Jose Van Den Akker
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Education and the Arts
CQ University
Australia
Biography
Dr José van den Akker works as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Research Centre for Learning, Equity, Access And Participation (LEAP) at CQUniversity. José completed her PhD (Exploring and Working with the Dynamics in Cross Cultural Education) in 2009. At present she seeks to explore how the use of national and transnational social networks and social media helps younger older Dutch migrants, who live in Western Australia and Queensland, to improve their social wellbeing and resilience.
Research Interest
"Evaluation Research, Person-centred approach ,Intra- and interagency, dynamics in Community Services, Dynamics in Cross-Cultural Education ,Learning Organisations Migration and Social Inclusion ,Arts-based Learning and Research "
Publications
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Van den Akker, JWIM (2014) Art based learning: painting the journey of self-realization. Reflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Practice 15:751-765.
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"Van den Akker, José WIM (2014) Shaping the future of education as Online Discussion Board Moderators. International Journal of Web Based Communities 10: 232-253.
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Van den Akker, José WIM (2014) Discussion Board Moderators for Online Learning Communities. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning 25: 116-133.
