GP

Chair of of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology

Research associates

Address

Nägelsbachstraße 4991052 Erlangen

Contact

Office Hours

by appointment or at any time via email

Responsibilities

  • Academic advisor for the Master’s programme in Psychology
  • Academic advising and recognition of study achievements in Psychology for teacher education programmes (Realschule and Gymnasium)
  • Member of the degree programme committees for Psychology and Psychology within Educational Studies

Short CV

  • Studied Psychology in Trier
  • 1995–2004 research associate in the LBS Family Study “Transition to Parenthood” in Munich (PhD awarded in 2002)
  • From 2004 to 2007, research associate at the Faculty of Education at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
  • Since 2007, affiliated with the Chair of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (LfbA)

Research Interests

  • Classroom management (including certified trainer with Münchner Lehrertraining e.V.)
  • Communication skills training for student teachers
  • Educational and psychological myths and how to deal with belief-incongruent scientific information

Teaching and Practice-Based Projects

  • “Communication Skills for Student Teachers – Online Modules and On-Site Seminar”
    (with Dr Sandra Gabler, funded by the Teaching Innovation Fund 2021 & 2023)
  • “Expansion and Digitalisation of the Qualification Framework for Student Teachers (Realschule and Gymnasium) to Develop Profession-Related Competencies in School Placements”
    G. Peitz, K. Kramer, T. Klepacki, L. Klepacki, E. Demleitner, A. Ginkel, A. Seitz (2020), funded by the Teaching Innovation Fund
  • “Development and Evaluation of a Qualification Framework for Student Teachers (Realschule and Gymnasium) to Develop Profession-Related Competencies in School Placements”
    K. Kramer, G. Peitz, T. Klepacki, L. Klepacki, E. Demleitner, A. Ginkel, A. Seitz (2019), funded by the Teaching Innovation Fund

Supervised Theses – Topic Areas

  • Motivated reception of scientific information and Scientific Impotence Excuse in student teachers’ engagement with educational and psychological knowledge
  • Students’ perspectives on grade repetition