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Tasks at the chair

  • Teaching in the field of pedagogy with intellectual disabilities and didactics with a special educational focus on intellectual development
  • Workgroup manager
  • Library contact

Academic career

  • Since 07/2024 Assistant professor at the Chair of Pedagogy for Intellectual Disabilities including Inclusive Pedagogy
  • 02/2024 - 07/2024 Support teacher, Georg-Zahn-School Erlangen
  • 2021-2023 Research assistant at the Chair of Pedagogy for Intellectual Disabilities including Inclusive Education, University of Regensburg
  • 2019 - 2020 Research assistant at the Chair of Pedagogy for Intellectual Disabilities and Pedagogy for Behavioural Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
  • 2018 - 2023 Studied for a teaching degree in special education, specialising in pedagogy for people with intellectual disabilities, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • 2015 - 2018 Studied B.Sc. sport science, Technical University of Munich

Research

  • Doctoral project: "Intelligence and adaptive behaviour - (How) are they connected? " - Module 3 of the AKo research project (Adaptive competencies in intellectual disabilities)

Lectures / Teaching assignments

Lectures:

  • Herrmanns, P. & Dworschak, W. (accepted). The relevance of adaptive behaviour and IQ in German research and social policy as well as educational decision-making processes. Presentation at the 7th IASSIDD European Congress. Munich, 28 July - 31 July 2026.
  • Adaptive behaviour and intelligence - (How) are they connected? Presentation at the symposium G: Adaptive competencies in intellectual disabilities at the University of Regensburg on 18 March 2025

Teaching assignments:

  • Tutorial on "Aktuelle pädagogische und didaktische Fragestellungen im Kontext geistige Behinderung" - Staatsexamensvorbereitendes Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, summer semester 2024
  • Tutorial on "Current psychological issues in the context of intellectual disabilities" - State examination preparatory seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, summer semester 2024

Paul Herrmanns

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