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Mieke Van Houtte

Researcher at Ghent University

Publications -  118
Citations -  4480

Mieke Van Houtte is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ethnic group & Tracking (education). The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 109 publications receiving 3972 citations. Previous affiliations of Mieke Van Houtte include Research Foundation - Flanders.

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Why boys achieve less at school than girls: the difference between boys' and girls' academic culture

TL;DR: In this article, a distinction is made between general schools preparing students for higher education and schools offering technical and vocational education in Flanders (Belgium), and it is demonstrated that boys' culture is less study oriented than girls' culture and that this difference can be held responsible for the gender differences in achievement, at least in general schools.
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Climate or Culture? A Plea for Conceptual Clarity in School Effectiveness Research

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared culture and climate in school effectiveness research and concluded that culture is more suitable and more accurate for examining a school's cognitive structures than climate, encompassing culture, should be reserved for picturing the school in its entirety.
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Stress-related growth, coming out, and internalized homonegativity in lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. An examination of stress-related growth within the minority stress model.

TL;DR: Although growth perception does not function as a mediator between coming out and internalized homonegativity, it has a direct effect on IH.
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The role of teacher and faculty trust in forming teachers' job satisfaction: Do years of experience make a difference?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the role of teaching experience as a moderator of the trust-satisfaction relationship and found that improving the quality of teachers' social relationships in the workplace should enhance their job satisfaction.
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Tracking Effects on School Achievement: A Quantitative Explanation in Terms of the Academic Culture of School Staff

TL;DR: This article used data of 3,760 pupils and 745 members of staff in 34 secondary education schools in Flanders (Belgium) and found that the school type (general or technical-vocational) affects the pupil's chance of failing, controlling for individual pupil features (e.g., ability) and that academic staff culture mediates this effect of school type.