Grunden, Katharina
Congratulations on passing the viva voce
on 7 March 2022.
10 January 2019 - 11 June 2021 Spokesperson for doctoral candidates.
Dissertation topic:
"Better teachers through computers? Optimisation of university teaching
through digital media using the example of the use of an ActivPanel in
the religious education training of student teachers."
Contact address at the University of Würzburg:
Lehrstuhl für Religionspädagogik
Faculty of Catholic Theology
Bibrastr.14, Room 03.023
D - 97070 Würzburg
First supervisor: Dr Boris Kalbheim
Second supervisors:
Prof Dr Dr Hans-Georg Ziebertz
Class in the Graduate School: "Education and Culture"
Doctorate in the Graduate School from SS 2018.
Abstract:
Society is changing as a result of digitalisation processes. At the same time, educational tasks are changing. Our modern media, information and internet society opens up new perspectives in the field of education: Digital learning, digital teaching, the digitalisation of teaching, digital professionalisation - these are all current challenges in terms of education policy and educational ideals.
The fluctuation of digital media is triggering a need for research. New media come onto the market that promise innovative possibilities and digital prosperity - at the same time, digital "hypes" disappear if they do not prove their worth. What criteria are suitable for assessing the potential of new media? Under what conditions should education follow the trend of mechanisation, mediatisation and "digitalisation", what opportunities and risks can be expected? Theoretical and empirical research is needed to answer these questions.
The context of the project will be university teaching. The question is whether the use of modern media enriches university teaching in favour of the professionalisation of students. Specifically, it is about the subject of religious education.
The ActivPanel takes centre stage as the modern interactive digital medium to be researched. This is a technical device that has been specially developed to support teaching processes and promises intelligent networking of the front display and individual tablets in the learning group. The project is investigating whether the ActivPanel conveys religious education topics "differently" than established media and whether any findings can be transferred to other teaching areas. To this end, a quasi-experimental research design will be used.
