Reinhold Nickolaus

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Reinhold Nickolaus (2018)

Reinhold Nickolaus (born July 29, 1952 in Ravenstein -Merchingen) is a German professor of vocational and technical education . From 2002 to 2018 he held the chair for vocational education and headed the department for vocational, business and technical education (BWT) at the Institute for Educational Science (IfE) at the University of Stuttgart .

Life

Reinhold Nickolaus grew up in a family of craftsmen in the countryside in the border area between North Baden and Franconia . In 1967 he began his professional career with an apprenticeship as an electrician in a local craft business. Then he completed the second educational path . From 1971 to 1975 he studied electrical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Mannheim , followed by an activity as an engineer . In 1977 he started the teaching course for vocational schools at the University of Stuttgart, with the subjects of electrical engineering, mathematics and vocational education .

In 1981, Karl-Heinz Sommer, who was then the holder of the professorship for vocational education at the University of Stuttgart, offered him a position that he took up immediately after graduation. In 1987 he received his doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Stuttgart with the historical study “Political Education at Commercial Vocational Schools in Baden and Württemberg in a Social Context”. The habilitation followed in 1996 with an investigation into "trade teacher training in the field of tension between the theory-practice problem and the claim of diverging interests".

On October 1, 1998, he accepted an offer from Leibniz University in Hanover . Here he took over the management of the Institute for Vocational Education and the Institute for Environmental Protection in Vocational Training.

From March 2002 to March 2018 Reinhold Nickolaus headed the Department of Vocational, Business and Technical Education (BWT) at the Institute for Educational Science at the University of Stuttgart. In addition, he was chairman of the joint commission for teaching, scientific director of the teacher training center of the universities of Stuttgart and Hohenheim, member of the faculty board of the faculty of economics and social sciences and member of the board of professors at the University of Stuttgart .

For Reinhold Nickolaus' research, it is not only important to substantiate statements theoretically, but to support them with empirical evidence . Under his direction, numerous research projects were carried out between 2002 and 2018 at the Chair of Vocational Education .

Private

Reinhold Nickolaus is married, has two children and is a grandfather of two.

Research fields (chronological)

Services

Memberships

Acquired third-party funding

Under the direction of Reinhold Nickolaus, numerous research projects were carried out between 2002 and 2018 at the Department of Vocational Education at the University of Stuttgart and the annual third-party funding increased from originally 100,000 EUR to over 1.3 million EUR. In total, he acquired over EUR 6.6 million in third-party funding at state, federal and EU level and from foundations and the private sector . Important public third-party funding providers were (unsorted):

Supervised doctorates

  • Abele, Stephan (2014): Modeling and development of professional competence in industrial-technical training.
  • Ahmed, Faruque (2010): Technical and vocational education and training - curricula reform demand in Bangladesh: qualification requirements, qualification deficits and reform perspectives.
  • Bokoum, Djibril (2010): Vocational training as a basis for environmentally friendly action? Starting conditions, educational programs of action and their effects using the example of Burkina Faso.
  • Boltze, Annika (2016): Influences of socio-educational support on the transition success of disadvantaged young people to training using the example of a study on entry-level qualification.
  • Dammann, Elmar (2016): Development of a test instrument for measuring professional competencies in technical mechanics for students of engineering courses.
  • Fleuchaus, Isolde (2003): Communicative competence of trainees in vocational training. Character, promotion and relevance in the judgment of trainers, teachers and trainees.
  • Grandpierre, Axel (2006): The Action of Team Coaches in Change Processes - Professional Educational Design Perspectives.
  • Gschwendtner, Tobias (2012): Promotion of reading comprehension in disadvantaged classes in vocational education: Studies on the implementation and effectiveness of reciprocal teaching.
  • Hasler, Patrizia (2016): Termination of apprenticeship contracts in the construction industry - untapped potential.
  • Immel, Susanne (2005): Gestalt pedagogical elements in vocational education. Potential earnings from gestalt pedagogical approaches for vocational education - concepts, foundations, forms of realization.
  • Kenner, Martin (2007): Intercultural learning at vocational schools. Results of an intervention study in the one-year vocational school / metal.
  • Knöll, Bernd (2007): Differential Effects of Methodological Decisions and Organizational Forms of Basic Vocational Training on Competence and Motivation Development in Commercial-Technical Initial Training. An empirical study in the basic training of electrical installers.
  • Kouli, Ekaterina (2006): From specialist knowledge to practical skills - the vocational school before the challenges of socio-economic structural change.
  • Mokhonko, Svitlana (2016): Promotion of young talent in the MINT field. Current developments, funding measures and their effects.
  • Pittich, Daniel (2014): Diagnostics of technical and methodological skills.
  • Praessl, Christoph (2010): Development Potential and Development Approached to Research Connectivity between the Egyptian Higher Education Sector and the Business Sector in Egypt.
  • Rottmann, Ursula (2005): The promotion of vocational training in Württemberg. Vocational education as economic development under Ferdinand Steinbeis - myth and reality.
  • Sarnitz, Anja (2012): Influential factors on knowledge transfer in project handover processes and options for the optimization of project handovers.
  • Schulz, Rainer (2003): The Influence of Basic Methodological Decisions on the Teacher's Workload in Classes at the BVJ. An empirical comparison of the action-oriented and student-centered learning circle method with traditional frontal teaching.
  • Selig, Regina (2016): Effect of inner differentiation on motivation and learning performance of adult students: an empirical study in English teaching at the technical college.
  • Steffens, Dirk (2014): Blended Learning. Cost-efficient personnel development through hybrid configuration of face-to-face learning and e-learning.
  • Tchanturia, Katuna (2013): Education for Democracy in Georgia - Critical Assessment, Analysis, Perspectives. An empirical study.
  • van Waveren, Leo (2017): Professional competencies in international comparison - an empirical study on electronics engineers for automation technology and automotive mechatronics engineers in Germany and Switzerland.
  • Worku Hailemichael, Selemon (2016): Impact of curricular reforms in the vocational education of Ethiopia.
  • Wülker, Wilfried (2003): Differential Effects of Forms of Organization of Lessons in Commercial Initial Training in Carpentry Classes - An Empirical Study.

Supervised habilitation

  • Abele, Stephan (2017): Empirical recording of diagnostic problem-solving skills in professional contexts: Making invisible results of professional teaching-learning processes visible.
  • Bormann, Inka (2010): In between spaces of change: Innovations and their transfer in the field of education and upbringing.
  • Ratschinski, Günter (2005): Self-concept and career choice. A Review of Gottfredson's Career Choice Theory in Secondary School Students.
  • Seeber, Susan (2008): Analysis of the Effectiveness of Vocational Education and Training - Writings on Cumulative Habilitation.

Publications (selection)

Articles in refereed journals

  • Nickolaus, Reinhold / Geißel, Bernd / Gschwendtner, Tobias: Development and modeling of professional expertise in commercial-technical basic education. In: Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik (ZBW), vol. 104 (2008), no. 1, pp. 48–73.
  • Nickolaus, Reinhold / Heinzmann, Horst / Knöll, Bernd: Results of empirical studies on the effects of basic methodological decisions on the development of skills and motivation in commercial-technical vocational schools. In: Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik (ZBW), vol. 101 (2005), no. 1, pp. 58–78.
  • Nickolaus, Reinhold / Abele, Stefan / Gschwendtner, Tobias: Computer-simulated work samples: A validation study using the example of the fault diagnosis performance of automotive mechatronics. In: Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik (ZBW), vol. 105 (2009), no. 4, pp. 557-578.

Contributions in anthologies

  • Nickolaus, Reinhold / Seeber, Susan: Professional competences: modeling and diagnostic procedures. In: Frey, Andreas / Lissmann, Urban / Schwarz, Bernd (eds.): Manual of occupational pedagogical diagnostics. Weinheim: Beltz Verlag, 2013. pp. 166–195.
  • Nickolaus, Reinhold: The recording of professional competencies and their developments in vocational education - research status and perspectives. In: Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga (ed.): Stations of empirical educational research - lines of tradition and perspectives. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2011. P. 331–351.

Editorships

  • Nickolaus, Reinhold / Gräsel, Cornelia (Ed.): Innovation and Transfer - Expertise on Transfer Research. Baltmannsweiler, Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, 2006.

Monographs

  • Nickolaus, Reinhold / Mertineit, Klaus-Dieter / Schnurpel, Ursula: Vocational training for sustainable development. Feasibility study on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Ed .: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Bonn, 2001.
  • Nickolaus, Reinhold: Didactics - Models and Concepts of Vocational Education and Training. Orientation services for practice. 4. revised Baltmannsweiler edition: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, 2014.
  • Nickolaus, Reinhold / Schnurpel, Ursula: Innovation and Transfer Effects of Model Tests in Vocational Education and Training (Volume 1). Ed .: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Bonn, 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birgit Ziegler, Martin Kenner: Personal. Reinhold Nickolaus on his 60th birthday . Journal for Vocational and Business Education, 108th vol., No. 4. 2012, p. 591-594 .
personal data
SURNAME Nickolaus, Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German professional and technology pedagogue
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravenstein -Merchingen