Currently visiting: Stefan Padberg

01.06.2023

During the summer term, Stefan Padberg is visiting professor at the Working group Didactics of geography and economic education. Teaching Geography for him is an huge important thing considering the conservation of live in times of increasing scarcity of resources combined with the ongoing climate crisis.

 

  • What is so fascinating about your research area?

Teaching Geography is an huge important thing considering the conservation of live in times of increasing scarcity of resources combined with the ongoing climate crisis. How can we combine Living Learning Approaches and creating hope for a better future for all humans in the classroom or in the university with such hard to digest issues?

 

  • Which central message should your students remember?

To know that we count
with our live
with our love
against the cold
for me, for you for our world
by Ruth C. Cohn

  • Why did you decide to do research and teach at our Faculty?

During many years I was attracted to publications and conference - inputs by members of the department of Teaching Geography an Economic Education of your Faculty. This was just convincing on many levels, so I am happy to be a part-time-part of such an inspiring working context.

 

  • Which three publications characterise your work?

teachinggeography4future? Mit Geographieunterricht für den sozial-ökologischen Wandel handlungsfähig werden, Schritt für Schritt. In: GW-Unterricht, 155, 17-30.

Big Themes for little Kids? Living Learning in a Teacher-Training Course Dealing with Flight and Migration. In: Meyerhuber, Silke; Reiser, Helmut & Matthias Scharer: Theme-Centered Interaction (TCI) in Higher Education. A didactical approach for Sustainable and Living Learning. Cham, 157-175.

zs. mit Jutta Bedehäsing: Globale Krise, Große Transformation, Change Agents: Heiße Eisen für die Geographiedidaktik. In: GW-Unterricht, 146, 19-31.

Thank you & welcome to our Faculty!

 

Interview with Stefan Padberg

During the summer term, Stefan Padberg is training future Austrian geography and economic education teachers at the Department of Geography and Regional Research. In his work, he focusses on methods for personally meaningful teaching and learning as well as critique of racism and ecosocial change. Foto: © Stefan Padberg

Stefan Padberg in front of flipchart-painting.

“Teaching Geography is an huge important thing considering the conservation of live in times of increasing scarcity of resources combined with the ongoing climate crisis. How can we combine Living Learning Approaches and creating hope for a better future for all humans in the classroom or in the university with such hard to digest issues?” Photo: © Stefan Padberg