Fritz Staub

Fritz Staub, Prof. Dr.

Emeritierter Professor für Gymnasialpädagogik sowie Lehr- und Lernforschung / Professor Emeritus of Upper-Secondary Education Studies and Research on Learning and Teaching (2012-2023)

Phone: +41 44 634 66 84

fritz.staub@ife.uzh.ch

Courses

  • Educational psychology: concepts and conditions of learning and development processes of adolescents (lecture, since Fall 2012)
  • Colloquium for diploma candidates (colloquium, since Fall 2012)
  • Designing classroom discourse conducive to learning (seminar, Fall 2013, Spring 2015)
  • Term paper (since Spring 2014)
  • PhD Doctoral Colloquium (colloquium, Spring 2014, Fall 2014)
  • Module 60/61: Didactic research: questions and methods (Spring 2013 - Fall 2014)
  • Master's examination 1 or 2 in the major or minor subject (exam, Spring 2014)

Research topics

Research on learning and teaching; classroom research; educational psychology of teaching; general didactics; teacher knowledge and action; teacher education research; mentoring and coaching in teacher education and professional development.

Academic Curriculum Vitae

Since Fall 2012

Professor of Upper-Secondary Education Studies and Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Zurich, Institute of Education

2006-2012

Associate Professor of General Didactics and Head of Teacher Education for Secondary Teacher Education I at the Department of Sciences of Education of the University of Fribourg/Freiburg

2007-2011

Head of the Special Interest Group "Teaching and Teacher Education of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction

2001-2006

Senior Teaching and Research Assistant at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Zurich (Cognitive Psychology and Didactics)

1997-2001

Assistant at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Zurich (Cognitive Psychology and Didactics)

1997-2006

Research Associate at the „Learning Research and Development Center“  and International Fellow at the „Institute for Learning“ at the University of Pittsburgh, USA

1994-1996

Visiting Scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh, USA

1994              

Visiting Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich, Germany

1993

Doctorate in Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bern

1988-1993

Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the Höhere Pädagogische Lehranstalt in Zofingen

1988-1992

Academic Associate in an SNF research project led by Prof. Dr. K. Reusser

1986-1988

Assistant in the Educational Psychology Lab at the University of Bern

1982-1985

Assistant in an SNF research project led by Prof. H. Aebli

1979-1988

Studies in Psychology, Education and Philosophy at the University of Bern

Memberships

  • The Federation of Swiss Psychologists, FSP
  • The Swiss Society for Teacher Training, SGL
  • The Swiss Society for Education Research, SGBF
  • European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, EARLI
  • Member in various Special Interest Groups of EARLI
  • Working Group for Empirical Pedagogical Research, AEPF