Maxime is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Diversity & Learning (Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts & Philosophy – Ghent University). Her work focuses on the dynamics of language policy in secondary schools and the implementation of Functional Multilingual Learning (FML). Thereby she focuses on teachers’ language beliefs and practices towards students’ home languages.
Maxime received her Bachelor degree in Adult Education Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in 2016. In 2018 she received her Masters in Pedagogical Sciences and in 2019 an additional degree of the specific teacher training, both at the University of Ghent.