CV

Research interests

Publications

Courses

Biography

• born 1979
• 1998 Abitur (general qualification for university entrance) at the Private Episcopal Canisiusschool Ahaus
• 10/1998 - 01/2005 Studies in psychology at the University of Muenster; Degree: Dipl.-Psych. [Diplom]
• since 02/2005 research associate in the team of Prof. R. Bromme
• 01/2006 - 12/2008: fellow of the Virtual Ph.D. Program (VGK) "Knowledge acquisition and knowledge exchange with new media" funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
• since 07/2009 assistance in coordinating the DFG-funded Priority Program 1409 "Science and the general public: Understanding fragile and conflicting scientific evidence" (postdoctoral position)
• 02/2010: PhD (Dr. phil.) received from the WWU Münster; Dissertation: "Whom to blame - the source of information or myself? - Personal epistemology and personal ability in dealing with medical information on the Internet" (obtainable at  Logos Verlag Berlin).

   

Ad hoc reviewer for:

• British Journal of Educational Psychology
• Contemporary Educational Psychology
• European Journal of Psychology of Education
• Learning and Instruction
• Teaching and Teacher Education
• The Educational Research Review
• The Journal of the Learning Sciences

Research interests

• Epistemic beliefs (esp. the mechanism and process of epistemic change)
• Possibilities and limits of using new media for teaching and learning
• Science communication
• Critical thinking
• Conceptual change

   

   

Publications

• Bromme, R. & Kienhues, D. (2007). Epistemologische Überzeugungen: Was wir von (natur-) wissenschaftlichem Wissen erwarten können. In J. Zumbach und H. Mandl (Hrsg.), Pädagogische Psychologie in Theorie und Praxis. Ein fallbasiertes Lehrbuch (S.193-203). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
• Bromme, R. & Kienhues, D. (2008). Allgemeinbildung. In W. Schneider & M. Hasselhorn (Hrsg.) Handbuch der Pädagogischen Psychologie (S. 619-628). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
• Bromme, R., Kienhues, D., & Porsch, T. (2010). Who knows what and who can we believe? Epistemological beliefs are beliefs about knowledge (mostly) attained from others. in L. D. Bendixen & F. C. Feucht (Eds.), Personal Epistemology in the Classroom: Theory, Research, and Implications for Practice (pp. 163-193). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Bromme, R., Kienhues, D., & Stahl, E. (2008). Knowledge and epistemological beliefs: An intimate but complicate relationship. In M. S. Khine (Ed.), Knowing, Knowledge, and Beliefs: Epistemological Studies Across Diverse Cultures (p. 423 - 444). New York: Springer.
• Kienhues, D. (2010). Whom to blame - the source of information or myself? Personal epistemology  and personal ability in dealing with medical information on the Internet. Berlin: Logos.
• Kienhues, D. & Bromme, R. (2011). Beliefs about abilities and epistemic beliefs - Aspects of cognitive flexibility in information rich environments. In J. Elen, E. Stahl, R. Bromme & G. Clarebout (Eds.), Links between beliefs and cognitive flexibility: lessons learned (pp. 105-124). New York: Springer.
• Kienhues, D., & Bromme, R. (in press). General literacy in a digital world. In Norbert M. Seel (Ed.). Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. New York: Springer.
• Kienhues, D., Bromme, R., & Stahl, E. (2008). Changing epistemological beliefs: The unexpected impact of a short-term intervention. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 78, 545-565. DOI: 10.1348/000709907X268589
• Kienhues, D., Stadtler, M. & Bromme, R. (2011). Dealing with conflicting or consistent medical information on the Web: When expert information breeds laypersons’ doubts about experts. Learning and Instruction, 21, 193-204. DOI:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2010.02.004