Dr. Lars Förster
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Professur für Grundschulpädagogik/Sachunterricht
Visiting address:
Weberplatz 5, Room WEB 211b
01217 Dresden
- work Tel.
- +49 351 463-39963
Office hours:
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I am Lars Förster, born in 1986 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) and a doctor of history. I have been working as a Research Associate at the Chair of Primary Education / Social Studies and Science Education at TU Dresden since 2015. I am passionate about nature and forest education, as I believe that experiencing nature is essential for children's development. As a state-certified forest educator, I offer forest programs for children and further training for educators and primary school teachers to promote nature awareness right from the start. I also volunteer at the Küchwald forest school.
- Didactics of subject teaching
- Historical learning
- Holocaust Education
- Outdoor Education
- Nature and forest education
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)
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 |
- 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