Professional career

Since January 2021

• Since 2021: PhD candidate in the field of „Professional knowledge of prospective teachers in the area of computational thinking” and research assistant in the didactics of primary science education at the University of Oldenburg.

2025

• Teaching assignments in the winter semester of 2025 at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, seminar on computer science education in elementary schools.

2023 – 2025

• Research assistant in the didactics of primary science education and social studies at the University of Oldenburg in the BMBF-funded project on Didactic double-decker for digital education in STEM (D4MINT).

2021 – 2022 

• Teaching assignments in the summer semesters of 2021 and 2022 at the Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, seminar on the topic of sociotechnology – sociology of technology – political education: DIY as a social practice on the example of bicycles.

2020 – 2023

• Research assistant in the didactics of primary science education and social studies at the University of Oldenburg in the BMBF-funded project on digitization of oldenburg teacher education (DiOLL).

2019 – 2020 

• Research assistant in the didactics of computer science at the University of Oldenburg in the BMBF-funded project SMILE.

2019 – 2020 

• Research assistant in the didactics of computer science at the University of Oldenburg in GHR300 for master students in computer science.

2018 – 2019 

• Trainee teacher for secondary schools at the Waldschule Hatten in Lower Saxony/Germany.

2008 – 2018

• Employee in the IT department of the University of Oldenburg

2005 – 2008 

• Apprenticeship as IT specialist for system integration at the IT department of the University of Oldenburg

Studies

2016 – 2018 

• Master of Education secondary schools technology/ politics at the C.v.O. University of Oldenburg
  Thesis: "Reasons and barriers for the use of cargo bikes as a form of transportation: an empirical study"

2012 – 2016 

• Bachelor in technology and social sciences at the C.v.O. University Oldenburg
  Thesis: "Critical Mass: a form of political action?"

• Arndt, N., Brückmann, M., & Krumbacher, C. (2025). Denken wie ein Computer. Grundschule Sachunterricht, 2025(108), 3–9.
   
• Arndt, N., Brückmann, M. (2023). Assessing Pre-Service Elementary Science Education Teachers’ Professional Knowledge in the Field of Computational Thinking In: Proceedings of the 18th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research, 155-157. doi.org/10.1145/3605468.3609779
   
• Holzapfel, M. A., Bakenhus, S., Arndt, N. & Brückmann, M. (2023). Welche Einstellungen und Werthaltungen haben Sachunterrichtsstudierenden zum Einsatz und Lernen mit AR und VR? (What attitudes and values do elementary science education students have toward the use and learning with AR and VR?). In: D. Schmeinck, K. Michalik & T. Goll (Hrsg.). Herausforderungen und Zukunftsperspektiven (S. 71-78). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt
   
• Holzapfel, M. A., Bakenhus, S., Arndt, N. & Brückmann, M. (2023). Einstellungen und Werthaltungen von Sachunterrichtsstudierenden zum Lernen mit Augmented (AR) und Virtual Reality (VR) im Sachunterricht (Attitudes and values of elementary science education students toward learning with augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in elementary science education). MedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung, 48 (AR/VR – Part 2), S. 151-169. doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/51/2023.01.16.X.
   
• Bakenhus, S., Holzapfel, M. A., Arndt, N. & Brückmann, M. (2022). Die Erstellung einer Lernumgebung mit immersiver Virtual Reality für das Fach Sachunterricht nach dem M-iVR-L Modell (Creating an immersive virtual reality learning environment for elementary science education using the M-iVR-L model). MedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung, 47 (AR/VR - Part 1), S. 76-93. doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/47/2022.04.04.X.

Lectures

• Duwe, W., Arndt, N., Diethelm, I., Brückmann, M. (2024) The development of a teacher training series to strengthen teachers' self-efficacy and introduce computer science education in grades 3-6. Lecture presented at the 17th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation in Seville, Spain. 12.11.2024.
   
• Arndt, Nicolas (2024). Professionswissen angehender Sachunterrichtslehrkräfte im Bereich Computational Thinking (Professional knowledge of pre-service elementary science teachers in the field of computational thinking). Lecture presented at the 33nd annual conference of the Gesellschaft der Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU) in Hannover, 07.03.2024.
   
• Arndt, Nicolas (2023). Entwicklung von Fall-Vignetten zur Erhebung von Fachdidaktischem Wissen im Bereich Computational Thinking (Development of case vignettes to elicit pedagogical content knowledge in the field of computational thinking). Lecture presented at the Junior Researchers Conference of the 32nd annual conference of the Gesellschaft der Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU) in Salzburg, 22.02.2023.
   
• Bakenhus, S., Arndt, N., Holzapfel, M. & Brückmann, M. (2023). Schloss Evenburg als außerschulischer virtueller Lernort?! - Erprobung eines Seminarkonzepts (Evenburg Castle as an extracurricular virtual learning site?! –  Trial of a seminar concept). Lecture presented at the 32nd annual conference of the Gesellschaft der Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU) in Salzburg, 23.02.2023.

Symposia

• Graichen, M., Ronnebaum, M., Schüßler, M., Asendorf, J., Arndt, N. (2025). Potentiale digitaler Medien für das naturwissenschaftlich-technische Lernen im Sachunterricht (The potential of digital media for science and technology learning in elementary science education). Symposium at the 33rd annual conference of the Gesellschaft der Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU) in Cologne, 08.03.2025.
   
• Brückmann, M., Tempelmann, S., Arndt, N., Bakenhus, S., Dubach, J., Haarhus, L., & Holzapfel, M. (2024). Ist die (reale) Welt nicht genug? Erkenntnisse zu Nutzung von Augmented und Virtual Reality im Sachunterricht (Is the (real) world not enough? Findings on the use of augmented and virtual reality in elementary science education). Symposium at the 33rd annual conference of the Gesellschaft der Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU) in Hanover, 08.03.2024.

Posters

• Arndt, N., Brückmann, M. (2023). Assessing Pre-Service Elementary Science Education Teachers’ Professional Knowledge in the Field of Computational Thinking. Poster at 18th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research, 28.09.2023. doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27260.31366
   
• Arndt, N., Holzapfel, M. & Brückmann, M. (2022). Immersive Virtual Reality im Sachunterricht: Von Studierendenvorstellung zur theoretischen Umsetzung (Immersive virtual reality in elementary science education: from student conception to theoretical implementation). Poster for the Workshop "Immersionserleben und die Erweiterung von Realität am Learning Lab" at the IZfB of the University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 09.12.2022.
   
• Arndt, N., Brückmann, M. & Diethelm, I. (2022). Preservice teachers professional competencies related to computer science. Poster for the conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) SIG 11, Oldenburg, 23.6.2022.
   
• Arndt, N., Holzapfel, M. & Brückmann, M. (2022). Immersive VR in elementary science education: from student conceptions to theoretical implementation. Poster for the conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) SIG 11, Oldenburg, 23.6.2022.
   
• Arndt, N., Brückmann, M. & Diethelm, I. (2022). Informatikbezogene professionelle Kompetenzen angehender Sachunterrichtslehrkräfte (Computer science related professional competencies of pre-service elementary science education teachers). Poster for the the 31nd annual conference of the Gesellschaft der Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU) in Cologne (online), 11.03.2022.

• Workshop“Bits, Bytes, and Secret Languages: Computer Science Education from Grade 3” with Wibke Duwe as part of the 21st Computer Science Day NRW at RWTH Aachen University, March 2025
• Workshop “Computer Science unplugged in elementary science education” as part of till 2025 at the Landesinstitut für Schule Bremen, March 2025
• Training series “Basic Computer Science Education in Grades 8–10” mit Wibke Duwe as part of the BMBF-funded D4MINT project, September 2024 to April 2025
• Workshop „Computational Thinking in elementary school” as part of the 8th Expert Day We/WTH-S/TC at the University of Leipzig, September 2024
• In-service training series "Basic computer science education in grades 3 - 6" with Wibke Duwe: as part of the BMBF-funded D4MINT project, February 2024 to June 2024
• Workshop "creative and playful programming with robots" with Dr. Marisa Holzapfel as part of an expert day on computer science in elementary schools, Landesinstitut für Schule Bremen, September 2023
• Workshop "Dangers and limits of digitization" with Kirsten Gronau, as part of an internal school training, Herbart Gymnasium Oldenburg, April 2023

Winter semester 2025 / 2026

1.04.155 Seminar track II: Specialist perspective in the SU: Computational Thinking

Summer semester 2023

1.04.314 Seminar track II: Digital and analogue media in subject teaching I

1.04.405 Seminar track II: Specialist perspectives in subject teaching: Computing Science education

Winter semester 2022 / 2023

1.04.152 Seminar track I: Interlinking subject areas in general studies: Mobility

1.04.153 Seminar track II: Subject-specific perspectives in general studies: Computing Science education

Summer semester 2022

1.04.314 Seminar track II: Digital and analogue media in subject teaching II

1.04.406 Seminar track II: Specialist perspectives in subject teaching: Computing Science education

1.04.421 Exemplary historical content for non-fiction teaching

Winter semester 2021 / 2022

1.04.152 Seminar track I: Perspective-linking subject areas in general studies: Mobility

1.04.153 Subject-specific perspectives in general studies: Computing Science education

1.04.501 Political science basics for general knowledge teaching

Summer term 2021

1.04.313 Seminar track II: Digital and analogue media in subject teaching

1.04.314 Seminar track II: Digital and analogue media in subject teaching

1.04.403 Seminar track II: Specialist perspectives in subject teaching: Computing Science education

Winter semester 2020 / 2021

1.04.153 Subject-specific perspectives in general studies I: Computing Science education

Summer semester 2020

2.01.562PB Accompanying the GHR practical phase in the subject Computing Science

Winter semester 2019 / 2020

2.01.562PB Preparation of the GHR practical phase in the subject Computing Science