Heinz Mandl

Heinz Mandl (* 21st May 1937 in Munich ) is a psychologist and emeritus professor for Empirical Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich .

Life

After graduating from high school, he studied teaching for elementary and secondary schools from 1956 to 1958 and worked as a teacher from 1961 to 1967. After studying psychology (diploma in 1971), he received his doctorate in psychology , educational science and sociology at the University of Munich in 1975 . He then worked as a research assistant at the University of Augsburg. From 1978 to 1990 he was professor of educational science and educational psychology at the University of Tübingen. In 1990 he was appointed to the chair for empirical education and educational psychology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. From 1995 to 2000 he was Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Education at the University of Munich .

From 1989 to 1991 he was President of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI). In 2003 he received the EARLI Oeuvre Award. He was visiting professor at the universities of Friborg (Switzerland), Helsinki (Finland), Viseu (Portugal), Zurich (Switzerland) and Linz (Austria).

Research priorities

• Teaching-learning research , especially in the area of self-directed and cooperative learning
• Design of multimedia learning environments
• Blended learning
• E-learning , virtual teaching and virtual learning, conception and development of virtual courses, tele-tutoring , e-tutoring
• Knowledge management processes in organizations: knowledge documentation, knowledge communication, knowledge generation, knowledge use
• Education controlling : planning, analysis and evaluation of educational processes
• Education for sustainable development : Learning psychological support for measures for education for sustainable development
• Value formation
• Gamification

Basic research

• DFG projects in the fields of knowledge psychology , network-based knowledge communication in groups, knowledge and action .
• Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)

Applied research

• Cooperation projects with Siemens , Siemens Foundation , Deutsche Telekom , Munich Re , BMW , Eberhard von Kuenheim Foundation, Volkswagen AG , Qiagen , Linde AG , Deutsche Bahn AG and the state capital of Munich, among others .
• Teaching activity as a module leader in the Executive MBA course of the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg

Works

• with F. Fischer, I. Kollar and JM Haake (eds.): Scripting computer-supported communication of knowledge - cognitive, computational, and educational perspectives. Springer, New York 2007.
• with D. Frey and L. v. Rosenstiel (Ed.): Knowledge and Action. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2006.
• with H. Gruber: Apprenticeship and School Learning. In: JD Wright (Ed.): International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2nd Edition. S. Elsevier, Oxford 2015.
• with M. Henninger (Ed.): Handbook of media and education management. Beltz, Weinheim / Basel 2009.
• with B. Kopp and M. Hasenbein: Case-based learning in virtual groups - collaborative problem solving activities and learning outcomes in a virtual professional training course. In: Interactive Learning Environments. 20 (4), 2012, pp. 1–22.
• with E. De Corte, SN Bennett and HF Friedrich (eds.): Learning and instruction. Vol. 2.1: Social and cognitive aspects of learning and instruction. Pergamon, Oxford 1990.
• with E. De Corte, SN Bennett and HF Friedrich (eds.): Learning and instruction. Vol. 2.2: Analysis of complex skills and complex knowledge domains. Pergamon, Oxford 1990.
• with HF Friedrich (Hrsg.): Handbuch Lernstrategien. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2006.
• with NL Stein and T. Trabasso (eds.): Learning and Comprehension of Text. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, London 1984.
• with A. Lesgold (Ed.): Learning Issues for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Springer, New York 1984.
• with HF Friedrich (Hrsg.): Handbuch Lernstrategien. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2006.
• with S. Koch and G. Reinmann-Rothmeier (eds.): Knowledge management for practice. Senser Druck, Augsburg 2000.
• with G. Reinmann (ed.): Psychology of knowledge management. Perspectives, theories and methods. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2004.
• with G. Reinmann, G. & S. Niedermeier (2017). Knowledge management and training . In R. Tippelt & A. v. Hippel (Ed.), Handbook for Adult Education / Continuing Education (pp. 1049-1066). Wiesbaden: VS publishing house for social sciences.
• with M. Sailer, J. Hense and M. Klevers: Fostering Development of Work Competencies and Motivation via Gamification. In: M. Mulder, J. Winterton (Eds.): Competence-Based Vocational and Professional Education - Bridging the World of Work and Education. Springer, 2016.
• with S. Vasniadou, E. De Corte and R. Glaser (Eds.): International Perspectives on the Design of Technology-Supported Learning Environments. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, London 1996.
• with J. Zumbach (ed.): Educational psychology in theory and practice. A case-based textbook. Goettingen. Hogrefe 2008.

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Mandl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Prof. Dr. Heinz Mandl (Homepage)
• "PsychAuthors" profile at ZPID (including list of publications)