Volker Woest

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Volker Woest (* 1954 in Cuxhaven ) is a German chemistry didactic and university professor .

Career

Woest studied chemistry and mathematics at the University of Bremen and graduated in 1982 with the first state examination for teaching at public schools. Two years later, the second state examination for teaching at public schools followed. From 1985 to 1989 he was a research assistant in the field of chemistry didactics at the University of Bremen and also taught at Bremen grammar schools. The doctorate to Dr. rer. nat. took place in 1990 at the chemistry department of the University of Bremen with a longitudinal study on the subject of "open chemistry lessons" (work group Prof. Just). From 1990 to 1993 Woest was a research assistant at the Senator for Education ( Bremen ) and in 1993 moved back to the University of Bremen, where he worked as a research assistant in the chemistry department until 1999. Here he carried out the scientific support of model experiments for "environmental education in natural science teaching" and worked on the development, testing and evaluation of concepts, teaching materials and teacher's manuals. The habilitation for the subject "Chemistry Didactics" took place in 1997.

Since the winter semester 1999/2000 Woest has been professor of chemistry teaching at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena .

Research areas and interests

  • Internal differentiation in chemistry classes
  • Beginning science lessons (chemistry in primary school)
  • Integrated natural sciences (human-nature-technology, natural science and technology)
  • Experimental archeology and chemistry
  • Development of learning materials on organic natural substances
  • History of Chemistry and Chemistry Class

Bodies

  • 2002–2012 Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research (ZLB)
  • 2004–2016 member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Chemical and Geosciences
  • 2004–2016 Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Chemical and Geosciences
  • 2004–2016 member of the Academic Senate's study committee
  • since 2003 head of the school laboratory "chemistry learning workshop"
  • since 2006 head of the Central German Chemistry Teacher Training Center (Jena site)
  • 2008–2016 member of the teacher training committee of the FSU Jena (LBA)
  • 2008–2016 permanent representative of the head of the State Examination Office (LPA)
  • since 2011 member of the consortium Thuringian Education Plan of the TMBWK

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c FSU Jena: Volker Woest. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Chemistry school laboratory opened at Jena University. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Woest, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemistry teacher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuxhaven