Vita

Professional academic experience

09/ 2008 to present

Senior Lecturer of School Pedagogy at the chair of School Pedagogy, Institute of Educational Sciences of the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Germany. Courses include: Didactics and educational Theories, Educational policy, School Improvement, Inclusive Teaching, Fiction about School and Teaching.

10/ 2014 – 03/2015

Substitute Professor of School Pedagogy at the University of Paderborn, Germany.

09/ 2003 - 08/ 2008

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Associate (academic leave from school teaching) at the chair of School Pedagogy (Prof. Dr. Walter Müller) of the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Germany.

10/ 2002 – 09/ 2003

Lecturer at the University of Würzburg, Germany.

University Education

03/ 2006

PH.D. School Pedagogy

Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Müller

Dissertation title: Perspectives for the Bavarian Gymnasium in the 21st century by structural changes. An investigation to the implementation of educational ideas in Bavaria under special consideration of the senior classes

09/ 1999 - 08/ 2003

Teacher for German and English at the Gymnasium Marktbreit

02/ 1999 - 07/ 1999

Teacher for German and English at the Gymnasium Elsenfeld

02/ 1997 - 02/ 1999

Trainee Teacher at the Wirsberg-Gymnasium Würzburg

09/ 1992 – 06/ 1993

Foreign Language Assistant at 3 comprehensive schools in Tameside/Manchester, UK