offline, as they work through a vast set of practice materials at their own pace and time. By experiencing success and by dealing with my questionable sense of humour, students hopefully realize that they can learn much more than they might think and perhaps even have some fun along the way.

What is your mission? 

I wish to create a safe and inclusive learning environment to develop critical thinking, scientific and communication skills in my lectures and internships. By actively involving students in ongoing research, I want students to develop critical problem-solving skills, and provide students networking opportunities to support their career and personal development.

How do you approach this within the educational environment? 

I include the latest scientific findings into my lectures and research internships. Developing communication skills to deliver a clear message is an integral aspect of my teaching. Internship students become full member of the research team, and I apply a supportive work environment via an open-door policy for scientific and personal discussions.

What is your mission?

My mission is that students discover and strengthen their talents, and at the same time learn to reflect on and improve their development as a person and as a scientist practitioner (as a clinical developmental psychologist).

How do you approach this within the online and physical educational environment? 

I let students know that I am there to support them in their (professional) development. I have high expectations, because I believe they are capable to grow as a professional, even at moments that their own belief is lacking. I help them to set a path towards this goal.

What is your mission? 

My mission is to raise awareness about the beneficial health effects of exposure to nature. In the future, I want everybody to live, work, study and receive care in an environment as rich in nature as possible. To achieve this, I broadly share the results of my research with stakeholders. 

How do you approach this within the educational environment? 

I enthusiastically share scientific knowledge about nature’s beneficial health effects using active teaching methods. To ensure that students also learn how to share knowledge, students make a vlog on this topic. I practice what I preach by lecturing in natural environments and by having supervision meetings while walking in nature.

What is your mission?

My mission is to let students realize that science involves storytelling around facts, so that they can separate the scientific facts from the stories (sometimes even fairy tales) they read in scientific journals and present their own findings in the format of a coherent story.

How do you approach this within the online and physical educational environment? 

My approach is to let students struggle with scientific stories, either on their own or in small groups. The struggle involves questioning the reasoning authors use to get from experimental findings to a convincing story, and to use feedback to find out how one can build one’s own convincing story.

What is your mission? 

The human body and its functioning in health and disease is fascinating. My mission is not only to share this fascination with the students and enthuse them, but also to stimulate them to think about and discuss scientific problems, potential solutions and relevant practical implications in the field of sports, exercise and rehabilitation.

How do you approach this within the educational environment? 

I often use scientific and practical examples that are debatable. And I always tell students that every student should be able to ask questions and discuss the topic, after which I make sure (by pointing at them) that all students, also those who are ‘hiding’, take part in the discussion. 

What is your mission?

As a teacher, I aim to excite and inspire students by showing them my enthusiasm and commitment. I hope to spark curiosity for research and clinical practice and show how these are mutually reinforcing. Moreover, I strive for students to take responsibility in learning and become interested, respectful critical thinkers.

How do you approach this within the online and physical educational environment? 

I organize my educational environment with the student in mind. I show interest in them, their abilities, and their difficulties. I create a safe space for sharing ideas, encourage collaboration and try new ways to achieve a deeper understanding. I meet them at their needs, but also help them improve.

What is your mission? 

My mission is to enable a comprehensive understanding of musculoskeletal pain among  students and facilitate their own learning process. Teaching is the ultimate way to critically appraise the latest insights and empower students to use their experiences, perspectives, and innovative minds to deepen their understanding of the problem of pain and create a meaningful impact on clinical practice. 

How do you approach this within the educational environment? 

In my teaching, I try to make the complexity of pain understandable for all students with different backgrounds, cultures, and entry levels by applying a personalized approach and encouraging them in a safe environment to think critically and ask questions. I integrate clinically relevant and real-world examples and assessments and provide a lot of (constructive) feedback. I love to give students the opportunity to engage in pain research and equip them with the essential skills that will open doors for their future ambitions and career paths.

What is your mission?

My mission is not only to clearly explain conceptually difficult topics, but also to pass on the joy I experienced when I came to understand those things myself. 

How do you approach this within the online and physical educational environment? 

I strive to establish a genuine connection with my students and empathize with their experiences. During lectures, I consistently monitor their reactions and adapt my teaching accordingly. Additionally, I make an effort to be easily accessible, ensuring that they have the support they need and can progress without lingering questions.

What is your mission?

Today’s students are tomorrow's scientists! My mission is (1) to let students understand the (identifying) assumptions underlying (causal and predictive) research designs, (2) to let them intuitively understand empirical research approaches, and (3) to let them experience that valid research findings crucially depend on this intuition and these assumptions.

How do you approach this within the online and physical educational environment? 

Future-oriented education requires a high-set bar, but more so that (1) the teaching focus is on the learning process itself and not on passing the summative test, and (2) that the teachers are united with their students in the learning process, such that “Today's students can be tomorrow's innovative scientists”.