After obtaining her bachelor Pedagogical Sciences and her master Education and Child Studies, Belinda obtained her PhD at the Center for Innovation in Medical Education of Leiden University Medical Center. Her PhD research focused on stimulating intrinsic motivation for research among medical students through intra- and extracurricular research experiences.
Since 2021 she works as a researcher at the Research Group Research Competence. She is involved in various research projects related to developing professional research competence or epistemic agency among higher professional education teachers and students. Furthermore she is a member of the expertise group on research of the Teaching and Learning Network and worked on a developmental tool for practice-oriented researchers.
Expertise
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Epistemic agency of teachers within higher professional education
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Professional research competence development and didactics
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Motivation for research