Harold Bekkering

[3] He studied psychology at the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1985 and 1990 and obtained a BSc.

[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.