Research
Fields of Activity at the Chair of School Pedagogy
- Theory-and-practice-based development and evaluation of concepts for higher education
- Modeling, measuring and fostering pre-service teachers' media education competence
- Media education from an action- and development-oriented perspective
- International comparative and interdisciplinary research on contemporary advancements in media landscape
Research Interests
- Current advancements in media landscape (among others: media convergence; marketing through influencers and people with reach; stereotypes and role models on social media; algorithmization of public communication; disinformation and hate speech; artificial intelligence; data capitalism; consumer technology)
- Media education as an answer to promote personal development as well as a climate of openness and tolerance in society
- Design-based research
- Initial teacher education and curriculum-development
Projects
- 2021 - today: PhD Thesis: Development and evaluation of a pedagogical concept to promote pre-service teachers' media education competence
- 2022 - 2023: Bring Truth to Fear: Utilizing media literacy competencies to tackle fear-based thinking through a game-based learning environment
- 2021 - 2023: Medialogues: Advancing the quality of media education through a professional learning community by developing the knowledge, confidence, and leadership skills of German and American teachers and educators (funded by the US embassy in Berlin)