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