Leonie Isabelle Johann
I, PhD, am a postdoc in science didactics at the Faculty of Teacher Education and Arts and Culture. I am a biologist, teacher educator and researcher and passionate about communicating biology and science within a general education context. My research focuses on building bridges between biology in particular and science in general and school subjects, by, among other things, developing didactic concepts. Conducting, amongst other, design-based research, I use qualitative tools, such as, text analysis, video and interviews to explore how students develop and teachers facilitate science conceptual understanding in the context of inquiry-based science education.
I teach various thematic areas within cell biology, physiology, education for sustainable development, biotechnology, philosophy of science and science didactics related to the Master of Primary School Teacher Education (MAGLU) and Practical Pedagogical Education (PPU). As a supervisor at Master and PhD level, I am happy to receive inquiries from interested students. I am involved in the local and international quality development work related to MAGLU and PPU studies.
I defended my dissertation in 2022 with the thesis Facing educational Challenges in Molecular Life Science – A Thesis to reconstruct Cell Membrane Biology for Upper Secondary Teaching and Learning.
I teach physiology, cell biology, science education and qualitative research methods on the Master's for primary school teacher training and science education on Practical Pedagogical Education (PPU) for General subjects.
Project 302018 STEM Education in Newton Rooms: Students Learning in Group Work; Process, Content and Social Organisation.