Physics Education
Physics education research and teaching have been firmly established at the Freie Universität Berlin for decades. Since 2005, the research group of Professor Dr. Volkhard Nordmeier has made a significant contribution to the further development of research-based teaching and teacher education at the Dahlem School of Education. Over the past three years, the research group of Professor Dr. Marcus Kubsch has provided important new impulses in the field of artificial intelligence and expanded the research and teaching portfolio of our department.
Research Group Kubsch
Prof. Dr. Marcus Kubsch
The research group of Professor Dr. Marcus Kubsch worked at Freie Universität Berlin between 2023 and 2026.
Dr. Marcus Kubsch joined Umeå University in Sweden in May 2026, where he is currently engaged in teaching and research.
The research focuses on the interface between competence development research, learning analytics and curriculum development. The goal is to optimally support learners in digitally supported teaching-learning environments with the help of artificial intelligence methods.
The work covers both school-based learning and learning in higher education (especially teacher's training). In addition, the group researches productive handling of uncertainty within the framework of exploratory learning and the further development of subject didactic research methodology.
Research Group Kubsch
Research Group Nordmeier
Prof. Dr. Volkhard Nordmeier
The research group of Prof. Dr. Volkhard Nordmeier has been conducting research at the Free University of Berlin since 2005.
The research focuses on (empirical) teaching-learning research on the didactics of physics and development research in the areas of new media/digitalisation and on aspects of modern (school) physics.
The research projects focus, among other things, on the professionalisation of teachers and the acquisition of professional knowledge (e.g. in teaching-learning laboratories), competence modelling and measurement, academic success/drop-out research, aptitude research, and usability research (eye tracking)