"Talking about race is always better than keeping quiet about racism."
(Ulrich Kattmann)

This sentence already describes the aim of my dissertation project in biology didactics in the context of didactic reconstruction. Racism is often only associated with social and socio-political issues; prevention opportunities are therefore primarily seen in subjects such as social studies or religion. This fails to recognise that racist statements relate to biologistic ideas, among other things, which should be addressed in biology lessons. However, because there are only a small number of biology didactic considerations on this topic, I have set myself the goal of developing guidelines for teacher training.

My doctoral project has been put on hold for personal reasons.

Studied the subjects of Biology, German and Sport for the teaching profession at grammar schools at the University of Oldenburg. After her traineeship in Stade 2001 - 2004 Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg scholarship holder in the doctoral programme "Didactic Teaching and Learning Research - Didactic Reconstruction". Since 2004 teacher at the Cäcilienschule in Oldenburg.

Janßen, A. (1998). Ideas of "human races" in specialised science and among pupils. Oldenburger VorDrucke 368. Oldenburg: Didaktisches Zentrum

Janßen-Bartels, A. (2003). Pupils' perceptions of teaching about "human races". In: Vogt, H., Krüger, D. & Unterbruner U. (Eds.), Erkenntnisweg Biologiedidaktik. Kassel: University, 57-71.

Janßen-Bartels, A. & Sander, E. (2004). Generalisation of qualitative data in biological didactic teaching and learning research. In: Gropengießer, H., Janßen-Bartels, A. & Sander, E. (Eds.), Lehren fürs Leben. Didactic reconstruction in biology. Cologne: Aulis, 109 - 118.