Plants are of great importance for life on earth. However, plant-related topics are clearly underrepresented in biology curricula and have no recognisable connection to each other.
My research interest is to focus on plants as independent living beings with their own history. The model of Didactic Reconstruction enables me to bring together pupils' ideas about the world in which they live and subject-specific ideas about the vitality, ontogenesis and phylogenesis of plants. On this basis, content and methodological decisions can be made for biology lessons that incorporate the natural history perspective from the outset in a way that promotes learning.

I completed my doctorate in December 2011.

About me

Secondary school teacher with the subjects Biology, German and Intercultural Pedagogy/German as a Foreign Language; worked for several years as a teacher for special tasks in biology didactics

Cypionka, R. & Cypionka, H. (2004) Life in the Earth's crust - a research trip into the "deep biosphere". Unterricht Biologie, 28 (299), 26 - 28.

Cypionka, R. & Cypionka, H. (2004) Journey into the deep biosphere. Teaching Biology, 28 (299), 29 - 32

Cypionka, H. & Cypionka, R. (2004) Conversation on the compost heap. In: Gropengießer H, Janßen-Bartels A, Sander E (eds.), Lehren fürs Leben. Cologne: Aulis, pp. 216 - 220.

Cypionka, R. (2012) Plants as living beings in evolution and development. Contributions to Didactic Reconstruction 39. Oldenburg: Didaktisches Zentrum (diz).