Bernadette van Hout-Wolters is a full professor in educational science. Her background is cognitive psychology (PhD, 1986).
Until 2011 she was the program leader of the research program entitled 'Skills related to knowledge acquisition in secondary education' of the Research Institute of Child Development and Education (CDE) at the University of Amsterdam. The research projects in this program covered studies in: (1) domain-specific skills in the natural science, language, and social science subjects, and (2) domain-exceeding skills, such as skills for self-directed learning, critical thinking and co-orporation.
Since 2012 she is especially active in process supervision of delayed PhD-students (of various disciplines) and mentoring refugee students and university faculty members.
Her research themes concern cognitive and metacognitive strategies of secondary school students in regular classrooms and computer supported learning environments. She is especially interested in learning strategies in text studying (for several school subjects) and in methods for measuring these learning strategies.
The last few years she has also been engaged in studying the gap between educational research and educational practice.
See also: (23) Bernadette van Hout Wolters | LinkedIn
Education
Academic career
Three types of publications will be described here: journal articles, books, and chapters in books .
In English
In Dutch
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Research School ICO
(Interuniversity Centre For Educational Research)
(2009-present)
- Management team of the Research School ICO (Interuniversity
Centre for Educational Research) (2000-2009)
- Management team of the Graduate School of Teaching and
Learning (ILO) of the University of Amsterdam (1990 -
2010)
- Board of the Stichting Fonds Doctor Catharine van
Tussenbroek VVAO (2008 - present)
- Board of the division Learning and Instruction of the Dutch
Educational Research Association VOR (vice-chair, 1998 -
2004)
- Board of the Dutch Association for Teacher Educators VELON
(1989 - 1993)
- Board of the division Educational Psychology of the Dutch
Professional Association of Psychologists NIP (1988 -
1992).
- Board of the Dutch Educational Research Association (VOR,
vice-president).
- Board of the NationalResearch Group Learning &
Instruction (Onderzoeksthemagroep(OTG)
Onderwijsleerprocessen)
- Board of the faculty of Educational Technology of the
University of Twente.
• Kluwer Navigator Education (Advisor), 2011-present
- Metacognition and Learning (Associate editor, 2005 -
2011)
• Learning and Individual Differences (Editorial board, 2000 -
2007)
• The School Field (Editorial board, 1996 - 2006)
• Learning and Instruction (Editorial board, 1996 -
2002)
• Didaktief (Correspondent, 1999 - present)
• Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsresearch (Dutch Journal of
Educational Research, Editorial board, 1988 - 2000)
• National Fund for Scientific Research (FWO, Brussels),
Committee for Educational Policy- and Practice-oriented
Research, 2005 - present.
• Research Council (Onderzoeksraad) University of Antwerpen,
Review Committee, 2006 - 2010.
• Education Council (Onderwijsraad) University of Gent, Review
Committee innovation projects, 2006 - 2010
• General Research Policy Committee of the University of
Amsterdam UOC, 1998 - 2010)
• Scientific committee of the ICO Research School
Interuniversity Centre for Educational Research,
2003-2008.
• Research committee of the Interdisciplinary Committee
Teacher Education (ICL) of the Association of Universities in
the Netherlands (VSNU), 2005 - 2007, chair.
• College of Referents for the Social Sciences (MagW) of the
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), 2003 -
2007.
• Jury Research Award of the National Committee on Study
skills (LOS), 2004(chair).
• Jury OutstandingPublication Award of the European
Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI),
2003.
• Research group 'Domain specific skills' of the Research
School ICO (Interuniversitary Centre for Educational Research),
1998 - 2003 (coordinator)
• Interdisciplinary Committee Teacher Education (ICL)of the
Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), 1986 -
1993
• Special Interest Group 'Comprehension of Text and Graphics'
of the Educational Association for Research on Learning and
Instruction EARLI,1989-1993 (coordinator).