Professorship for Natural Science Education

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

Today’s world is characterized by scientific and technological changes. In order to be able to make informed decisions in this world, one needs to have a basic understanding of scientific issues and the ability to apply scientific methods and procedures. Scientific Literacy can help foster a culture of scientific thinking in which people use evidence-based arguments to draw reasoned conclusions and, subsequently, to act in a reflective and responsible manner.

Main research areas

Headed by Prof. Dr. Simone Abels, we deal with two questions: firstly, with the question of how to create teaching-learning processes in order to optimally support all learners in acquiring scientific literacy and secondly, with the question of how to qualify (pre-service) teachers to meet this challenge. Following current developments in both society and science education research, we emphasize the topics inclusionsustainability and digitalization in teaching, (third-party funded) research projects as well as in bachelor, master and doctoral theses.

In addition to science teacher education, we are actively involved in the fields of teacher professional development and science communication. Beyond that, we provide an out-of-school learning lab called L3 – Leuphana Lernwerkstatt Lüneburg (Leuphana Workshop Centre). In our workshop centre, people from kindergarten to adulthood are encouraged to engage in inquiry-based learning.

This are our key topics and main research areas:

  • Inclusive science education
  • Inquiry-based science education & science workshop centres
  • Video-based professional development of pre-service teachers
  • Digital media in science education
  • Education for sustainable development
  • Language-sensitive science education
  • Gender-sensitive STEM education
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  1. PlanFoL: Auf die Planung kommt es an (PlanFoL)

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hofer, E. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2330.06.26

    Project: Research

  2. Circular EURO 2024

    Süßenbach, J. (Project manager, academic), Schröder, S. (Project staff), Greve, S. (Project staff) & Abels, S. (Project staff)

    25.10.2230.06.25

    Project: Research

  3. Digidok: Das Versuchsprotokoll 2.0 - aus analog wird digital

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Stinken-Rösner, L. (Project staff)

    01.01.2231.12.22

    Project: Research

  4. D&D: Decolonising and Diversifying the Curriculum

    Brogan, A. (Project manager, academic), Hobuß, S. (Project staff), Bremer, V. (Project staff), Edlich, M. G. P. (Project staff), List, F. (Project staff) & Lommel, L. (Project staff)

    28.06.23 → …

    Project: Teaching

  5. Didactic reconstruction of the energy transition

    Hüfner, S. K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1424.07.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  6. DigiTaL - Teilprojekt 09: Digitale Lehr-/Lernformate zur Internationalisierung der Master- und Promotionsphase

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Soltau, A. (Project manager, academic) & Sundermann, A. (Project staff)

    01.08.2131.12.25

    Project: Teaching

  7. Diversität willkommen heißen im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1331.01.16

    Project: Research

  8. Einsatz von Gamification am Beispiel von Artenschutzsensibilisierung

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Krebs, A.-K. (Project staff)

    01.10.2330.09.25

    Project: Research

  9. FoodLabHome

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1830.09.21

    Project: Research

  10. FoLe-Diklusiv: Forschendes Lernen mit digitalen Medien als Beitrag zu erfolgreicher Inklusion

    Stinken-Rösner, L. (Project manager, academic) & Abels, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2228.02.23

    Project: Research

  11. Kolleg Didaktik: Digital

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Stinken-Rösner, L. (Project staff)

    Joachim Herz Stiftung

    01.01.2030.09.22

    Project: Teaching

  12. Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Erste Förderphase)

    Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Partner), Ahlers, M. (Partner), Greve, S. (Project staff), Leiss, D. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner) & Troll, B. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.12.1631.01.18

    Project: Research

  13. Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Zweite Förderphase)

    Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Partner), Leiss, D. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Greve, S. (Project staff) & Troll, B. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.12.1731.03.19

    Project: Research

  14. Nawi-In: Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht inklusiv gestalten - Kompetenzentwicklung von Lehramtsstudierenden für und mit der Praxis

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Egger, D. (Project staff), Brauns, S. (Project staff) & Sellin, K. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.04.1830.09.21

    Project: Research

  15. Our common future: Biokunststoffe = umweltfreundlich?

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic) & Reichelt, A. (Partner, non-academic)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    16.10.1731.01.20

    Project: Practical Project

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