Chair holder

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Ms Prof.in Dr. Monique Meier

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Contact Information

Professur für Didaktik der Biologie

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Visiting address:

Andreas-Schubert-Bau (ASB), Raum B-004B (2. Eingang) Zellescher Weg 19

01069 Dresden

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Office hours:

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Areas of work

Teaching in the modules Didactics of Biology (MD 1 & 2), School Internship and Block Internship B, Didactics of Biology: Specialisation (MD 4), Experimental Ecology and Sustainability (M10), Crop, Flower and Fruit Ecology in the Context of School Gardens (WM1), Zoological Garden (WM 2)
Programme Management & Coordination for the Biology Teaching Qualification (contact & enquiries to studienberatung.lehramt-biologie@tu-dresden.de)
Chair of the Examination Board for the Biology Teacher Training Programme; Recognition Officer; Examination Coordinator for the 1st State Examination
Evaluation Officer for the Biology Teacher Training Programme

Main areas of research and teaching

teaching and learning (digitally supported) in the process of scientific inquiry and in the use of living organisms in connection with teaching-learning laboratory work and digitisation.
Videos for teaching and learning in biology
digital adaptive feedback methods in university and school learning settings
teaching and learning about botanical phenomena in the context of biodiversity conservation and education for sustainable development using digital and/or game-based learning methods

Professional background and education

since 12/2022	Chair of Didactics of Biology at the Faculty of Biology of the TUD Technischen Universität Dresden
03/2022 - 11/2022	Interim Head of the Department of Biology Didactics at the Institute of Didactics of Natural Sciences (IDN), Leibniz Universität Hannover
08/2021 - 02/2022	Researcher in the project heiEDUCATION 2.1 in the field of digitisation at the Heidelberg School of Education, University of Heidelberg
04/2015 - 07/2021	Researcher in Biology Didactics / Head of the Experimental Biology Laboratory FLOX, University of Kassel (incl. Senior Fellow of the program Fellowship Fachdidaktik MINT of the Deutsche Telekom Stiftung)
07/2015	Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.)
11/2012 - 07/2014	Preparatory service at the Studienseminar für Berufsschulen Kassel (Kassel Vocational College), degree: 2nd state examination
01/2009 - 10/2012	Scholarship holder at the Institute of Biology Didactics in the Research Network 'Empirical Teaching and Educational Research' at the Justus Liebig University Giessen
10/2003 - 10/2008	Vocational school teacher training in nutrition/food science and biology, Free University of Berlin & Technical University, degree: 1st state examination

Memberships and external activities

Reviewer for written Abitur examinations in biology (Saxony, SMK, since 2023)
Co-editor of the journal Unterricht Biologie (since 2022)
Editor of the journal digital unterrichten Biologie (2020-2022)
Member of the Association for the Promotion of MINT Teaching (MNU)
Member of the Didactics of Biology Section (FDdB) in the Association of Biology, Biosciences and Biomedicine in Germany (VBIO)

Publications

91 Entries

2012

Auge in Auge mit dem Wasserfloh: Neugier wecken – Selbstständigkeit stärken – Experimentieren lernenMeier, M. & Wulff, C., 2012, In: Biologie in unserer Zeit. 42, 1, p. 49-55, 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article

Vortrags- und Workshop-/Fortbildungsaktivitäten

10 Entries

2026

Was macht eine gute Aufgabe aus? – Problem- und kompetenzorientierte Aufgaben sowie Leistungsüberprüfungen entwickeln. Meier, M. (Speaker) 20 Aug 2026 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited
Fortbildung - Praxis: Datenerfassung & -auswertung mit verschiedenen digitalen Sensoren Meier, M. (Speaker), Wober, J. (Involved person) 4 Mar 2026 → 5 Mar 2026 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Lecture > Contributed
Digitalgestützt Experimentieren im Biologieunterricht - Erkenntnisgewinnungskompetenzen mit KI, Videos und Sensoren fördern Meier, M. (Speaker) 28 Feb 2026 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited

2023

Experimentieren stärken, Schüler:innen-Hürden diagnostizieren und Feedback geben Meier, M. (Speaker) 16 Feb 2023 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited

2022

Audiovisuelle Medien im Biologieunterricht: Anregungen zum Einsatz interaktiver Videos beim Forschenden Lernen Meier, M. (Speaker) 27 Sep 2022 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited
Mit Videos Forschendes Lernen im Biologieunterricht unterstützen und gestalten Meier, M. (Speaker) 16 Sep 2022 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited
Digitalität im Biologieunterricht Meier, M. (Speaker), Thyssen, C. (Involved person), Schaal, S. (Involved person), Büssing, A. (Involved person) 2 Apr 2022 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited

2021

Inwiefern sind Biologie Schulstunden schon digital aufgestellt und was erwartet uns noch? Wie sehen konkrete didaktische Konzepte für einen digitalen Biologieunterricht aus? Meier, M. (Speaker) 25 Mar 2021 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited

2020

Biologische Phänomene im Freiland digital erkunden und erforschen Meier, M. (Speaker) 31 Jan 2020 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited

2019

„Unsichtbares“ sichtbar machen - Naturwissenschaftliche Prozesse mittels Stop-Motion visualisieren Meier, M. (Speaker), Kastaun, M. (Speaker) 19 Feb 2019 Activity: Talk or presentation at external institutions/events > Talk/Presentation > Invited