Neli Heidari

Research Associate
Geography Education
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Research Foci
The role of language in geography education and geography education research
- Characteristics of geography-specific langauge use
- Subject-specific language use connected to continuous and non-continuous texts (maps)
- Language-aware geography education
Publications
Leininger-Frézal , C., Sprenger, S., de Lázaro Torres, M. L., Rodríguez Domenech, M. Ángeles, Heidari, N. ., Pigaki, M., Naudet, C., Lecomte, A., & Gallardo, M. (2023). Global Change Challenge in the Higher Education Curriculum on the approach of Blended Learning. European Journal of Geography, 14(2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.48088/ejg.c.lei.14.2.001.014
Heidari, N., Feser, M.-S., Scholten, N., Schwippert, K. & Sprenger, S. (2022). Language in primary and secondary geography education: a systematic literature review of empirical geography education research. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2022.2154964
Heidari, N. & Fraedrich, W. (2022). Wenn die Kontinente nicht mehr genug hergeben [When continents don't have enough to give] . Geographie heute 43(357), 17-21.
Heidari, N. (2021). Malawi – abhängig vom Tabak? [Malawi - addicted to tobacco?]. Geographie heute 42(353), 44-47.
Fraedrich, W. & N. Heidari (2019). Iceland from the West to the South. GeoGuide Springer International Publishing. doi 10.1007/978-3-319-90863-2.
Heidari, N. (2017). Nordatlantische Oszillation – Luftdruckschaukel steuert Niederschlagsvariabilität [North Atlantic Oscillation air pressure pattern controls precipitation variability]. Geographie heute 38(332), 38-41.
Fraedrich, W. & N. Heidari (2016). El Niño und La Niña – Prägende Wetterereignisse in der pazifischen Region [El Niño and La Niña - Formative weather events in the Pacific region]. Geographie heute 27(330).
Heidari, N. (2014). Gebirge in Deutschland – Topographie, Morphologie und Geologie vergleichen [Mountains in Germany - Compare topographical, morphological and geological representation in maps]. Geographie heute 25(320), 28-31.
Presentations
Heidari, N. & Heuzeroth, J. (2023, 19–23. September). Sprache im Geographieunterricht: Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Schriftlichkeit und Mündlichkeit. Ansätze, Methoden, Fördermöglichkeiten [Language in Geography Education: Interrelations of Spoken and Written Language. Approaches. Methods. Support] [Head of Session]. 62. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Frankfurt, Deutschland. https://dkg2023.de/assets/docs/DKG_23_Programmheft_Softcopy.pdf
Heidari, N., Schwippert, K. & Sprenger S. (2023, 19–23. September). Lautes Denken beim Kartenzeichnen: Zusammenhänge von kartografischen Konzepten und fachspezifischem Sprachgebrauch [Thinking aloud while drawing maps: Linkages between cartographic concepts and subject-specific language use] [paper presentation]. 62. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Frankfurt, Deutschland. https://dkg2023.de/assets/docs/DKG_23_Programmheft_Softcopy.pdf
Heidari, N. et al. (2023, 5–7. Juli). Language in primary and secondary geography education: a systematic literature review of empirical geography education research [paper presentation]. IGU-CGE: Geography Education for the Anthropocene, Oxford, Vereinigtes Königreich. file:///Users/neliheidari/Downloads/IGU-CGE-Oxford-Conference-programme-27th-June-2023.pdf
Heidari, N. (2023). Reale und virtuelle Lehr- und Lernansätze im Kontext außerschulischer Lernorte. LI-Forum: Dialog mit der Wissenschaft [Discourse with Researchers], Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland.
Heidari, N. et al. (2023, 12–16. April). Research on the Role of Language in Geography Education: A Systematic Literature Review [paper presentation]. AERA Konferenz: Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth, Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika. https://www.aera.net/Portals/38/AERA2023_Complete_Program.pdf
Heidari, N., Schwippert, K. & Sprenger, S. (2023, 12–16. April). Thinking and Speaking Maps – Conceptual and Linguistic Abilities of Upper Secondary Students [paper presentation]. AERA Konferenz: Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth, Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika. https://www.aera.net/Portals/38/AERA2023_Complete_Program.pdf
Heidari, N. & Sprenger, S. (2023). Chancen und Herausforderungen der kollaborativen internationalen Online-Lehre [Chances and risks of collaborative international online teaching]. ENLIVEN - Enhanced Learning and Teaching in International Virtual Environments Multiplier Event, Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland.
Heidari, N., Schwippert, K., & Sprenger, S. (2022). Die Rolle der Sprache im Geographieunterricht [poster presentation]. Dies Academicus, Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland.
Heidari, N. et al. (2022, 7–9. Oktober). Untersuchung zur Sprache im Geographieunterricht – Eine systematische Literaturanalyse der geographiedidaktischen Forschung [Research on Language in Primary and Secondary Geography Education: A Systematic Literature Review of empirical Geography Education Research] [paper presentation]. HGD-Symposium: Komplexität und Systemtisches Denken im Geographieunterricht, Luzern, Schweiz. https://zenodo.org/record/7276547
Heidari, N. et al. (2022, 5–7. Mai). Research on Language in Primary and Secondary Geography Education: A Systematic Literature Review of empirical Geography Education Research [paper presentation]. EUROGEO: Re-Visioning Geography For Sustainability in the Post-Covid Era, Lesbos, Griechenland. https://www.eurogeography.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Full-Programme-EUROGEO-CONFERENCE-final.pdf
Teaching
- Summer Semester 2021 Master's seminar accompanying pre-service teachers' internships and reflection in geography education classrooms
- Winter Semester 21/22 Master's seminar for pre-service teachers: Language in geography education
- Winter Semester 22/23 Master's seminar for pre-service teachers: Virtual Field Trips
- Winter Semester 23/24 Master's seminar for pre-service teachers: International digital cooperation in teacher professionalization in geography education
Memberships
Reviewer for
- European Journal of Geography
Memberships
- Member of Faculty Research Center "Literacy in Diversity Settings"
- Member of American Education Research Association (AERA)
- Member of University Association for Geography Education (HGD)
Short CV
since 01/10/22 |
Deputy member of the examination board for the bachelor's degree program in educational science within the teaching profession |
since 01/10/22 |
Deputy speaker of the board of the faculty graduate school |
since 01/02/21 |
Research associate in the field of geography education supervised by Prof. Dr. Sandra Sprenger and Prof. Dr. Knut Schwippert at the Faculty of Education, Universität Hamburg |
since 01/02/21 |
Teacher (civil servant) at Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hamburg with the subjects of geography and English |
01/08/19 – 31/01/21 | Teacher training at Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hamburg |
29/01/19 |
Master of Education at Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel |
01/09/15 – 30/06/18 | Research assistant at the Institute for Coastal Risk and Sea-level Rise lead by Prof. Dr. Vafeidis at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel |
02/11/14 – 22/05/15 | Ambassador to the UK-German Connection |
01/10/14 – 22/05/15 | Foreign Language Assistant in the UK |
2011 – 2019 | Academic education of the subjects Geography and English/North American Studies at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel |