Dr J.J.M. Dera (Jeroen)

Associate professor - Department of Modern Languages and Cultures
Assistant professor - Radboud Institute for Culture and History

Contact

jeroen.dera@ru.nl
024-3616118

Visiting address

Erasmusplein 1
6525 HT NIJMEGEN

Postal address

Postbus 9103
6500 HD NIJMEGEN

Working days Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Dr Jeroen Dera (1986) obtained his PhD in 2017, defending a dissertation on early book reviewing programs in the mass media of radio and television in the Netherlands. As a literary scholar specializing in institutional analysis, Dr Dera mainly focuses on literature education, book reviewing practices and contemporary Dutch poetry.

Dr Dera co-edited two recent volumes on contemporary poetry in the Netherlands and Flanders. He is also editor of the Flemish literary journal DW B and critic for the daily newspaper 'De Standaard'.

At Radboud University, Dr Dera coordinates the MA program 'Education in Language and Cultural Studies'. Lecturing in both the Faculty of Arts and the Teacher Training program, Dr Dera bridges the study of language and literature on the one hand, and educational sciences on the other.

Tags: literature education, new media, poetry, literary reviewing

Publications

Key publications

Dera, J.J.M. (2025). Do teachers read against the text? Studying the prevalence of critical literature pedagogy through a vignette. Oxford Review of Education. doi: 10.1080/03054985.2025.2473960 Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2025). Students’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Literary Reading in School and Leisure Contexts. Education Sciences, 15 (5):580. doi: 10.3390/educsci15050580 Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2025). Why do we actually have to read all these books for school? Assessing literature teachers’ legitimations of literary reading towards students in upper-secondary education. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 25 (1), 1-30. doi: 10.21248/l1esll.2025.25.1.741 Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2025). Your voice brings calmness to the chaos in my mind. Exploring the uses of poetry on TikTok. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 38 (1), 24-37. doi: 10.1080/08893675.2024.2323198 Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2024). 'She doesn't consider it to be real literature': Student conceptions of the term 'literature' and the notion of literary competence. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 24 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.21248/l1esll.2024.24.1.611 Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2024). BookTok: A Narrative Review of Current Literature and Directions for Future Research. Literature Compass, 21 (10-12):e70012. doi: 10.1111/lic3.70012 Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2024). Embarking on the online reading challenge. Adolescents' participation motives, gains and impacts on reading routines. Literacy, 58 (3), 301-311. doi: 10.1111/lit.12380 Full text
Dera, J.J.M., Brouwer, S.M. & Welling, A. (2023). #BookTok’s appeal on ninth-grade students. An inquiry into students’ responses on a social media revelation. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 67 (2), 99-110. doi: 10.1002/jaal.1303 Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2023). Poëzie. Ook 'op posters en dingetjes?' Beeldvorming onder Nederlandse vwo-scholieren. Cultuur+Educatie, 21 (62), 8-29. Full text
Dera, J.J.M., Gubbels, J.C.G., Loo, J. van der & Rijt, J.H.M. van (2023). Vaardig met vakinhoud. Handboek vakdidactiek Nederlands. Bussum: Coutinho Full text
Bax, S., Dera, J.J.M., Oerlemans, A. & Starre, K. van der (2022). Het literaire veld als schema. Actuele kanttekeningen bij een dominant model in de neerlandistiek. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, 138 (2), 164-180. doi: 10.5117/TNTL.2022.2.004.BAX Full text
Dera, J.J.M., Lierop-Debrauwer, H. van & Schotanus, Y. (2022). De grenzen van literatuur. Ontwikkeling en opbrengsten van een lessenreeks literatuur met expliciete leerlinginspraak. (external report). Amsterdam: Stichting Lezen
Dera, J.J.M. & Keulen, E.L. (2022). Werkt De Weddenschap? Opvattingen van (v)mbo-docenten en vmbo-leerlingen over leesbevorderingscampagne De Weddenschap en leescoaches DIO, Famke Louise en Jeangu Macrooy. Nederlandse Letterkunde, 27 (1), 44-62. doi: 10.5117/NEDLET2022.1.004.DERA Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2021). De helaasheid der leeslijsten. Over diversiteit in het literatuuronderwijs. De Lage Landen, 64 (1), 115-121. Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2021). Evaluating poetry on Covid-19. Attitudes of poetry readers toward corona poems. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 34 (2). doi: 10.1080/08893675.2021.1899630 Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2021). Het gouden ei in het literatuuronderwijs. Van docentopvattingen naar nieuwe perspectieven op een schoolklassieker. Vooys. Tijdschrift voor Letteren, 39 (2), 17-27. Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2021). How Culturally Diverse Are Text Selections in Dutch Literary Education? An Analysis of Reading Tips, Teaching Packs, and Student Choices. Journal of Dutch Literature, 13 (1), 49-67. Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2021). Poëzie als alternatief. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek
Dera, J.J.M. (2020). Het begrip 'literatuur' binnen het literatuuronderwijs. In G. Rijlaarsdam (Ed.), Didactiek Nederlands. s.l.: Levende Talen Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2019). De praktijk van de leeslijst. Een onderzoek naar de inhoud en waardering van literatuurlijsten voor het schoolvak Nederlands op havo en vwo. (external report). Amsterdam: Stichting Lezen Full text
Dera, J.J.M. (2018). De lezende leraar. Literatuuronderwijs in Nederland(s) als onderzoeksobject. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, 134 (2), 146-170. Full text

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