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Ruben Hermans
Researcher at Ghent University
Publications - 18
Citations - 1233
Ruben Hermans is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Primary education & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 16 publications receiving 1133 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruben Hermans include King's College London & IMS Health.
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The impact of primary school teachers' educational beliefs on the classroom use of computers
TL;DR: The hypothesis that teacher beliefs are significant determinants in explaining why teachers adopt computers in the classroom is supported, with results showing a positive effect of constructivist beliefs on the classroom use of computers.
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Exploring the link between teachers' educational belief profiles and different types of computer use in the classroom
TL;DR: Overall results indicate that teachers with relatively strong constructivist beliefs who also have strong traditional beliefs report a higher frequency of computer use, pointing at a specific relationship between teachers' belief profiles and how computers are used in the classroom.
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Development of the Beliefs about Primary Education Scale: Distinguishing a developmental and transmissive dimension
TL;DR: The BPES is an 18-item scale for assessing primary school teachers' beliefs toward the nature of good education, subdivided in a transmissive dimension (TD) and a developmental dimension (DD) as discussed by the authors.
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Educational Technology on a Turning Point: Curriculum Implementation in Flanders and Challenges for Schools.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors state that establishing technology curricula by national governments causes a shift in the policy actions of educational technology support: from a technical rationale with a main focus on funding and resources to a pedagogical rationale with an emphasis on student competencies.
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Taking Prospective Teachers’ Beliefs into Account in Teacher Education
TL;DR: The concept of beliefs has a long history and can be defined as understandings, premises, or propositions that are felt to be true as mentioned in this paper, and teachers' beliefs are a crucial variable in studying teaching and teacher education.