Prof. Dr. Sandra Sprenger

Head of Geography Education Group
Geography Education
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Office hours
- During semesters: Thursday 14-15, https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/p/178468bbb846945034301f02e8e4a75a-1759829
- Between semesters: by appointment
Contact
Curriculum Vitae
| 2021 |
Visiting professor at the “Laboratoire de Didactique André Revuz” (LDAR) at the Université de Paris (France) |
| Since 2014 |
Professorship for Education with particular emphasis on Geography Education Universität Hamburg |
| 2013 - 2014 | Professorship for Geography and Geography Education Ludwigsburg University of Education |
| 2012 - 2013 | Junior professorship for Geography Education Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 2011 - 2012 | Visiting professorship for Education with particular emphasis on Geography Education Universität Hamburg |
| 2009 - 2011 |
Appointment as Lecturer |
| 2010 | Completion of doctorate at University of Kassel |
| 2008 | Research fellowship at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) |
| 2007 - 2009 | Doctoral fellowship from the German National Academic Foundation |
| 2006 - 2009 | Doctoral student in the working group “Biology Education” supervised by Prof. J. Mayer (Justus Liebig University in Giessen and the University of Kassel) |
| 2006 | 2nd state examination for secondary teachers (Gymnasium college-prep high school/grades 10 – 12 (10 – 13 under the previous system) |
| 2004 - 2006 |
Student teaching practicum for Gymnasium college-prep high school certification at the Goetheschule Wetzlar (Hessen) |
| 2004 | 1st state examination for secondary school teachers (Gymnasium college-prep high school) Geography, Biology, German and General Educational Psychology and Social Studies |
| 1997 - 2004 | Completion of requirements for teaching Geography, Biology and German at the secondary level (Gymnasium college-prep high school) |
laufende Projekte
- Science Media Literacy – eine Interventionsstudie
- Mint4all - Nachhaltig handeln (BMBF)
- BOLD - Building on Linguistic and Cultural Diversity for social action within and beyond European universities (Erasmus+)
- V-global - Virtual Field Work in the context of Global Change (Erasmus+)
- DDLitLab - Digital and Data Literacy in Teaching Lab - Teilprojekt Fachspezifik
- Geographie und Sprache
- Professioneller Umgang von Geographielehrer*innen mit Unsicherheiten im Kontext des Klimawandels
abgeschlossene Projekte
- Virtual Field Work in the context of Global Change (V-Global)
- VirtEx - Virtual excursion didactics towards sustainability
- Digitales Lernen in der Lehrerbildung im Fach Geographie: Mobiles Lernen zur Unterstützung der geomedialen Raumaneignung
- Klimaforschung trifft Bildung - das Wissenschaftsverständnis zum Klimawandel
- Computing & Climate Change Education with Geographical Information Systems (CC-GIS)
- Wahrnehmung von Geographielehrkräften während des Unterrichts
- Nachhaltiges Denken - das Beispiel Wasser
- "Ich sehe Was(ser), was du nicht siehst..." - Virtuelles Wasser begreifen
Functions and academic self-government
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Since 2025: Member of the Academic Senate, University of Hamburg
- Since 2024, faculty spokesperson (professors) for the Department of Education
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Since 2024: Advisory member of the Dean’s Office for Sustainability
Since 2023: Member of the Executive Board of the Association for Geography Education (HGD), Vice Chair
Since 2022: Member of the “Future of Teaching” Advisory Board at Goethe University Frankfurt
Since 2021: Spokesperson for the Society for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD Center for Teacher Education, Hamburg)
Since 2021: Member of the advisory board for the BMBF project “Klima-ACT! Promoting Climate Action through Immersive Experiences”
2020-2024: Departmental spokesperson for the didactics of social sciences and mathematics/natural sciences at the University of Hamburg
Since 2020: Member of the advisory board for the Service Center for Empirical Research Methods (University of Hamburg)
2016-2024: Program Director for Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education and for Upper Secondary Teacher Education at the Faculty of Education
2014–2021: Spokesperson for the Geography Society (Center for Teacher Education, Hamburg)
2018–2019 Head of the “Sustainability in Studies and Teaching” team at the Center of Excellence for Sustainable University (KNU) at the University of Hambur
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Sekretariat
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