CV

 

2013 - 2016	Research Associate in the project: "SUPPORT Mentorenqualifikation"
2011 - 2014	Research Associate in the project: “MigraMentor“
2009 - 2010	Senior Research and Evaluation Analyst (Housing New Zealand/Wellington)
2007 - 2009	Research and Evaluation Analyst (Housing New Zealand/Wellington)
2007	Diplom (equivalent to Masters) Degree in Psychology (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität)
2005	Research assistant (Victoria University Wellington) Internship (Ethos Consulting Group/Wellington) Bachelor of Science with Honours Degree in Psychology (Victoria University Wellington)
2003	Research assistant in neuropsychological research projects (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität) Internship at the neuropsychological ward (University Hospital Hannover)
2000 - 2007	tertiary studies in Psychology (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität and Victoria University Wellington)

In-depth study areas

• Research Methodologies and Evaluation

• Industrial and Organisational Psychology

• Clinical Neuropsychology

 

Contract work

• since 2011 academic translations (German into English as well as English into German) and editing of academic publications in English

• since 2011 freelance research and evaluation

 

Research

• Evaluation of social policy programmes and projects

• Empirical social science research (quantitative and qualitative methods)

• Self-efficacy research

 

Research projects

• SUPPORT Mentorenqualifikation. Project Manager: Dr Diemut Ophardt

• MigraMentor Project Managers: Dr. Diemut Ophardt and Prof. Dr. Felicitas Thiel

• The Development of Teacher-Self-Efficacy during Teacher Education – a Longitudinal Study (PhD project since 2011)

Publications

Pfitzner-Eden, F., Thiel, F., & Horsley, J. (2014). An Adapted Measure of Teacher Self-Efficacy for Preservice Teachers: Exploring its Validity Across two Countries. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 28(3), 83–92. doi:10.1024/1010-0652/a000125

Pfitzner-Eden, F. (2016). I feel less confident so I quit? Do true changes in teacher self-efficacy predict changes in preservice teachers’ intention to quit their teaching degree? Teaching and Teacher Education, 55, 240-254. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.01.018