Dr. phil. Steffen Kersten has been working in teaching and research at Dresden University of Technology for more than 25 years. In 1989 he competed his study course in electrical engineering and vocational pedagogy. Until the end of the year 1992, he worked at the Department of “logic and methodology of teaching practice” (Prof. Harald Zimmer). Since 1993 he has been working in the field of didactics of vocational education and engineering education. Dr. Kersten successfully completed his doctoral thesis with very good results in 1995. The designing of teaching and learning processes based on theory of action, the development of requirement oriented curricula, the development of evaluation tools for vocational education and engineering education and requirements on teaching staff in engineering education are in the focus of his application oriented research. In addition to his educational studies, he has gained very extensive university teaching experience through his extensive teaching duties.
Dr. Kersten has collected a lot of experiences in field of international development work in the last 20 years. He coordinated research and development projects in Vietnam and Central Asia. In his academic career, Dr. Kersten has realized numerous visiting professorships and visiting lectures at international universities (Hanoi University of Technology, University of Technology and Education Ho Chi Minh City, Beijing Institute of Technology).
In the Saxon educational landscape Dr. Kersten has been involving in the scientific discussion on appropriate concepts of teacher training for many years. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Centre for Teacher Education, and Educational Research (ZLSB).
In the area of engineering education, he is working successfully in the field of engineering didactics. He is member of the International Society of Engineering Padegogy (IGIP) and Vice President of the Scientific Society for Engineering Education (IPW).
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