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Prof Dr Burkard Porzelt

Vita

Biography

1962

  • Birth in Würzburg

1978 - 1988

  • Voluntary work in the city group Lohr am Main and in the diocesan association Würzburg-Bamberg of the Catholic Student Youth (KSJ)

1981

  • A-levels at the Franz Ludwig-von-Erthal-Gymnasium in Lohr am Main

1982 - 1984

  • Civilian service

1988 - 1991

  • Student assistant at the Chair of Catholic Religious Education and Pedagogy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg

1991

  • Diploma in catholic theology at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

1993

  • Diploma in Pedagogy at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg

1991 - 1994

  • Education officer at the youth organisations of the Gemeinschaft Christlichen Lebens (J-GCL) in the diocese of Augsburg

1995 - 1999

  • Assistant professor at the Department of Religious Education, Catechetics and Didactics of Religion in the Faculty of Catholic Theology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

1995 - 2003

  • Part-time religious education teacher at Maria Ward-Gymnasium Mainz

1997 - 2004

  • Spokesperson for the permanent section "Empirical Religious Education" of the Working Group for Catholic Religious Education and Catechetics (AKRK)

1999

  • Theological doctorate with a dissertation on "Intensive experiences of young people. Qualitative-empirical approach and relevance for religious education"
  • Prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

1999 - 2003

  • Research assistant at the Department of Religious Education, Catechetics and Didactics of Religion in the Faculty of Catholic Theology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

2001 - 2013

  • Editor of the "Religionspädagogische Beiträge" (together with Prof Dr Werner Simon)

2003

  • Deputy professor for the subject "Catholic theology and its didactics, specialising in religious education" at the Institute for Teacher Training at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

2003 - 2006

  • Professor of "Catholic theology and its didactics, specialising in religious education" at the Institute for Teacher Training at the University of Münster

since 2006

  • Chair of Practical Theology (Religious Education and Didactics of Religious Education) at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg

2008 - 2011

  • Dean of studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg

2015 - 2017

  • Dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg

2014 - 2015 and 2017 - 2018

  • Vice Dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg

2015 - 2021

  • Spokesperson for the Conference of Religious Education Teachers at Bavarian Universities (KRBU)

2021 - 2025

  • Member of the Senate of the University of Regensburg

Bibliography

Monographs

Editorship of book publications

Publication of a series of books on religion

Editorial board

Editorship of series

Articles in specialised journals

Contributions to anthologies

  • Tillich revisited. Symboldidaktik auf dem Prüfstand, in: Silvia Arzt / Burkard Porzelt / Georg Ritzer (eds.), Menschen in ihrer Spiritualität ernst(er) nehmen. Anton A. Bucher on his 65th birthday, Ostfildern (Grünewald) 2025, pp. 53-66.
  • Wondrous histories in a diverse book. Contours of a didactics of New Testament miracle narratives, in: Weißer, Markus / Wenzel, Knut (eds.), Die sakramentale Präsenz des Anderen. A sense for the traces of God in our time. Festschrift for Erwin Dirscherl, Regensburg (Pustet) 2025, pp. 327-336.
  • Lovena. Short feature films as a medium for biographical learning, in: Langenhorst, Georg / Schiefer Ferrari, Markus / Sitzberger, Rudolf (eds.), Vorbilder für unsere Zeit. 26 designs for model learning today. Eine Freundesgabe für Hans Mendl zum 65. Geburtstag (Religionspädagogik innovativ; vol. 61), Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2025, pp. 191-199.
  • Situation and variants of religious education and ethics teaching, in: Götz, Margarete / Hartinger, Andreas / Heinzel, Friederike / Kahlert, Joachim / Miller, Susanne / Sandfuchs, Uwe (eds.), Handbuch Grundschulpädagogik und Grundschuldidaktik (UTB; vol. 8444), Bad Heilbrunn/Obb. (Klinkhardt) 52024, pp. 642-647.
  • Between the stools. Mein Lebensweg als Religionspädagoge, in: Rupp, Horst F. / Schwarz, Susanne (eds.), Lebensweg, religiöse Erziehung und Bildung. Religious education as autobiography. Volume 8 (Forum zur Pädagogik und Didaktik der Religion. Neue Folge; Vol. 10), Würzburg (Königshausen und Neumann) 2023, pp. 255-271.
  • (together with Eva Stögbauer-Elsner and Konstantin Lindner:) Einführung - was kann und will eine Fachdidaktik des Religionsunterrichts?, in: Stögbauer-Elsner, Eva / Lindner, Konstantin / Porzelt, Burkard (eds.), Studienbuch Religionsdidaktik (UTB; Bd. 5566), Bad Heilbrunn/Obb. (Klinkhardt) 2021, pp. 9-12.
  • Cognitive activation: religious education that gives food for thought, in: ibid. pp. 46-53.
  • Religious studies learning, in: ibid., pp. 146-153.
  • Bible, in: ibid., pp. 167-179.
  • (together with Eva Stögbauer-Elsner:) Jesus Christ, in: ibid., pp. 179-188.
  • (together with Eva Stögbauer-Elsner:) Religions, in: ibid., pp. 214-226.
  • Secular interpretations of the world, in: ibid., pp. 227-234.
  • (together with Eva Stögbauer-Elsner:) Planung und Strukturierung von Religionsunterricht, in: ibid., pp. 337-350.
  • (together with Konstantin Lindner and Eva Stögbauer-Elsner:) Ausblick - Herausforderungen zukünftiger Religionsdidaktik, in: ibid., pp. 381-383.
  • Schulbuch, in: Kropač, Ulrich / Riegel, Ulrich (eds.), Handbuch Religionsdidaktik (Kohlhammer Studienbücher Theologie; vol. 25), Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2021, pp. 375-381.
  • Bringing the Bible into life. The plurality of the Bible as a guide for responsible text selection in pastoral practice, in: Ehebrecht-Zumsande, Jens / Leinhäupl, Andreas (eds.), Handbuch Bibel-Pastoral. Approaches - Methods - Practical Impulses, Ostfildern (Schwabenverlag) 2018, pp. 105-111.
  • Performative religious education. Curse or blessing for the future of religious education at school?, in: Mendl, Hans (ed.), Religion zeigen - Religion erleben - Religion verstehen. Ein Studienbuch zum Performativen Religionsunterricht (Religionspädagogik innovativ; Vol. 16), Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2016, pp. 186-201.
  • Correlation, in: Porzelt, Burkard / Schimmel, Alexander (eds.), Strukturbegriffe der Religionspädagogik, Bad Heilbrunn/Obb. (Klinkhardt) 2015, pp. 74-81.
  • Secure after death? Concretions of correlative didactics, in: Pemsel-Maier, Sabine / Schambeck, Mirjam (eds.), Keine Angst vor Inhalten! Systematisch-theologische Themen religionsdidaktisch erschließen, Freiburg/Br. - Basel - Wien (Herder) 2015, pp. 317-327.
  • Discernment of spirits. Or: What is a religious learning process? in: Weber, Irene (ed.), Religious education in the crèche - not just for children. Developing and promoting spirituality. Dokumentation der Religionspädagogischen Jahrestagungen 2011 und 2012 (KTK-Position. Theologie und Religionspädagogik), Freiburg/Br. (Verband Katholischer Tageseinrichtungen für Kinder (KTK) - Bundesverband e.V.) 2015, pp. 9-18.
  • Which religious education fits the school? Considerations on the legitimisation and design of school-compatible religious education, in: Jahrbuch der Religionspädagogik 30 (2014), pp. 125-137.
  • Performative religious education. Curse or blessing for the future of religious education at school?, in: Altmeyer, Stefan / Bitter, Gottfried / Theis, Joachim (eds.), Religiöse Bildung - Optionen, Diskurse, Ziele (Praktische Theologie heute; Bd. 132), Stuttgart (Kohlhammer) 2013, pp. 181-194.
  • Value generalisation: (k)eine Perspektive für religiöse Bildung?, in: Laux, Bernhard (ed.), Heiligkeit und Menschenwürde. Hans Joas' neue Genealogie der Menschenrechte im theologischen Gespräch (Veröffentlichungen der Papst-Benedikt XVI.-Gastprofessur an der Fakultät für Katholic Theology der Universität Regensburg), Freiburg/Br. - Basel - Wien (Herder) 2013, pp. 171-180.
  • Religious learning. Impulses for a useful theory of a dazzling event, in: Kropač, Ulrich / Langenhorst, Georg (eds.), Religionsunterricht und der Bildungsauftrag der öffentlichen Schulen. Justification and perspectives of religious education as a school subject, Babenhausen (LUSA) 2012, pp. 55-65.
  • Internal views of the traineeship in a summarising outlook, in: Englert, Rudolf / Porzelt, Burkard / Reese, Annegret / Stams, Elisa (eds.), Innenansichten des Referendariats. How do prospective religious education teachers at primary schools experience their traineeship? An empirical study on the development of (religious) pedagogical competence (Forum Theologie und Pädagogik; Vol. 14), Berlin (LIT) 2006, pp. 455-474.
  • (together with Elisa Stams:) Die methodische Anlage der Untersuchung, in: ibid., pp. 28-39.
  • Auf der Suche nach religionspädagogischen Visionen, in: Theis, Joachim (ed.), Die Welt geht rascher als die Kirche [Festschrift für Wolfgang Lentzen-Deis], Trier (éditions trèves) 2005, pp. 105-113.
  • Individualised religiosity, in: Bitter, Gottfried / Englert, Rudolf / Miller, Gabriele / Nipkow, Karl Ernst (eds.), Neues Handbuch religionspädagogischer Grundbegriffe, Munich (Kösel) 2002, pp. 275-279.
  • Qualitative-empirical methods in religious education, in: Porzelt, Burkard / Güth, Ralph (eds.), Empirische Religionspädagogik. Grundlagen - Zugänge - Aktuelle Projekte (Empirical Theology; Vol. 7), Münster - Hamburg - London (LIT) 2000, pp. 63-81.
  • "An experience that was really important to me." Adolescent intensive experiences as a touchstone of correlative didactics, in: ibid., pp. 153-166.
  • Continuity as a pedagogical opportunity, in: Brenner, Gerd / Hafeneger, Benno (eds.), Pädagogik mit Jugendlichen. Bildungsansprüche, Wertevermittlung und Individualisierung (Praxishilfen für die Jugendarbeit), Weinheim - Munich (Juventa) 1996, pp. 105-112.

Virtual publications

Smaller contributions

Reviews

unpublished works

  • Manual for syntactic-semantic sequence analysis of qualitative survey texts, Regensburg (unpublished handout) ³2009.
  • Zur pädagogischen Problematik der Jugendverbandsarbeit, Würzburg (unpublished pedagogical diploma thesis) 1992.
  • Profile and future of real existing catholic student association work. Group discussions in leadership groups of the Catholic Student Youth (KSJ), Würzburg (unpublished theological diploma thesis) 1991.

Supervised state examination theses

Supervised state examination theses at the
Chair of Religious Education and Didactics of Religious Education of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg

Winter term 2025/26

  • Batzer, Clarissa: Making religious education colourful. Internal differentiation as a tool for inclusive religious education. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2025

  • Schmid, Thea: Museums as places of remembrance of Christianity. Fundamental considerations and exemplary observation using the example of the Historical Museum of the City of Regensburg. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Steiner, Lena: Children's conceptions of God today. A comparison of two current studies. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.

Winter semester 2024/25

  • Lins, Theresa: Illustrations of Jesus in children's Bibles. Basic approaches and comparative analysis of recent editions. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Weigert, Frieda: Don Bosco - a holistic pedagogy. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2024

  • Altmiks, Lucia: Heaven in the classroom. A religious symbol in the context of theology, empiricism and religious education concretisation. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Binkert, Theresa: Giving the Bible today's voices. Conceptual exploration and practical testing of the bibliologue. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.
  • Domani, Teresa: Johanneische Ich-bin-Worte im Religionsunterricht der Grundschule. Exegetical approach - didactic perspectives - reflection on a teaching experiment. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Mann, Oliver: Fundamentalism-sensitive religious education. Theoretical reassurance and classroom concretisation. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Winter term 2023/24

  • Fuchs, Veronika: Thinking about the Holy Spirit with children. Theological foundations - empirical findings - realisation of a teaching experiment. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Hofmayer, Sarah: Religion-sensitive (primary) schools. Contexts - concepts - empirical insights. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree in primary schools.
  • Raab, Elisabeth: "God help me!" Religious pedagogical contextualisation and practical testing of a pop song by Adel Tawil. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.
  • Steinbrecher, Sarah: "The best history of all time"? Georg Langenhorst's new children's Bible in the mirror of religious pedagogical theory and the reception of a primary school class. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Witt, Sebastian: "Amos in the classroom". Exegetical insights - religious education approach - comparison of three religious books. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2023

  • Pitsch, Julian: Performance assessment in religious education. Limits - reasons - ways. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.
  • Ponzio, Raffael: Sexual pedagogy from a Christian perspective. Theological approaches, content profile and exemplary concretisation through a school offer of Caritas. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.
  • Schrödinger, Jeffrey: From the cannonball to an adventure with God? The short film "Ignatius of Loyola - Finding God in all things" as the subject of a teaching experiment on biographical learning through other people's biographies. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Winter term 2022/23

  • Rothammer, Sophie: Entering the "House of Eternity". A religious education concept for visiting the Jewish cemetery in Regensburg. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2022

  • Wild, Antonia: On the question of God in children's literature. Basic reassurances and comparative analysis of two children's novels. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.

Winter term 2021/22

  • Lehner, Ramona: "Islamic education" in Bavaria. From pilot programme to constrained elective in state responsibility. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2021

  • Dallinger, Rosalie: How do children receive a New Testament miracle narrative? An empirical exploration based on exegetical and didactic considerations. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree in primary school teaching.
  • Knockl, Anna: Discovering God in symbols. Theoretical foundation and exemplary concretisation in the medium 'Gotteskoffer'. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Prockl, Vincent: Children's and young people's conceptions of Christ. An investigation of a study by Gerhard Büttner and Tobias Ziegler. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.
  • Ruf, Teresa: School pastoral care in the context of secondary schools. Goals - everyday life - perspectives. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.
  • Wiederer, Laura: Dying and death in picture books. Comparative analysis of two works taking into account age-specific and religious education aspects. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.

Winter term 2020/21

  • Eichhorn, Mirjam: A different kind of church space exploration. Primary school children explore a modern church interior via educational video. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.

Summer term 2020

  • Straßer, Stefanie: Shrines of young people. Selected projects - religious education discussion - analysis of two textbook pages. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Winter term 2019/20

  • Muzzolini, Anne: Hospice makes school. Analysing, implementing and reflecting on a project week on death and mourning. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.

Winter semester 2018/19

  • Hübner, Kerstin: Buddha's Birthday. Approaches to a Far Eastern religion using the Warwick approach. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2018

  • Kropmeier, Justine: Peter - a dazzling figure of the Bible in the mirror of 'old' art. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.
  • Steinmaßl, Regina Christine: A film gives food for thought: "Die Hütte" (2017) as a medium for talking to pupils about God? Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.

Winter semester 2017/18

  • Endres, Vanessa: Trialogical learning. Exploring a principle of religious education and its didactic relevance. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.
  • Kiener, Stefanie: Cognitive activation. Religious pedagogical reassurance and exploration of possibilities for religious education. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Winter term 2016/17

  • Schimmel, Elisa: Easter in religious education. Exploring a diverse festival and its learning opportunities in primary school. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Ziegler, Victor: Bulky pop music in religious education. David Bowie's "Blackstar" as a challenge. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2016

  • Kulzer, Anna: How to do justice to foreign religions in religious education? Karlo Meyer's impulses for world religion didactics. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.

Winter term 2014/15

  • Braun, Marina: Godly Play - a concept for religious education in schools? Theoretical approach and a look at practice.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Huber, Anna Margaretha: The hymn in religious education. Historical, religious education and practical approaches to an underestimated medium.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.
  • Kölbl, Benedikt: Catholic youth organisations and all-day schools in Bavaria - competition or cooperation.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Müller, Pamela: Which Bible for primary school? The Catholic school Bible from 2003 in a criteria-orientated comparison with a rival work from 2014.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.

Summer term 2014

  • Tanzer, Sabrina: "Wenn Gott ein DJ wäre..." Investigation into the use of short films in religious education using the example of SPIN.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Winter term 2013/14

  • Bücherl, Julia: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!" On the statement and scope of the Golden Rule in theoretical reflection and didactic concretisation.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Eisenhofer, Tanja: In search of a didactics of New Testament parables. Genre specifics - ways of interpretation - concretising teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Hauptschulen.
  • Kolbeck, Marina: "I am not ahead of you in answering, but in searching." Youth theology - a new approach to religious education in theoretical self-statements and practical testing in schools.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Lexhaller, Claudia: Modern(st) church architecture as a challenge. Specifics - learning opportunities - presentation in religion books.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.
  • Merkle, Karina: The Shoah - (k)ein Thema im Religionsunterricht der Grundschule?
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.

Winter term 2012/13

  • Cordella, Sabine: Religious celebrations of the three Abrahamic religions at school.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.
  • Karl, Daniela: Arnulf Rainer's overpaintings of Christ - a worthwhile medium in primary school religious education?
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Schwarzmeier, Julia: Music and song in religious education.
    Using the example of the New Spiritual Song "Du bist das Licht der Welt".
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.
  • Zaus, Johanna: "Das Quintett der Religionen" - ein lohnendes Medium für den Religionsunterricht?
    Analysis, didactic localisation and practical testing.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.

Summer term 2012

  • Höcherl, Verena: Concepts of God among young people.
    An analysis based on scientific-empirical studies.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.

Winter term 2011/12

  • Gubik, Thomas: Biblical proverbs in religious education at primary school.
    Exegetical approach - didactic perspectives - reflection on a teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.

Summer term 2011

  • Krauß, Teresia: Dilemma narratives in religious education.
    (Religious) pedagogical foundation and reflection of a teaching sequence.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.
  • Liebl, Veronika: Church space as a learning opportunity?
    Premises, aims and principles of church space pedagogy as reflected in a practical experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Seidl, Julia: Literary receptions of the Bible in religious education.
    Basic approaches and exemplary concretisation.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • N.N.: Play(s) - why and how in religious education?
    Fundamental approaches and concretising reflection on two teaching experiments.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.

Winter term 2010/11

  • Poxleitner, Angelika: Youth Bibles - an exciting but neglected type of Bible transformation.
    Basic approach and concretising analysis.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2010

  • Taeger, Barbara: The paradise narrative, Genesis 2:4b-25, under the aspect of reception-aesthetic theory and practice.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.
  • Weiß, Jonas: " Conscience and adolescence".
    Reinhold Mokrosch's concept of a Christian formation of conscience today.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.

Winter term 2009/10

  • Achatz, Julia: God in children's drawings.
    An analysis under consideration of current studies on the basis of a teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary schools.
  • Liening-Ewert, Renée: The Berlin conflict about ethics as a school subject.
    (Pre)history - curriculum analysis - (religious) pedagogical viewpoints.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.

Summer term 2009

  • Eckl, Stephanie: Educational standards and competences in religious education.
    (Religious) pedagogical reassurance and concretising analysis of current concepts.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Winter term 2008/09

  • Hofmeister, Margareta: Biographical learning with St Paul.
    Religious education foundation - biblical exploration - exemplary textbook comparison.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Kokoth, Melanie: Communication of values - a meaningful model for ethical education?
    Contexts - concept - concretisation in youth work.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Schwarz, Veronika: Setting an example!
    Michael Meyer-Blanck's semiotics didactics in the mirror of a teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Schwarzfischer, Nicole: Small guideline - great effect?
    The Golden Rule in religious traditions, human scientific reflection and school project learning.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.

Summer term 2008

  • Hable, Ingrid: New Testament exorcism narratives - an unwieldy and neglected topic in religious education?
    Exegetical approaches - religious education reflection - evaluation of a teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.
  • Tippelt, Petra: "Die Toten Hosen" in religious education?!
    Opportunities and limits of popular music in religious education as reflected in a teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.

Winter term 2007/08

  • Ertl, Birgit: Islam on the Timetable - Exploration of two teaching concepts in the mirror of concrete teaching materials.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at grammar schools.
  • Schönborn, Susanne: Video clips in religious education.
    Characteristics of the medium - religious education exploration - exemplary analysis.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Summer term 2007

  • Meier, Stephanie: Theodicy - an old problem with new pupils?
    Foundation and reflection of a teaching experiment at secondary level I.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at secondary schools.

Winter term 2006/07

  • Seidl, Katrin: Learning in encounter with foreign biographies.
    Exploring different variants of role model learning and reflecting on a teaching experiment on Theresia Gerhardinger.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at Realschulen.

Supervised state examination papers at the
Institute for Teacher Training of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster

Winter term 2006/07

  • Neuhaus, Isabelle: Picture books as a religious education opportunity.
    Reflection on the characteristics, possibilities and limitations of a teaching medium - concretised on the topic of "friendship".
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary school.

Summer term 2006

  • Beintken, Julia Maria: Bible illustrations in the mirror of religious education theory and real student perception.
    On the concept and reception of a picture by Silke Rehberg from the current school Bible for seven to twelve-year-olds.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for secondary level I.
  • Rohling, Lena: Dark sides of God.
    The binding of Isaac as a religious education challenge.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for secondary level I.

Winter term 2005/06

  • Baader, Nina: Profile and perspectives of church space pedagogy.
    Theoretical verification and comparative analysis of two handouts for exploring Münster Cathedral.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary school.
  • Eling, Nina: Cemetery as a place of learning in religious education.
    Exploring religious education concepts and reflecting on a teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for secondary level I.
  • Himmes, Hanne: Tracking down the Christologies of young people.
    Relevance to religious education - Tried and tested approaches - Empirical exploration.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for lower secondary level.
  • Kockmann, Christina: Marriage as a topic of religion books.
    A denominational comparison.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for secondary level I.
  • Lübke, Heike: Tasks and goals of religious education as reflected in church guiding documents.
    A comparative analysis including the bishop's statement "Religious education facing new challenges" from 2005.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for secondary level I.
  • Schwering, Annika: Liturgical education with Maria Montessori.
    A historical exploration within the current problem horizon.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary level.
  • Stapper, Birgit: Free work in religious education at primary level.
    Insight into religious education concepts and empirical exploration from a teacher's perspective.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary level.
  • Wickel, Anna: Why and for what purpose the Bible in religious education?
    A critical comparison of concise biblical didactic concepts.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary level.

Summer term 2005

  • Gerth, Anna Renate: Eucharist as a topic of religious education in primary schools.
    Exploration of the significance and comparative insight into the Eucharist curriculum of selected religion books.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary level.
  • Pappert, Verena: Interreligious learning as a challenge in religious education.
    Reconstruction and comparative reflection of distinctive concepts.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree in primary education.
  • Hölscher, Julia: New Testament miracle stories in religious education.
    A critical comparison of recent didactic concepts.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary level.
  • Walter, Denise: Hip hop music in religious education.
    Religious education legitimisations, opportunities and limits in the context of young people's living environments.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for secondary level I.
  • Zimmerhof, Henrike: Rituals in school and religious education.
    A critical reconstruction of theories of ritual in religious education.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary and lower secondary level.

Winter term 2004/05

  • Brümmer, Raphael: Children visualise their ideas of God.
    Empirical approach, central findings and religious education impulses of selected God image studies in comparison.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree in primary education.
  • Budde, Anne: A comparison of primary school Bibles.
    Approach to the genre - conceptual characteristics - detailed analysis.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary level.
  • Franger, Raphalea: Parables in religious education at primary school.
    A comparison of prominent parable didactic concepts.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary school.
  • Langhals, Sabrina: Remembrance of the Shoah in religious education at lower secondary level.
    Legitimisation, criteria and practical approaches in the context of anamnestic learning.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for lower secondary level.
  • Schürmann, Sandra: Praying and prayer in religious education at primary school.
    A reconstruction of the didactics of prayer in current religion books.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary school.
  • Steur, Miriam: Grieving processes in adolescents.
    Problem-solving strategies in the media age and consequences for religious education.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for secondary level I.

Summer term 2004

  • Abeln, Laura: From the teaching of Christianity to religious studies.
    Religious education in Sweden.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary level.
  • Heßling, Eva-Maria: Philosophising with children in religious education.
    Comparison of two basic concepts and reflection on a teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree at primary level.
  • Lackhove, Viktoria: Asking about God with children in primary school religious education.
    Approaches to legitimising religious education and reflection on a teaching experiment.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the primary school teaching degree.
  • Schmees, Andrea: Religious education in the fifties.
    Material kerygmatics in theory and practice.
    Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary level.

Winter term 2003/04

  • Hutters, Elisabeth: Children's Bibles on the test bench. Comparative analysis of a selected biblical text in the context of the current discussion about children's Bibles. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the teaching degree for primary school.
  • Metting, Silvia: Judaism as a topic in Catholic religious education at primary school. Legitimisation approaches and reflection on a teaching experiment. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the primary school teaching degree.
  • Wichmann, Heike: The topic of 'death' in religious education at primary school. Comparison of current didactic designs and reflection on a teaching experiment. Written term paper as part of the first state examination for the primary school teaching degree.

Materials

I provide materials for you on GRIPS.

You can access the platform via the following link (external link, opens in a new window) (with your own NDS ID).

Prof. Dr. Burkard Porzelt

Lehrstuhlinhaber

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