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Biology education in Oldenburg has a notable tradition, thanks to the work of Professors Dr August Kelle and Dr Dieter Eschenhagen.
The ground beetle is a reference to Dieter Eschenhagen, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Cicindela in 1968. The beetle also adorns the cover of the book we published to mark Dieter Eschenhagen’s 65th birthday [Kattmann, U. (ed.) (1994). Biology Education in Practice. Cologne/Oldenburg: Aulis/diz].
The following individuals were closely associated with the research group:
Dr Hans Georg Hilfrich was a long-standing member of staff and obtained his habilitation in biology education in Oldenburg. He later became director of an educational centre in Aachen.
Dr Karl Otto Meyer, former director of the Oldenburg State Museum of Natural History, was an honorary professor at the University of Oldenburg, specialising in biology education and zoology (museum education).
From 1991 to 2004, the working group was led by Dr Ulrich Kattmann . The working group comprised the following members:
Name | Field of work/PhD/Habilitation in Oldenburg | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Wilfried Baalmann (1995 – 1997) | Didactic Reconstruction: Evolution | Teacher, secondary school in Schneverdingen |
Dr Regina Cypionka | PhD in 2012 (Didactic reconstruction: Plants in development and evolution) | Freelance teacher in Oldenburg |
| Dr Marina Fischbeck-Eysholdt (1998–2001) | PhD in 2001 (Garden Education) | Teacher, secondary school in Otterndorf |
| Ute Fischer, BSc (Biology) (1999 – 2000) | Garden education | Self-employed therapist, Oldenburg |
| Dr Vera Frerichs (1995–1999, since then a contributing teacher or lecturer) | PhD in 1999 (funded by the DFG, Didactic Reconstruction: Structures and Processes of Inheritance) | Secondary school teacher, Head of Biology, Teacher Training College, Leer |
Dr Gisela Gerdes | Lecturer, Biology Education, Geology and Biology | Head of the ICBM Marine Station, University of Oldenburg, retired since 2003 |
PhD in 2010 (external) (Didactic reconstruction of a genetics course for Year 11) | Teacher at a grammar school in Fritzlar | |
| Prof. Dr Harald Gropengießer (1992–1999) | PhD 1997 (Didactic reconstruction of vision) Habilitation 2001 (Understanding pupils’ conceptions) | Director of the Institute for the Didactics of Natural Sciences, University of Hanover |
Prof. Dr Ute Harms | Bioethics | Director at the Leibniz Institute for the Pedagogy of Natural Sciences (IPN) at the University of Kiel |
| Dr Catja Hilge (1996 – 1998) | PhD in 1998 (funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Didactic Reconstruction: Microorganisms and Microbial Processes) | Lecturer, Institute of Psychology, University of Oldenburg |
| Dr Christian Hörsch (2003–2007) | PhD in 2007 (as part of the ProDid 1 Research Training Group, Didactic Reconstruction: Microbial Processes in the Human Body) | Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biology at the University of Education, Freiburg |
Dr Regine Illner | PhD in 1999 (external) | Teacher at the Charlottenburg Reform School |
| Dr Patrícia Hoffmeister (née Jelemenská) (2001–2006) | PhD in 2006 (as part of the PRoDid 1 Research Training Group, Didactic Reconstruction: ecological units) | Lecturer in General Studies, TU Dortmund |
| Dr Rüdiger J. Klein | PhD in 1994 (external) (Interest in plants) | Teacher at the grammar school in Uelzen |
| Dr Gert Lohmann (2001–2004) | Biology education, teacher training, involvement in the Prodi 1 and 2 research training groups | Teacher, grammar school in Oldenburg; involvement in the biology department at the Oldenburg Grammar School Teacher Training College |
Dr Elke Sander ( 1999–2004) | PhD in 2018 (within the ProDid 1 Research Training Group, ‘Didactic Reconstruction: Human, Nature and Biological Equilibrium’) | Teacher at a grammar school in Oldenburg |
Prof. Dr Kordula Schneider | PhD 1991 (Interplay between text and image) | Lecturer at Münster University of Applied Sciences |
Prof. Dr Julia Schwanewedel | PhD in 2009 | Professor of Biology Education at the University of Hamburg |
Dr Esther M. van Dijk | PhD 2009 | Member of the Biology Education Research Group, Institute of Biology and Chemistry, University of Hildesheim |
| Prof. Dr Ulla Walter | PhD in 1991 (external) (Text and Image Interweaving) | Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Hannover Medical School |
| PD Dr Hilmar Westholm (1991–1995) | PhD in 1995 (Basic social-ecological education at universities) | Lecturer in Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg |
| Prof. Dr Herbert Zucchi | Habilitation in 1993 (external) (Environmental education) | Lecturer, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences |