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Frau Dr. Harms

Ute Harms

Prof. Dr. rer. nat.
phone +49-(0)431-880-3129
fax +49-(0)431-880-2633
email
post Olshausenstraße 62, D-24118 Kiel
room Room No. 110
  Student office hours:
by appointment

Education and Qualifications

19952nd German State Examination (Master's level) for Upper Secondary level teaching in Biology and German
1993 - 1995Student teacher at the Studienseminar Stade (Lower-Saxony, Germany)
1993Research at the Institut de la Recherche Argonomique in Clermont-Ferrand (France)
1993PhD in Botany / Cell Biology at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
1982 - 1989Study of Biology and German for Upper Secondary level teaching at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; 1st German State Examination (degree level)

Employment History

2011 - 2013Guest professor at ISV-Department of Social and Welfare Studies Linköping University (Sweden)
2007 - nowat the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) as Head of the Department of Biology Education and Professor (W3) for Biology Education at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
2006 - 2007Chair (W3) in Biology Education at the University of Bremen
2005 - 2006Founding Director of the Teacher Education Centre at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
2004 - 2006Dean of the Faculty of Biology
2000 - 2006Professor (C3) for Biology Education at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
2000Offer of a professorship at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen (declined)
1999 - 2000Research Scientist at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Department Biology Education
1995 - 1999Research Scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), Department of Biology Education and occupation as Biology Teacher at the Max-Planck-Gymnasium in Kiel
1990 - 1993Research Scientist at Botanical Institute at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

Research Interests

  • Science competencies
  • Lesson concepts for biology education and interdisciplinary science education
  • Research about teacher training
  • Out-of-school learning environments
  • Teaching and learning strategies
  • Teachers' professional competence

Current projects

Selected publications

  Complete list of publications (pdf file)

Basel, N., Harms, U. & Prechtl, H. (in press). Complexity of and Schemes in Students' Arguments on Evolutionary Theory. Journal of Biological Education.

Eckhardt, M., Urhahne, D., Conrad, O., & Harms, U. (2013). How Effective is Instructional Support for Learning with Computer Simulations? Instructional Science, 41(1),105-124. doi: 10.1007/s11251-012-9220-y.

Brandstädter, K., Harms, U., & Großschedl, J. (2012). Assessing System Thinking Through Different Concept-Mapping Practices. International Journal of Science Education (IJSE), 34(14), 2147-2170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2012. 716549.

González Weil, C., & Harms, U. (2012). Del Árbol al Cloroplasto: concepciones alternativas de estudiantes de 9° y 10° grado sobre los conceptos "Ser vivo" y "Célula". Enseñanza De Las Ciencias, 30.2, 123-144.

Großschedl, J., & Harms, U. (2012). Assessing Conceptual Knowledge Using Similarity Judgments. Studies in Educational Evaluation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2012.10.005.

Wollenschläger, M., Möller, J., & Harms, U. (2012). Ist kompetenzielles Fremdfeedback überlegen, weil es als effektiver wahrgenommen wird? Unterrichtswissenschaft, 40(3), 197-212.

Großschedl, J., Langeheine, R., & Harms, U. (2011). Erfassung konzeptueller Wissensunterschiede durch Verwandtschaftsurteile. Empirische Pädagogik (EP), 25(2), 123-144.

Wollenschläger, M., Möller, J., & Harms, U. (2011). Effekte kompetentieller Rückmeldung beim wissenschaftlichen Denken. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie (ZfPP), 25(3), 197-202. doi: 10.1024/1010-0652/a000040

Bayrhuber, H., Dietmar, C., Drös, R., Feldermann, C., Hansen, T., Harms, U., Hauber, W., Heilemann, J., Hildebrandt, K., Kull, U., Müller, O., & Renke, B. (2010). Linder Biologie Gesamtband (23. Aufl.). Braunschweig: Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann Schroedel Diesterweg Schöningh Winklers GmbH.

Germ, M., Müller, A., & Harms, U. (2009). Application of exercise tasks as generative learning facilities for fostering coherence in biology teacher education. In M. Hammann, A. J. Waarlo & K. T. Boersma (Eds.), The Nature of Research in Biological Education: Old and New Perspectives on Theoretical and Methodological Issues (S. 215-229). Utrecht: CD-beta Press.

Germ, M., Müller, A., & Harms, U. (2009). Aufgabenkultur und generatives Lernen in der naturwissenschaftlichen Lehrerausbildung. In U. Harms, A. Sandmann (Hrsg.), Lehr- und Lernforschung in der Biologiedidaktik (Bd. 3) (S. 219-235). Innsbruck: Studienverlag.

Labudde, P., Duit, R., Fickermann, D., Fischer, H., Harms, U., et al. (2009). Schwerpunkttagung “Kompetenzmodelle und Bildungsstandards: Aufgaben für die naturwissenschaftsdidaktische Forschung”. Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften (ZfDN), 15, 125-152.

Harms, U., & Krombaß, A. (2008). Lernen im Museum – Das Contextual Model of Learning. Unterrichtswissenschaft, 36(2), 150-166.

Krombaß, A., & Harms, U., (2008). Acquiring knowledge about biodiversity in a museum – are worksheets effective? Journal of Biological Education (JBE), 42 (4), 157-163.

Krombaß, A., Urhahne, D., & Harms, U., (2007). Flow-Erleben von Schülerinnen und Schülern beim Lernen mit Computern und Ausstellungsobjekten in einem Naturkundemuseum. Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften (ZfDN), 13, 87-101.


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