Research Fields & Projects
The research areas of the Chair of Biology Didactics are broadly based in four areas of impact in schools and universities. In terms of subject methodology, the focus is on the promotion of scientific inquiry skills. In terms of content and with an interdisciplinary perspective, biodiversity education and education for sustainable development with a botanical focus play a special role. Digital technologies in the design and use of subject and methodological teaching and learning and the individualisation of teaching/learning processes are included here.
Research areas in teacher education
- Study integrated and accompanying promotion of basic digital skills in biology (cooperation and member of the DiKoLAN working group) with a focus on feedback and adaptivity
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Implementation of practical, application-oriented, nature-based and "living" teacher training with a focus on "teaching-learning labs and digitalization" and teaching in the Botanical Garden
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Coherence in teacher training - linking subject, didactic and educational sciences
Research areas in school education
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VidEX - Development and evaluation of scientific experiment videos for the promotion of experimental skills (cooperation with Prof. Dr. Lisa Stinken-Rösner and Dr. Marit Kastaun)
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Differential promotion of experimental competence with multimedia learning support taking into account cognitive learner characteristics (cooperation with Dr. Marit Kastaun)
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Organismic biology - (game-based) teaching and learning with and about animals and plants (including species knowledge) as well as biodiversity education & ESD (incl. PhD by Luisa Henze and Anne Göhre)
The areas of research listed above are not (entirely) distinct in terms of their allocation to teacher education or school education, nor are they distinct from each other. Rather, they interact with each other and, in this interplay, promote the transfer of knowledge and materials from research to school practice.