Teacher trainers at TUD Teacher Academy

Chair of Mathematics Education

Prof. Dr. Andrea Hoffkamp

© Nickolaus

Research Interests and Projects

• School Development Research: Mathematics Instruction in Heterogeneous and Inclusive Classrooms
• Functional Thinking and Introductory Analysis Instruction
• Development and investigation of computer-based learning environments in mathematics instruction
• University Mathematics Education

Chair of Primary Education/ Mathematical Education

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Schorcht

© Michael Kretzschmar

Research Interests and Projects

• Addressing Math Difficulties
• Nurturing Mathematical Talent
• Developing Basic Mathematical Skills
• Practice and Differentiation in Math Class
• Digital Media in Math Class

Professional Development Topics

• Use of AI in Math Class
• Mathematical Representation in Cognitive Processes
• Building Foundational Concepts
• Combinatorics in Elementary School
• Problem-Solving in Mathematics Instruction

Chair of Didactics of Biology

Prof. Dr. Monique Meier

© Sven Ellger/TUD

Research Interests and Projects

• Digital Technologies in Subject-Specific Instruction (Digital Data Acquisition, 3D Printing)
• Scientific Inquiry/Knowledge Acquisition (including experimentation)
• Adaptivity and Feedback
• Use of Animals in Biology Classes

Professional Development Topics

• Adaptivity and Feedback
• Diversity
• Digitalization

Dr. Christin Baumgärtel

Research Associate at the Chair of General Microbiology

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Continuing Education Topics

• Bakteriopolis: An Extracurricular Learning Center
• Integrating Microbiology Topics into the Classroom
• Multicellularity in Bacteria

Research Associate, Schullogin
Dr. Gregor Damnik

© © Micheal Kretzschmar

Professional Development Topics:

• Tasks and Task-Oriented Approaches in Computer Science Instruction
  • Cognitive demands of tasks; use of operators in subject-specific instruction, using the example of learning assessment in computer science
  • Adapting tasks to differentiate among varying performance levels
  • Creating expectations
  • Implementation of a complex computer science task

School teacher seconded to the university
Wolf Spalteholz

© DDI

Professional development topics:

• The Relationship Between Digital Competencies and Computer Science
  • The Saxon Competency Framework for Digitalization-Related Skills
  • Differentiation between media, computer science, and application competencies
  • Operationalization of digital literacy skills
  • Development of implementation examples to assist teachers

Chair of Particle Physics
Prof. Dr. Michael Kobel

© Michael Kretzschmar

Research Interests and Projects

• Experimental particle physics using the ATLAS detector at CERN in Geneva (specifically: weak interaction—scattering of the W and Z gauge bosons, Higgs mechanism)

Course Topics

• Introduction to the theoretical framework of particle physics and its application in the classroom
• Research Methods in Particle Physics
• Detailed information on current teacher training programs can be found here

Staff members in the “Research Meets School” project and at the German Center for Astrophysics (DZA)
Philipp Lindenau

© IKTP

Professional Development Topics

• Introduction to the theoretical framework of particle physics based on teaching materials developed by the Particle World Network
• For more information, click here

Chair of Physics Education
Dr. Farahnaz Sadidi

© Tine Jurtz

Research Interests and Projects

• Lead of the EU project STEAM-CT: Transforming STEM and art education through the integration of critical thinking
• Promoting critical thinking in physics education (including modern physics)
• Development of critical, creative, and meticulous thinking skills in the context of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
• Developing the competencies of teachers and pre-service teachers to teach critical thinking in STEM classes
• Professional development for teachers and pre-service teachers on the application of artificial intelligence in the classroom

Professional Development Topics

• Critical Thinking in (Physics) Class
• AI in (physics) classes: Innovative & diversity-sensitive
• Promoting critical thinking in particle physics classes (in cooperation with Particle World Network)
• Critical Thinking, Sustainable Learning—Ideas for Designing Instruction in STEM Subjects (in cooperation with ZiLL and HDS)

Research Associate at IFW Dresden
Carsten Albert

© Carsten Albert

Research Interests and Projects

• Quantum physics in secondary education

• Development and Evaluation of Teaching and Learning Environments

• Development of assessment tools,

• Large-Scale Assessments

• Teacher Professional Development

Contact person for teacher training in STEM subjects at IFW Dresden

Training Topics

• Quantum Physics in Secondary Education
• Contemporary Topics and Approaches in Physics Instruction

Assistant Professor Dr. Mario Baumann

Classical Studies/Greek Literature, Substitute Instructor for Classical Philology/Latin, Institute of Classical Philology

© MB

Research Interests

• Greek Drama
• Greek Historiography
• Greek Literature of the Imperial Period / Second Sophistic
• Ancient Concepts of Literary Aesthetics
• Literature and the Senses: Text-Image Intermediality, Literary Representation of Smells
• Literature and Performativity
• Forms of Narrative

Professional Development Topics

• Journey to the Seven Wonders of the World
• Ancient Languages, Distant Sounds: What Did Antiquity Sound Like?
• The Scent of the Text: Smells in Ancient Literature

Chair of Didactics of Philosophy and of Ethics
Prof. Dr. Markus Tiedemann

© Markus Tiedemann

Continuing Education topics

• Post-Enlightenment Society (Analysis of the Current Paradigm Shift in the History of Mentalities)
• Radicalization and Deradicalization

• Tolerance: What Is It?

• Philosophizing with (Elementary School) Children

• Philosophy Education (numerous topics)
• Far-right Distortion of History (Holocaust Denial)

• Extracurricular Learning Environments

Chair of Religious Education
Prof. Dr. Birte Platow

© Birte Platow

Research Interests and Projects

• Theology and Artificial Intelligence, Ethics of Technology
• Education in the Future
• Ethical Education
• (Inter)religious Education that Embraces Plurality

Professional DevelopmentTopics

• Ethics of AI
• Holistic Education Despite or With AI?!
• Interreligious Understanding
• Religious Education as a Means of Preventing Anti-Semitism

Hanna Janßen
Research Associate for the "FENIX – Field Education by Interdisciplinary Excursions" project

© TU Dresden

Research Interests and Projects

• Out-of-School Learning Environments
• Excursion Pedagogy

Professional Development Topics

• Learning in Out-of-School Settings
• Saxony Learning Map

Ariane Schneider
Research Associate in the “ReTransfer” Project

© Ariane Schneider

Research Interests and Projects

• Collaborative Project ReTransfer (Re-Innovation and Transfer of Digital Concepts in Social Science Teacher Education in the Context of Digital Sovereignty and Open Educational Practices)

  https://retransfer.digital/: Digital Storytelling as a Communicative Approach to Emotional Information Transfer

School teacher seconded to the university
Juliane Hoyer

© Ante Beslic

Professional Development Topics

• #notneutral - Democracy Education as a School-Wide Responsibility

• Civic Education in Times of Crisis

• Games in Political Education

• Mentor Training

School teacher seconded to the university
Marlen Beilig

© M. Kretzschmar

Continuing Education Topics

• Learning Situations in the Medical Assistant Training Program (Health & Nursing)
• Didactic Utilization of Professional Practice Situations
• Planning competency-based instruction and reflecting on didactic principles such as situation- and competency-based approaches

Research Associate at the Institute of Vocational Education and Vocational Didactics 

Sandra Härtel, Dipl. Berufspäd.

© Michael Kretzschmar

Research Interests

• Digitalization in Vocational Schools – Perspectives of (Prospective) Teachers

Professional Development Topics

• Designing and Experiencing Digital Teaching and Learning Environments
• Framework Conditions and Collaboration Structures from the Perspective of (Prospective) Teachers

School teacher seconded to the university
Katja Kuritz

© Johannes Köhler

Professional Development Topics

• Biographical Work

  • Biographical self-reflection for teachers

  • Biographical Approaches to Promoting Identity and Personality Development in Students (Starting in 5th Grade)

• Cooperative Learning in School Settings

• Learning Formats and Methods for Engaging Students and Promoting Inclusion of Students with Diverse Learning Styles

Research Associate
Dr. Melanie Wohlfahrt

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Research Topics

• Teacher Professional Development and Informal/Lifelong Learning
• Workshop-based learning, global learning, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Professional Development Topics

• Dealing with Conflicts in Everyday School Life
• Communication in Everyday School Life (Communication Models, Nonviolent Communication, Relationship Building)

• Intercultural sensitivity in schools

• Student-Centered Instruction – Differentiation Through Openness (cooperative models, weekly schedule, workshop-based learning, independent work)

• Introduction to Peer Case Consultation

Research Associate, Coordination Inclusion
Tina Czaja

© Steffen Schreiber

Research Interests and Projects

• Multifunctional Learning Environments as a Prerequisite for Successful Inclusion in Schools
  • Project: Teaching and Learning Space for Inclusion
  • Project: Teaching and Learning Space for Inclusion Transfer (LLR Transfer)
• Digitalization and Inclusion as Intertwined Cross-Cutting Themes in Teacher Education

• Inclusive Digital Learning Environments and Educational Technologies

  • Serious Games
    • Project: Escape Room
  • Audience response systems for inclusive teaching / Calculations using object recognition (in collaboration with the Chair of Human-Computer Interaction and Dr. Frank Beier)

Professional Development Topics

• Designing Inclusive Learning Environments
• The Intersection of Inclusion and Digitalization

School teacher seconded to the university
Dr. Volker Kreß

© ZLSB

Professional Development Topics

• Mentor Training
• Didactics of Teaching and Learning Processes
• Core Characteristics of Instruction

Advisor in Writing Pedagogy
Claudia Hammermüller

© Crispin-I. Mokry

Professional Development Topics

• Academic Writing and Writing Competence
• Structuring the Writing Process and Guiding Academic Papers / Research Papers
• Generative AI in the Writing Process

• Introduction to Creating Academic Posters

• Programs on student media, journalistic writing, and media literacy (e.g., fake news, dealing with social media)

Research Associate at the Chair of General Didactics and Instructional Research
Alexey Poznyakovskiy

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Research Interests and Projects

• Digitalization and Inclusion as an Interface
• Assistive Technologies
• Teaching and Learning Resources in the Age of Digitalization

• Research Associate in the ELMeKS.digital project: https://elmeks.codip.tu-dresden.de/