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Prof. Dr. Birgit Ziegler

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work +49 6151 16-23932

Work S1|13 102
Alexanderstr. 6
64283 Darmstadt

Consultation is offered every Tuesday from 1 to 2pm.
  • Professionalising of teachers
  • Vocational socialisation, particularly regarding the development of vocational aspirations and interests
  • Linguistic requirements on the job, diagnostics and support
  • Structures, organisations, institutions and paradigms of research in vocational training
  • Managing Director of the Institute of General and Vocational Education
  • Vice Chairperson Academic Affairs of FB 03: Human Sciences
  • Project director MINTplus² (quality initiative teacher education)
  • Deputy Director of the Centre for Teacher Education (until 06/2021)
Work history
2019 to date Managing Director of the Institute of General and Vocational Education
04/2012 to date W3 Professorship for Vocational Education Research, Institute of General and Vocational Education, Technical University of Darmstadt
2011 – 2012 W3 Professorship for education science focussing on vocational education, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft (institute of education science), Universität Paderborn
2006 – 2011 W2 Professorship for Didactics of School and Vocational Education with a Focus in the Technical Field, RWTH Aachen University
1997 – 2006 Research assistant, Institute of Educational Science, Department of Vocational, Economical and Technical Education (BWT), University of Stuttgart
1989 – 1997 Academic studies in mechanical engineering and vocational education, University of Stuttgart (Dipl.-Gwl. and M.A.)
1977 – 1995 Working professional in mechanical engineering design
1974 – 1977 Apprenticeship in technical drawing/design

Publications’ list (opens in new tab) (dated: June 2021) (selection)