Education
- 2002 Doctor of Educational Science
- 1998 Educational Science Teacher's Diploma
- 1998 Master of Educational Science
- 1989 Master of Physical Education
- 1985 Bachelor of Physical Education
- 1981 Primary School Teacher's Diploma
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Professional Experiences
- Since 2007 Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Research and Development, University of Applied Sciences, School of Teacher Education, Berne, Switzerland
- 2005–2007 Head of the Department Pre- and Primary School, Institute Pre- and Primary School, University of Applied Sciences, Northwestern Switzerland
- 2004–2005 Lecturer in Educational Science at the College of Education and Social Work of Basel, Switzerland
- 1998–2005 Research Assistant, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Berne, Switzerland
- 1998–2000 Research Assistant at the Research Center in Education, University of Berne, Switzerland
- 1998–2000 Co-Leader at the Teacher's College of Biel, Switzerland
- 1996–2000 Heading the Practical Training at the Teacher's College of Biel, Switzerland
- 1994–2000 Lecturer in Educational Science at the Teacher's College of Biel, Switzerland
- 1993–1994 Tutorial Assistant, Department of Pedagogy, Institute of Education, University of Berne, Switzerland
- 1992–1995 Tutorial Assistant, Department of Educational Psychology, Institute of Education, University of Berne, Switzerland
- 1987–2000 Lecturer in Didactics of Physical Education at the Teacher's College of Biel, Switzerland
- 1981–1986 Teaching Primary School
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Additional Experiences
Associations
- Since 2012 Editorial Team Member of the Swiss Journal of Educational Sciences
- Since 2009 Member of the Board of the Swiss Association for Teacher Education
- Since 2009 Member of the Board of the Sport Science Alumni University of Bern
- 1993–1995 Chairmanship of the Bernese Physical Education Teacher Association
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Committees
- 2004–2005 Member of Appointments Committee Institute of Sport Science, University of Berne
- 2004 Member of Structure Committee Institute of Sport Science, University of Berne
- Since 2003 Member of the Assessment Committee of the Diploma for Teaching Kindergarten and Primary School, Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education
- 2002–2005 Delegate in the Committee of Sport Science, University of Berne
- 2001–2003 Delegate in the Committee of Academic Instruction, University of Berne
- 1998–2006 Member of the Educational Committee of the Swiss Kindergarten Association (KgCH)
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Lectures and Further Education
- 2005 Lecturer, Post-graduate Diploma in Education 4 to 8 Year-Old Children. Module 4b: Professionalism of Kindergarten- and Primary School Teacher
- 2004 Lecturer, Reform Project "Basisstufe", Canton of Berne: Basisstufe – more than the sum of its parts?!
- 2004 Lecturer, Further Education 2BITS, Canton Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt and Solothurn: ICT and the Every day Life of Kindergarten- and School Children
- 2003 Lecturer, Post-graduate Diploma in Education 4 to 8 Year-Old Children. Module 4a: Professional Mission of Kindergarten- and Primary School Teachers
- 2000 Lecturer, Post-graduate Diploma in Physical Education. Module 6: Movement, Sport and Play in Kindergarten
- 1998 Lecturer, Post-graduate Diploma in Teaching Mathematics. Module 3: Main Topic: Kindergarten
- 1990–2001 Lecturer in Physical Education in Teacher Further Education and Development, Canton Berne
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Project Groups
- 1999–2000 Delegate for Physical Education in Kindergarten and Teacher Training. A Project initiated by the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education and the Federal Association of Sport
- 1997–1999 Delegate for Physical Education in the Reform of Kindergarten- and Elementary School Teacher Training of the Canton Berne
- 1995–1997 Author and Editor of the Physical Education Textbook for Kindergarten
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Memberships
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