Philosophy Didactics
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Philosophy Didactics
Research
As part of the Quality Initiative for Teacher Education, the Philosophy Didactics department in Bielefeld conducts empirical-qualitative research, among other things. Focus areas include teacher professionalization research, research-based learning during the practical semester, theory-practice transfer, and educational and training processes for prospective philosophy teachers.
Current Projects
Biprofessional (July 2019 - Dec. 2023) - 2nd Funding Phase
The Federal Ministry funds the "Biprofessional" project as part of the joint Quality Initiative of the federal and state governments. Funding ID: 01JA1908, Total funding: €4,398,577.50. The following sub-measure is listed: How cross-phase research-based learning prevents subject-didactic deprofessionalization in philosophy teaching. TM6, Dr. Kinga Golus, Prof. Dr. Ralf Stoecker and Prof. Dr. Martin Heinrich [Funding amount: €147,567.00]
Past Projects
2017
Quality Fund for Digital Teaching (Bielefeld University - Center for Teaching and Learning) Project title: New Online Supplementary Seminar for the Philosophy Practical Semester [Funding amount: €3,600]
2016 - 2019
The Philosophy Didactics department at Bielefeld University successfully secured a research project funded under the joint Quality Initiative for Teacher Education by the federal and state governments. Project title: "'You shall not learn thoughts, but learn to think' - Professionalization in Teacher Education through Research-Based Learning on Reflection Processes in Philosophy Teaching." [Funding amount: €137,000, 1st project phase] This project is part of Cluster II "Research-Based Learning in the Practical Semester" within the "Bi-professional - Be Professional!" initiative and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research until 2019.
Dr. Kinga Golus
- Research areas (empirical): Research-based learning in the practical semester, professionalization in the teaching profession, educational and training processes for prospective philosophy teachers
- Philosophical research: Virtue epistemology, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of education
Room X A4 200
