Overview

• Curriculum Vitae
• Research Interests
• Staff
• Publications
• List of Doctoral Theses
• Collaborative Research Projects
• Research-based Collaborations
• Third-party Funding
• Teaching Materials - Download for Teachers (German)

Curriculum Vitae

• 1976
  Diplom (Chemistry), Hamburg University
• 1979
  PhD (Organic Chemistry), Hamburg University (Prof. Dr. H. Paulsen)
• 1979-1988
  Research Assistant at Essen University, Chemistry Education
• 1987
  Habilitation (Chemistry Education), Essen University
• 1988-1990
  Substitute Professor of Vocational Education with Specialisation in Cosmetics/Hairdressing, Essen University
• 1990-2004
  Associate Professor of Chemistry Education, Essen University
• 2002
  Offer of a Full Professorship in Science Education, Stockholm Institute of Education, Sweden, declined
• 2004
  Offer of a Full Professorship in Science Education, Hamburg University, declined
• 2004-present
  Full Professor of Chemistry Education, Duisburg-Essen University
• 2004-2013
  Head of the DFG Research Training Group 902
  "Teaching and Learning of Science"
• 2015-
  Head of the DFG Research Group 2242
  "Academic learning and academic success during university entry phase in natural and engineering sciences" - Link

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Research Interests

Empirical Research in Chemistry Education

• Academic Teaching and Learning of Chemistry - more...
• Competence Measurement - more...
• Concept Mapping in Chemistry - more...
• Context-oriented Chemistry Teaching - more...
• Improvement of Experimental Learning Environments - more...
• Investigations on Homework Assignments in Chemistry Education - more...
• Professional Knowledge of Chemistry Teachers - more...
• Visualisation of Chemical Content- more...
• Worked-out Examples in Chemistry Teaching - more...

Development and Evaluation of Instructional Materials for Chemistry Lessons

• Development and Evaluation of Instructional Materials for Science Courses (Grades 5 and 6)
  • My body and I on a trip around the world. - more... (German)
  • Water - many facets of a substance more... (German)
• Development and evaluation of instructional material for an in-service teacher training
• Development and Evaluation of Instructional Material for High School Courses (Grades 10-12)
  • Nano-Sciences
• Quality Management of Central School Leaving Exams (Abitur)

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Collaborative Research Projects

• Research Training Group 902
  "Teaching and Learning of Science" (nwu-essen)
  

• Joint Researcher Training Initiative
  "Finnish-German Research Training Group:
  Research in Teaching and Learning of Science"

• Research Unit 511
  "Teaching and Learning of Science" (nwu-essen)
  

• Evaluation of the German National Educational Standards in Science (ESNaS) - Link

• Professional Knowledge in Science (ProWiN)
  

• Ganz In - All-Day Schools for a Brighter Future.
  The New All-Day Secondary School in NRW - Link
  Ganz In-Praxisbände

• Research Group 2242
  
  "Academic learning and academic success during university entry phase in natural and engineering sciences" - Link

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Research-based Collaborations

• With following institutions
  • Institute for Educational Progress (IQB), HU Berlin
  • Institute for School Development (IfS), TU Dortmund
  • Finnish Graduate School of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Education
• With colleagues university-wide
  • Department of Biology and Geography
    • Angela Sandmann
    • Philipp Schmiemann
  • Department of Chemistry
    • Matthias Epple
    • Eckart Hasselbrink
    • Carsten Schmuck
  • Department of Educational Sciences
    • Isabel van Ackeren
    • Detlev Leutner
  • Department of Engineering
    • Matthias Brand
  • Department of Physics
    • Hans E. Fischer
    • Heike Theyssen
  • Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Bildungsforschung (IZfB)
• With colleagues nation-wide
  • Wilfried Bos, IfS, Dortmund
  • Alexander Kauertz, Koblenz-Landau University
  • Jürgen Mayer,  Kassel University
  • Knut Neumann, IPN, Kiel
  • Birgit Neuhaus, LMU, Munich
  • Oliver Tepner, Regensburg University
  • Joachim Wirth, RUB, Bochum
• With international colleagues
  • Jari Lavonen, Helsinki University, Finland
  • W. Jocherns, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands

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Funding

• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
• Bund-Länder-Kommission
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Europäische Union
• Fonds der chemischen Industrie
• Forschungspool der Universität Essen
• Industrieverband Agrar
• Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen, HU, Berlin
• Kurt-Hansen-Stiftung
• Mercator-Stiftung
• Müller-Reitz-Stiftung
• Schering-Stiftung
• Universitätsverbund Multimedia NRW
• Wella AG

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Teaching Materials – Download for Teachers (German)

• Worked-Out Examples for Science Courses - Link
• Instructional Materials for Science Courses (Grades 5 and 6)
  • My body and I on a trip around the world. - pdf-files
  • Water - many facets of a substance - pdf-files
• Concept Mapping Training - pdf-file
  • Feedback Map I- pdf-file
  • Feedback-Map II - pdf-file
• Structuring Training - pdf-file
• Instructional Materials for Science Courses (Grade 7): Experimental Tasks Concerning  Acids and Bases - pdf-file