Harold Bekkering

Harold Bekkering (born 19 October 1965) is a Dutch professor of cognitive psychology at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour of the Radboud University Nijmegen.[1][2] His research has covered many different ways of learning ranging from basic sensorimotor learning to complex forms of social learning. Lately, he aims to implement knowledge about human learning in educational settings.

Career

Bekkering was born in Oldenzaal on 19 October 1965.[3] He studied psychology at the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1985 and 1990 and obtained a BSc. He obtained an MA in cognitive psychology in 1990. Five years later he obtained a PhD from Maastricht University. In 2000 he obtained his habilitation from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[3]

Between May 1995 and December 2000 Bekkering was a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research. The next two years he was an associate professor at the University of Groningen. In October 2002 he was appointed a professor of cognitive psychology.[3][4] Bekkering's field of research is broad, covering amongst others developmental and cognitive psychology, the implementation of cognition in robotics and cognitive neuroscience.[4]

In the book De lerende mens Bekkering and Jurjen van der Helden expressed their findings and opinions on the future of education. Concerning the digitalization of education and especially the use of Internet Bekkering expects a broader, rather than deeper development of students, leading to a new kind of Homo universalis.[5] The two authors criticized the preliminary policy paper Platform Onderwijs 2032 for not taking sufficient account of findings in psychology and neuroscience.[6]

Bekkering was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.[7]

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Harold Bekkering". Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Prof. H. Bekkering (Harold)". Radboud University Nijmegen. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. H. Bekkering" (PDF). Radboud University Nijmegen. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 Ina Grever (15 April 2015). "Language in Interaction - Harold Bekkering Biosketch". Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Erica Renckens (16 December 2015). "'We worden allemaal een homo universalis'" (in Dutch). Kennislink. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Jurjen van der Helden & Harold Bekkering (15 October 2015). "Leren zonder feiten is een gevaarlijke illusie" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Harold Bekkering". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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