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 Social Sciences with a focus on economic education

Prof.in Dr. i.R. Birgit Weber

Prof.in Dr. i.R. Birgit Weber

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Brieffach

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Köln

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Academic Function

Research 

    • Co-Editor of the Journal of Social Science Education (JSSE)
    • Co-Editor of the Journal of Didactics of Social Sciences (Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Gesellschaftswissenschaften - zdg)
    • Co-Founder of the Institute for Consumer Sciences (Institut für Verbraucherwissenschaften) (co-founder)

Third Mission

Professional Career
  • 2011- professor of social sciences with a focus on economic Education | University of Cologne
  • 2007-2011 professor of social science education | Bielefeld University
  • 1989-2007 scientific assistant for economics and their didactics | University of Siegen
    1996-1997 consultant for quality of teaching | University of Siegen
    1997-2007 managing director at the center for teacher education | University of Siegen
  • 1997 Doctorate on action-oriented economic education: Sustainable Development and World Economic Order | University of Siegen
  • Studying social sciences (with a focus on economics), art, educational science for secondary level I/II | University of Siegen
Research Interest
  • Economic and socioeconomic Education - including sustainable development, consumer education, culture of entrepreneurship, economic and social policy education, global learning,
  • Curriculum Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational standards in economic education, Integration and Interdisziplinary in Social Science Education
  • Students conceptions about socioeconomic phenomena and challenges