Ellen J. Rohaan

Hogeschool Fontys · School for Child Studies and Education

Teachers’ inquiry-based attitude and literature use in academic primary schools: an exploration An inquiry-based attitude and the use of literature in educational practice are highly valued. However, little is known about the extent to which teachers have an inquiry-based attitude and how often they use literature. There is not much consensus about...

Teacher knowledge guides a teacher’s behaviour in the classroom. Teacher knowledge for technology education is generally assumed to play an important role in affecting pupils’ learning in technology. There are an abundant number of teacher knowledge models that visualise different domains of teacher knowledge, but clear empirical evidence on how th...

In the study described in this article, primary school teachers‟ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of technology education was measured with a multiple choice test; the Teaching of Technology Test (TTT). The aim of the study was to explore the latent factor structure of PCK, which is considered to be a crucial and distinctive domain of teacher kn...

For many teachers in primary schools, teaching science and technology is a challenge. Recent surveys in the Netherlands (Walma van der Molen, 2009) indicate that teachers think science and technology education is important to their pupils. Besides, teachers express that pupils in general enjoy science and technology lessons. Yet, it is known that p...

This literature review reports on the assumed relations between primary school teachers’ knowledge of technology and pupils’ attitude towards technology. In order to find relevant aspects of technology-specific teacher knowledge, scientific literature in the field of primary technology education was searched. It is found that teacher knowledge is e...

ABSTRACT Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a crucial part of a teacher’s knowledge base for teaching. Studies in the field of technology education for primary schools showed that this domain of teacher knowledge is related to pupils’ increased learning, motivation, and interest. The common methods to investigate teachers’ PCK are often complic...

Lessuggesties voor leraren basisonderwijs voor gebruik in de klas van de luister-CD 'De Junior Bèta Canon'. Alle vijftig lemma's van de bètacanon zijn door Robbert Dijkgraaf, Louise Fresco en Bas Haring herschreven en ingesproken voor kinderen uit groep 7 en 8. De lessuggesties geven aan bij welke leerdoelen de onderwerpen passen en geven concrete...

Pedagogical content knowledge is found to be a crucial part of the knowledge base for teaching. Studies in the field of primary technology education showed that this domain of teacher knowledge is related to pupils' increased learning, motivation, and interest. The common methods to investigate teachers' pedagogical content knowledge are often comp...

Impedance cardiography has been used increasingly to measure human physiological responses to emotional and mentally engaging stimuli. The validity of large-scale ensemble averaging of ambulatory impedance cardiograms was evaluated for preejection period (PEP), interbeat interval, and dZ/dt(min) amplitude. We tested whether the average of "classica...