Esther Sternheim
AG Management
Senior teacher
Building 14, Room 226
Phone: +49 (0) 631 205 4062
E-mail:
sternhei(at)rptu.de
- 2025 Secondment to the didactics of biology at RPTU Kaiserslautern, head of the working group
- Since 2021 Task developer in the commission for the development of Abitur tasks for the central task pool at IQB - Natural Sciences
- Since 2019 Consultant for teaching development in the natural sciences with a focus on biology at the Rhineland-Palatinate State Institute of Education
- 2011 - 2018 Teaching assignment and secondment in biology didactics at the TU Kaiserslautern
- 2010 RWG in Ramstein-Miesenbach
- 1998-2009 Kurt-Schumacher-School Groß-Karben
- 1995-1997 Trainee teacher at Studienseminar II for the teaching profession at grammar schools at Bettinaschule in Frankfurt am Main and second state examination
- 1995 First state examination for the teaching profession at grammar schools
- 1989 Studied biology and German for the teaching profession at grammar schools at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Mai
- Sternheim E., Thyssen C., Lutz P., Kins S., Learning about forgetting - Alzheimer's dementia in biology lessons, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg 2017
- Weissflog A., Sternheim E., Dorow W.H.O., Berghoff S., Maschwitz U., How to study subterranean army ants: a novel method for locating and monitoring field populations of the South East Asian army ant Dorylus (Dichthadia) laevigatus Smith, 1857 (Formicidae, Dorylinae) with observations on their ecology, Insectes Sociaux 47, 2000, 317 - 324
Lisa Braun
Oberstudienrätin
Building 14, Room 228
Phone +49 (0)631 205 4202
Email:
lisa.braun[at]rptu.de
- Since 2020 secondment to the AG Fachdidaktik Biologie, TU Kaiserslautern
- 2016 Appointment as senior teacher
- Since 2009 teacher at the IGS Mutterstadt
- 2007-2009 Traineeship for the LA at grammar schools at IGS Mutterstadt, Speyer Studienseminar, 2nd state examination
- 2000-2006 Studied biology and social studies at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, 1st state examination
Theresa Brechters
Master of Education
Building 14, Room 224
Tel. +49 (0)631 205 4201
E-mail:
t.brechters[at]rPTU.de
Eva Freudenmacher
Master of Education
Building 14, Room 228
Phone +49 (0)631 205 4011
E-mail: eva.freudenmacher[at]rptu.de
- since 2017 Member of the Biology Didactics Group, TU Kaiserslautern
- 2017 Second state examination for the teaching profession at grammar school (Bio & Che)
- 2015 Master of Education LA Gymnasium and first state examination (Bio & Che)
- Wahlen, E., Bertleff-Lutz, D. (2024). ESD: Cognition is not behavior - knowledge is not action. In S. Henninger (Ed.), Schriften des Arbeitskreises Landeskunde Rheinland-Pfalz, Vol. 23, (pp. 16-37).
- Thyssen, C., & Freudenmacher, E. (2024). Competent for sustainable development Students as multi-perspective learners and teachers. In N. Graulich, J. Arnold, S. Sorge & M. Kubsch (Eds.), Teacher education of tomorrow (pp. 45-56). Waxmann Verlag GmbH.
- Freudenmacher, E., & Thyssen, C. (2023). Cognition is not behavior - sustainability awareness of students, In: S. Müller & S. Schaal, International Conference of the Section Didactics of Biology (FDdB) in VBIO, Conference Proceedings, (pp. 380 - 382)
Ludwigsburg, September 18-21, 2023 - Freudenmacher, E., & Thyssen, C. (2022). Education for sustainable development in the context of forestry in Rhineland-Palatinate as a starting point for analyzing and promoting sustainability awareness among pupils. In S. Henninger (Ed.), Schriften des Arbeitskreises Landeskunde Rheinland-Pfalz, Vol. 20, (pp. 68-98).
- Thyssen, C., Hornung G., & Wahlen, E. (2018): Without a double bottom: student research on sustainability measures in forests, 13th LeLa Annual Conference, Kiel.
- Thyssen, C., Klaeger, K., Wahlen, E. (2018): livefeedback- time-resolved evaluation of teaching situations, 14th iMedia, Mainz
Christian Layes
Master of Education
Building 14, Room 230
Phone +49 (0)631 205 4011
E-Mail:
clayes[at]rPTU.de
- since 2024 Member of the Biology Didactics Group, TU Kaiserslautern
- 2024 Master of Education LA Gymnasium and first state examination (Bio & Geo)
- 2017-2023 Research assistant at the Chair of Pedagogy
- 2019-2021 AiD - All is Data
- 2018 U.EDU Media education along the teacher training chain
- 2017-2019 You(r) Study - Stubborn studying in the "digital age"
Anja Meffert
Technical employee
Building 14, Room 251.2
Tel: +49 (0)631 205 2109
E-mail:
anja.meffert[at]rPTU.de
- since 10/2018 technical employee in the Biology Didactics Group, TU Kaiserslautern (part-time)
- since 10/1991 technical employee in the AG Biotechnology, TU Kaiserslautern
- 1988 - 09/1991 Employee in the chemical industry
- 1984 - 1988 Apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory assistant in the chemical industry
Aline Schönbeck
Oberstudienrätin
Building 14, Room 228
Phone: +49 (0)631 205 4202
E-mail:
a.schoenbeck(at)rptu.de
- Since 2018 secondment to the AG Fachdidaktik Biologie, TU Kaiserslautern
- 2010 Appointment as senior teacher
- since 2004 Assistant teacher at the Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Zweibrücken
- 2004 Substitute contract at the Max-Wittmann-Realschule, Waldfischbach
- 2002-2004 Trainee teacher LA Gym, Studienseminar Kaiserslautern, 2nd state examination
- 2001-2002 Substitute teacher at the Hauptschule West, Zweibrücken
- 1997-1998 Student at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- 1994-2002 Teacher training course in Biology & English, Saarland University, 1st state examination
Michael Spanier
Master of Education
Building 14, Room 228
Phone: +49(0)631 205 4202
E-mail:
michael.spanier[at]RPTU.de
- since 06/2022 Research assistant in the working group for didactics in biology
- 2022 1st state examination LAG Biology & Chemistry
- Spanier, Michael; Thyssen, Christoph; Bieniusa, Annette; Wünn, Joachim; Fischer, Ulrich (2025): Opportunities and challenges in cooperative and collaborative experimentation with digital tools in the classroom. Reflection on a practical teaching example of measuring enzyme activity using a cell phone photometer and data evaluation with a digital lab book (LabBook). In: Johannes Huwer, Timm Wilke and Amitabh Banerji (eds.): Progress in Digitalization in Chemistry Education 2024. Digital teaching and learning at university and school in chemistry. Münster: Waxmann, pp. 73-78.
- M. Spanier (2022). Analysis of concepts for experimentation support through digital data acquisition - Digital tools for color acquisition, Master thesis
- Use of digital tools for experimentation
- Collaborative work in science lessons
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Thomas Becka
Oberstudienrat
Building 32, Room 437
Tel.
E-mail:
t.becka[at]rptu.de
Vanessa Welker
Master of Science
Building 32, Room 437
E-mail:
v.welker[at]rptu.de
- since 2024 Research assistant at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau in Kaiserslautern, Department of Biology Didactics
- until 2024 parental leave
- 2017-2020 Technical Assistant at the biologis Center for Human Genetics in Frankfurt am Main
- 2014-2016 Master of Science, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg