Monika Louws

Biographic Data

ID6507774
NAMEMonika Louws
GIVEN NAMESMonika
FAMILY NAMELouws
SIGNATURELOUWS M
AFFILIATIONSUtrecht University
ORCID0000-0003-2032-3280
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Exploring where and how second-career teachers utilise their previous professional expertise

    Open AccessGerard den Hertog, Monika Louws et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2026

    Second-career teachers (SCTs) bring previous professional expertise (PPE) acquired in domains unrelated to teaching that could be beneficial for education; however, whether expertise can be transferred between domains is contested, as expertise is considered domain-specific. This study presents different ways in which transfer of PPE can be of influence and uses these to investigate how SCTs perceive the transfer of PPE. Based on an analysis of t…

  • How second-career teachers, teacher educators and school actors perceive conditions for beneficial use of previous professional expertise

    Open AccessGerard den Hertog, Monika Louws et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2025References: 8

    Second-career teachers (SCTs) can benefit more from their previous professional expertise (PPE) if tailored support is provided during certification and induction, but how such tailoring can be achieved is not yet clear. This qualitative interview study reports how Dutch SCTs, teacher educators (TEs) and school actors (SAs) perceive the value of PPE and the conditions for its beneficial utilisation. The paper shows that all groups value PPE and d…

  • Utilising previous professional expertise by second-career teachers

    Open AccessGerard den Hertog, Monika Louws et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2023Cited by: 3References: 2

    Second-career teachers (SCTs) may contribute to quality of education by utilising their previous professional expertise (PPE). However, case studies show contradictory examples of beneficial and hindering influence of apparently similar PPE while SCTs become proficient in their new teaching job. Aiming to understand beneficial or hindering utilisation of PPE, this qualitative literature study applies concepts of transfer and adaptive expertise as…

  • Achieving professional agency for school development in the context of having a PhD scholarship

    Open AccessHelma Oolbekkink-Marchand, Anna van der Want et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2022References: 9

    In this multiple case study, we investigated teachers professional agency in relation to school development in the context of having a PhD scholarship, and the interplay of personal and social resources. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 Dutch secondary education teachers with PhD scholarships. Teachers are achieving bounded, restricted and extensive agency, and performed informed actions aiming to influence curriculum development…

  • Teachers' self-directed learning and teaching experience

    Open AccessMonika Louws, Jacobiene Meirink et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2017Cited by: 5References: 18

  • The Relationship between Primary School Teacher and Student Attitudes towards Science and Technology

    Open AccessEddie Denessen, Nelvin Vos et al.ARTICLEEducation Research International2015

    This study focuses on the effects of teachers’ attitudes towards teaching about science and technology on student attitudes towards science and technology. A one-year longitudinal study involving 91 teachers and 1822 students from the higher years of Dutch primary schools showed that students develop less positive attitudes towards science and technology during their primary school years and that girls showed less positive attitudes than boys. Fe…