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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Dear Lecturers,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><br>
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<span style="color:black;background:white">Good teaching is a skill in itself, and lecturers are therefore committed to continually improving their teaching. It is therefore essential to examine how lecturers perceive their professional decision-making space
and how they can further develop it. Are you a lecture with research and teaching tasks? If so, you are warmly invited to participate in my research!</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Please see the attached letter or<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/max-kusters_invitation-to-participate-research-on-teacher-activity-7079841671818944512-omXe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">THIS</span></a></span><span class="xapple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">link
for more information. You could also contact me directly at<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:m.c.j.kusters@iclon.leidenuniv.nl"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white">m.c.j.kusters@iclon.leidenuniv.nl</span></a></span><span class="xapple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">I will be more than happy to provide further details and answer any questions you may have.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Thank you in advance for your consideration.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;background:white">Max Kusters</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nogmaals dank, en hopelijk komen er geschikte deelnemers uit voort.<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hartelijke groeten,<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Max Kusters, Msc. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#757B80;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">|
PhD-candidate <i>Teacher Agency in University</i> | ICLON Leiden University | Kolffpad 1, 2333 BN Leiden | Room B4.10 | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="tel:+31640015236"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0078D7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">+31640015236</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#757B80;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:m.c.j.kusters@iclon.leidenuniv.nl"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0078D7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">m.c.j.kusters@iclon.leidenuniv.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#757B80;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Recent Publication:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7F7F7F;background:white">Kusters, M., van der Rijst, R., de Vetten, A., & Admiraal, W. (2023). University lecturers as change agents: How do they perceive
their professional agency?. <i>Teaching and Teacher Education</i>, <i>127</i>, 104097.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0070C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Research blog: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7F7F7F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Rethinking Teacher Quality in University: Embracing Teacher Agency </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://researchblog.iclon.nl/rethinking-teacher-quality-in-university-embracing-teacher-agency/" title="https://researchblog.iclon.nl/rethinking-teacher-quality-in-university-embracing-teacher-agency/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0078D7">https://researchblog.iclon.nl/rethinking-teacher-quality-in-university-embracing-teacher-agency/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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