Sharisse van Driel

Sharisse van Driel serves as a Lecturer at the Open University and the University of Amsterdam. Her primary affiliation is with the Open University's FLOS Integrative Education & Boundary Crossing research group, where she operates within the "Professional Development and Guidance" research line.

Her research expertise centers on:

• Teacher Professional Development
• Classroom Management
• Educational Psychology
• Classroom Observation Behavior

She completed doctoral research in 2022 investigating the relationship between teachers' classroom observation practices and classroom management effectiveness, conducted in collaboration with Professor Frank Crasborn, Halzka Jarodszka (Open University), and Saskia Brand-Gruwel (Zuyd University of Applied Sciences).

Her work bridges pedagogical theory and classroom application, contributing to evidence-based teacher training frameworks through active integration of research findings into educational practice.