Dr. Falk Rieß
Vita
- born February 10th, 1944
- 1964 German "Abitur"
- 1964-1970 University education in Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt, degree "Diplom-Physiker"
- 1970/71 Physics teacher in a secondary school
- 1970 - 1974 Studies in pedagogy, physics education, and philosophy, Technical University of Darmstadt
- 1971 - 1976 Part time lecturer at the universities of Darmstadt, Marburg, and Bremen
- 1974 Lecturer and researcher in science education at the University of Oldenburg
- 1977 PhD in educational science, thesis on science education
- since 1983 Head of the Physics Education/History and Philosophy of Science Group
1987 Professor in the Physics Department (Physics and Physics Education)
- 1990-1991 and 1995-1996 Head of the Physics Department
- 1994-1997 Scientific adviser for the development of a new curriculum for integrated science education in comprehensive schools in North Rhine-Westphalia
- since 2001 Staff member of the PhD Program “Research on Learning and Instruction - Educational Reconstruction”
- since 2003 Vice Director of the “Centre for Teacher Training and Learning and Teaching Research”, Director since April, 2004
- 2004 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize for 2004 awarded by the History of Science Society (USA)