Svenja Affeldt

Svenja Affeldt
Office hours
by appointment
Svenja Affeldt
Office hours
by appointment
Position
Doctoral Candidates
Office hours
by appointment
Biology Education Section

Focus in research and teaching

  • Research project „Lernpotentiale zur Artansprache der Bäume und Sträucher Artbestimmung im Rahmen der Didaktischen Rekonstruktion“ (“Learning potential for species identification of trees and shrubs within the framework of didactic reconstruction”)
  • Promotion of species knowledge/biodiversity/digital learning.

Curriculum vitae

  • Professional background

    Educational background:
    2nd state examination in secondary school teaching; subjects: biology and chemistry

    Current position:
    Senior teacher at the Sophie Scholl Comprehensive School, Wennigsen
    Head of the Department of Natural Sciences

    Since 08/19
    Senior teacher, Head of the Department of Natural Sciences, Sophie Scholl Comprehensive School, Wennigsen

    08/14 - 08/19
    Teacher for secondary school teaching, Sophie Scholl Comprehensive School, Wennigsen

    02/13 - 07/14
    Referendariat at the Hannover I teacher training college, training school: Goetheschule Gymnasium, Hannover

    07/09-01/13
    Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Science Education (IDN)
    Department of Biology didactics, research assistant in the project "Biodiversität Interaktiv" under the direction of Prof. Jorge Groß

    • Participation in national and international conferences in the field of science didactics
    • Seminars: School experiments on human biology & professional thinking and working methods


    10/03-06/09
    Leibniz University Hannover, student of biology and chemistry for secondary school teaching


    06/07-02/08
    Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, student of tropical biology (in the local language), scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) (DAAD)

    Other official activities
    2021-2022
    Curriculum Commission
    Development of the core curriculum in chemistry for secondary level II


    2018-2019 & 2020-2021
    Central Abitur Commission
    Development of central Abitur tasks for the Lower Saxony Abitur 2019 & 2021 in the subject of chemistry

  • Functions
    • External doctoral student
    • Senior teacher at the Sophie Scholl Comprehensive School, KGS Wennigsen