Interests in Research

• Implementation and Evaluation of Pedagogical-Psychological Interventions
• Reading Literacy
• Reciprocal Teaching
• Instructional Media Tools in the Elementary School Classroom
• Philosophizing with Children

Professional Background

Education

• 2015 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the University of Potsdam
• 2011 Magistra Artium at the University of Potsdam
• 2008 State Examination in Teaching at the University of Potsdam

Professional Career

• since 03.2019 Researcher at the Chair of Primary Education at the Freie Universität Berlin
• 01.2009-03.2019 Research assistant at the Chair of Primary School Education/ Sachunterricht (from 06.2018 100% position) at the University of Potsdam
• 04.2011-05.2018 Research assistant at the chair of Psychological Primary School Pedagogy at the University of Potsdam
• 09.2010-03.2011 Research assistant at the Coordination Office for Equal Opportunities at the University of Potsdam
• 2003-2007 Student Research Assistant at the University of Potsdam
• 2002 Student Research Assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in the Department of Education and Educational Systems

Honors

• 2015 1st poster prize at the 3rd conference of the Gesellschaft Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Bochum.
• 2013 1st poster prize at the 1st conference of the Gesellschaft Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Kiel.
• 2011 Comenius-EduMedia-Award for Doppel-Klick. Interactive exercises for school. German lessons class 6, CD-ROM. Author group Beilker, Koch, Kortas, Lermann, Müller & Ratz (2011). Berlin: Cornelsen.

Memberships

• Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF) (Society for empirical educational research)
• Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Philosophierens mit Kindern (Society for the Promotion of Philosophy with Children)
• Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU) (Society for the Didactics of Science and Social Education)

Teaching

• see Dr. Koch`s German website ('Lehre')

see Dr. Helvi Koch`s German website ('Publikationen')