Dr. Lars Förster
- Didactics of subject teaching
- Historical learning
- Holocaust Education
- Outdoor Education
- Nature and forest education
Dr. Lars Förster, born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (GDR) in 1986, holds a doctorate in history and has been a Research Associate at the TUD Dresden University of Technology in the field of subject teaching since 2015. His work focuses on historical learning, Holocaust education and outdoor education as well as nature and forest education. As a state-certified forest educator, he also runs forest experiences for nursery and primary school children as well as training courses for educational professionals.
Editorships |
Knörzer, Martina; Förster, Lars; Franz, Ute & Hartinger, Andreas (eds.) (2019): Forschendes Lernen im Sachunterricht (Problems and Perspectives in Sachunterricht, vol. 29). Bad Heilbrunn: Julius Klinkhardt publishing house. Link Förster, Lars; Franz, Ute; Giest, Hartmut; Hartinger, Andreas & Knörzer, Martina (eds.) (2019): GDSU Journal, Issue 9 (June 2019). Download PDF |
Monographs |
Förster, Lars (2015): Bruno Apitz. Eine politische Biographie (Biographische Studien zum 20. Jahrhundert, vol. 5, ed. by Frank-Lothar Kroll). Berlin: be.bra wissenschaft verlag. [zugl. Dissertation, TU Chemnitz 2014] Review in nd | Review on L-IZ.de | Interview in the MZ| be.bra wissenschaft verlag Förster, Lars (2014): work. speak. play. celebrate. Die Praxis der Reformpädagogik im 20. Jahrhundert (accompanying brochure to the exhibition). Chemnitz: Chemnitz University Press. Link: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-151897. |
Articles in anthologies |
Knörzer, Martina; Förster, Lars; Franz, Ute & Hartinger, Andreas (2019): Editorial. In: This (ed.): Forschendes Lernen im Sachunterricht (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts, vol. 29). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, pp. 9-16. link Förster, Lars (2018): "... as if a great gate had slammed shut when we entered the camp". Bruno Apitz (1900-1979). In: Pampel, Bert & Schmeitzner, Mike (eds.): Sachsenburg Concentration Camp (1933-1937) (Publication series of the Saxon Memorials Foundation, vol. 16). Dresden: Sandstein Verlag, pp. 241-261. Brade, Janine & Förster, Lars (2016): Memorial site. In: Brade, Janine & Krull, Danny (eds.): 45 learning places in theory and practice. Extracurricular learning in elementary school for all subjects and grades. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag, pp. 67-70. Förster, Lars & Leibelt, Thomas (2016): Schullandheim. In: Brade, Janine & Krull, Danny (eds.): 45 learning locations in theory and practice. Extracurricular learning in elementary school for all subjects and grades. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag, pp. 123-126. Gryl, Inga & Förster, Lars (2016): Forest. In: Brade, Janine & Krull, Danny (eds.): 45 learning places in theory and practice. Extracurricular learning in elementary school for all subjects and grades. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag, pp. 163-166. Förster, Lars (2015): Bruno Apitz in the Buchenwald concentration camp. In: Götze, Stefanie (ed.): Persecuted - Celebrated - Forgotten. On the life and work of Bruno Apitz. Leipzig: Wir machen Druck, pp. 11-52. Förster, Lars (2013): Bruno Apitz and the MfS. On the self-image of a German communist. In: Hawel, Marcus et al. (eds.): Work in progress. Work on progress. PhD Yearbook 2012 of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, vol. 2. Hamburg: VSA-Verlag, pp. 109-131. link |
Articles in academic journals |
Förster, Lars (2024): Apitz, Bruno. In: NDB-online, published on 01.01.2024, Link: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/118829637.html#dboconten. Förster, Lars (2023): City Faces. Children discover urban architecture through aesthetic research. In: The primary school magazine, No. 338, pp. 11-15. link Förster, Lars (2017): Going on a journey through time in the classroom. In: Primary school, issue 6, pp. 16-18. Förster, Lars (2017): Chemnitz - Once a stronghold of Saxon reform education. In: Chemnitz history calendar, calendar page April 2017, link: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-222928. Förster, Lars (2016): Through the city with open eyes. Aesthetic research in urban space. In: Sache - Wort - Zahl, issue 161, pp. 39-47. Förster, Lars (2016): Dialogue with the past. In: Primary school, issue 4, pp. 10-12. Gryl, Inga & Förster, Lars (2016): Conflicts of use in the forest - a role play. In: Primary school, issue 4, p. 22-24. Förster, Lars (2015): More than a one-book author. The artistic work of Bruno Apitz in Buchenwald concentration camp. In: Gerbergasse 18. Thüringer Vierteljahresschrift für Zeitgeschichte und Politik, issue 77, pp. 28-33. Förster, Lars (2013): Bruno Apitz and the State Security. A research report on the DA "Brendel". In: Deutschland Archiv Online, 16.10.2013, Link: http://www.bpb.de/170621. |
Articles in newspapers |
Förster, Lars: How the writer Apitz became a Stasi informer. In: Freie Presse Chemnitz, 29.11.2013, p. B4. Förster, Lars: Bruno Apitz and the State Security. In: Sächsische Zeitung, 30.11.2013 and 01.12.2013, p. 19. |
Reviews |
Review of: Hans-Peter Rüsing: The Drama of Resistance. Günther Weisenborn, der 20. Juli 1944 und die Rote Kapelle (Historisch-kritische Arbeiten zur deutschen Literatur, vol. 52, ed. by Michael Hofmann). Frankfurt am Main 2013, in: German Studies, vol. 55, issue 3-4/2014, pp. 777-778. |
Exhibitions |
Path of Remembrance - Sachsenburg Concentration Camp work. speak. play. celebrate. The practice of reform pedagogy in the 20th century |
Web projects |
bruno-apitz.de |
Lecture: Fundamentals and concepts of subject teaching
Module: EW-SEGS-D-SU-1 (1st semester) (winter semester)
Seminar: Education and multi-perspectivity in subject teaching
Module: EW-SEGS-D-SU-2 (2nd semester) (summer semester)
Seminar: Social science learning in subject teaching
Module: EW-SEGS-D-SU-3 (3rd to 4th semester) (winter & summer semester)
Seminar: Extracurricular learning in subject teaching
Module: EW-SEGS-D-SU-3 (3rd to 4th semester) (winter & summer semester)
Seminar: Children and contemporary history
Module: EW-SEGS-D-SU-4 (6th semester) (winter semester)
Seminar: Children and nature
Module: EW-SEGS-D-SU-4 (6th semester) (summer semester)
- since 2022: Member of the Scientific Council of the ZLSB
- since 2022: Member of the Study Commission for the degree program Teacher Training - Elementary Schools
- since 2019: Mid-level representative on the Council of the Institute of Education
- since 2016: Member of the elementary school working group of the ZLSB
- 2017-2018: Liaison lecturer in the "Perspektive Land" program (Saxony)
- Society for the Didactics of Sachunterricht e.V. GDSU
- Member of the "Early Education" working group of the GDSU
- Chemnitzer Geschichtsverein e.V. 1990 CG
- Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald e.V. SDW