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Johan van Braak

Johan van Braak

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
49
Citations
13928
World Ranking
2882
National Ranking
30

Overview

Johan van Braak is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium, with a research focus spanning Social Sciences and Computer Science. Their work intersects various subfields including Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Information Systems, Computer Science Applications, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their publication record illustrates contributions primarily within Education and Educational Psychology, addressing a broad range of topics such as Digital literacy in education, Parental Involvement in Education, Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, Global Education and Multiculturalism, Teaching and Learning Programming, and Reading and Literacy Development.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Assessment of students' digital competences in primary school: a systematic review, 2022, Education and Information Technologies
  • Exploring the relationship between metacognitive awareness, motivation, and L1 students' critical listening skills, 2021, The Journal of Educational Research
  • Preparing preservice teachers to teach with digital technologies: An update of effective SQD-strategies, 2025, Computers & Education
  • Teach what you preach? The relationship between teachers' citizenship beliefs and citizenship education in the classroom, 2021, The Journal of Social Studies Research
  • Social citizenship competences at the end of primary school: The role of socio-ethnic classroom diversity and teachers' citizenship beliefs and practices in the classroom climate, 2022, Theory & Research in Social Education

Van Braak's research has been published in several key venues, with multiple works appearing in Computers & Education, PsycTESTS Dataset, Education and Information Technologies, The Journal of Educational Research, and The Journal of Social Studies Research.

Their collaborative work frequently involves several co-authors, including:

  • Koen Aesaert
  • Heleen Bourdeaud'hui
  • Guoyuan Sang
  • Martín Valcke
  • Lisa De Schaepmeester

Best Publications

  • Student teachers' thinking processes and ICT integration: Predictors of prospective teaching behaviors with educational technology

    Guoyuan Sang;Martin Valcke;Johan van Braak;Jo Tondeur

  • Preparing pre-service teachers to integrate technology in education: A synthesis of qualitative evidence

    Jo Tondeur;Johan van Braak;Guoyuan Sang;Joke Voogt

  • Understanding the relationship between teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and technology use in education: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

    Jo Tondeur;Jo Tondeur;Jo Tondeur;Johan van Braak;Peggy A. Ertmer;Peggy A. Ertmer;Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich

  • ICT integration in the classroom: Challenging the potential of a school policy

    Jo Tondeur;Hilde van Keer;Johan van Braak;Martin Valcke

  • The Gap between Educational Research and Practice: Views of Teachers, School Leaders, Intermediaries and Researchers.

    Ruben Vanderlinde;Johan van Braak

  • Explaining different types of computer use among primary school teachers

    Johan van Braak;Jo Tondeur;Martin Valcke

  • Curricula and the use of ICT in education: Two worlds apart?

    Jo Tondeur;Johan van Braak;Martin Valcke

  • Predicting secondary school teachers' acceptance and use of a digital learning environment: A cross-sectional study

    Bram Pynoo;Pieter Devolder;Jo Tondeur;Johan van Braak

  • Exploring the link between teachers' educational belief profiles and different types of computer use in the classroom

    Jo Tondeur;Ruben Hermans;Johan van Braak;Martin Valcke

  • Preparing beginning teachers for technology integration in education: ready for take-off?

    Jo Tondeur;Natalie Pareja Roblin;Johan van Braak;Joke Voogt

  • Developing a validated instrument to measure preservice teachers’ ICT competencies: Meeting the demands of the 21st century

    Jo Tondeur;Koen Aesaert;Bram Pynoo;Johan van Braak

  • Individual Characteristics Influencing Teachers' Class Use of Computers.

    Johan Van Braak

  • The e-capacity of primary schools: Development of a conceptual model and scale construction from a school improvement perspective

    Ruben Vanderlinde;Johan van Braak

  • Factors influencing the use of computer mediated communication by teachers in secondary schools

    Johan van Braak

  • Predicting ICT integration into classroom teaching in Chinese primary schools: exploring the complex interplay of teacher-related variables

    Guoyuan Sang;Martin Valcke;Johan van Braak;Jo Tondeur

  • Time for a new approach to prepare future teachers for educational technology use

    Jo Tondeur;Johan van Braak;Fazilat Siddiq;Ronny Scherer

  • ICT as cultural capital: The relationship between socioeconomic status and the computer-use profile of young people:

    Jo Tondeur;Ilse Sinnaeve;Mieke van Houtte;Johan van Braak

  • Understanding structural and cultural school characteristics in relation to educational change: the case of ICT integration

    Jo Tondeur;Geert Devos;Mieke Van Houtte;Johan van Braak

  • Teachers' acceptance and use of an educational portal

    Bram Pynoo;Jo Tondeur;Johan van Braak;Wouter Duyck

  • Gender and socioeconomic related differences in performance based ICT competences

    Koen Aesaert;Johan van Braak

  • Development of the Beliefs about Primary Education Scale: Distinguishing a developmental and transmissive dimension

    Ruben Hermans;Johan van Braak;Hilde Van Keer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jo Tondeur
Jo Tondeur Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Joke Voogt
Joke Voogt University of Amsterdam
Martin Valcke
Martin Valcke Ghent University
Jan Elen
Jan Elen KU Leuven
Hilde Van Keer
Hilde Van Keer Ghent University
Wouter Duyck
Wouter Duyck Ghent University
Peggy A. Ertmer
Peggy A. Ertmer Purdue University West Lafayette
Ronny Scherer
Ronny Scherer University of Oslo
Punya Mishra
Punya Mishra Arizona State University
Chin Chung Tsai
Chin Chung Tsai National Taiwan Normal University

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