Alexandra Vereeck

Department

Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication

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About

Alexandra Vereeck studied Latin & Ancient Greek and completed her teacher training at KU Leuven. Since november 2020 she is a FWO fellow at Ghent University, working on her project "Non scholae sed vitae? An Empirical Study on the Cognitive Transfer Effects of Studying Classical Languages in Flemish Secondary Education".

Projects

Projects as PhD researcher

Non scholae sed vitae? An empirical study on the cognitive transfer effects of studying classical languages in Flemish secondary education (2020 - 2024)

Publications

Most recent publications

Vereeck, Alexandra, et al. “Does Studying Latin Make Pupils Smarter? Presenting the Field of Classical Language Impact Studies.” CLASSICAL JOURNAL, vol. 120, no. 4, 2025, pp. 479–519.
Dutry, Merel, et al. “Validation of the Children’s International Cognitive Ability Resource (Ch-ICAR).” BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS, vol. 57, no. 2, 2025, doi:10.3758/s13428-024-02591-1.
De Herdt, Katja, and Alexandra Vereeck. “Van Grammaticaal Naar Genietend Lezen? Recente Tendensen in de Vlaamse Lespraktijk Latijn.” LAMPAS (ZWOLLE), vol. 57, no. 2, 2024, pp. 125–51, doi:10.5117/lam2024.2.002.herd.
Vereeck, Alexandra, et al. “Revered and Reviled : An Outline of the Public Debate Regarding Classical Language Education.” JOURNAL OF CLASSICS TEACHING, vol. 25, no. 50, 2024, pp. 101–15, doi:10.1017/S2058631024000424.
Vereeck, Alexandra. “Een Nieuwe Blik Op de Vlaamse Leerlingenaantallen Klassieke Talen.” PRORA (GENT), vol. 29, no. 1, 2024, pp. 7–12.

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