Dr. Mario Engemann

Since 10/2019: Research Assistant

Chair of “General Didactics/School Pedagogy with a Focus on Media Education” (Prof. Dr. Bardo Herzig) at the Institute of Educational Science, University of Paderborn

Since 10/2019: Research Assistant

Research Group “Didactics of Pedagogy” (Prof. Dr. Sabrina Wüllner; previously: Prof. Dr. Katharina Gather, now at the University of Cologne) at the Institute of Educational Science, University of Paderborn

03/2025: Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.)

In the field of Educational Science, with the dissertation “Lehrkräftekooperation und Digitalisierung – Eine empirische Untersuchung zu digital-kooperativen Arbeitsbeziehungen von Lehrkräften im gymnasialen Schulfach Erziehungswissenschaft,” University of Paderborn

10/2021 - 03/2024: Lecturer

Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Science at Ruhr-University Bochum

Teaching area: Didactics of Pedagogy

10/2016 - 09/2019: Research and Teaching Assistant

Research Group “Social Spaces and Places of Non-Formal and Informal Learning” (Prof. Dr. Sandra Aßmann) at the Institute of Educational Science at Ruhr-University Bochum, as well as concurrently in the BMBF collaborative project “You(r) Study” (Project Director: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sandra Hofhues, now at FernUniversität Hagen; Subproject Leader in Bochum: Prof. Dr. Sandra Aßmann)

10/2013 - 09/2019: University Studies

German studies, subject of educational sciences and Protestant theology at Ruhr-University Bochum

07/2013: University Entrance Qualification (Allgemeine Hochschulreife)

A-Levels (Abitur) at Sophie-Scholl-Gesamtschule in Hamm

15.03.2027 - 17.03.2027: Presentation (accepted)

“Didactic Models and Generative AI – An Exploratory Approach to the Performance of Language Models” (with Prof. Dr B. Herzig & J. Hartkamp), 14th Congress of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF) on the theme “Sustainable Education – What Contribution Can Interdisciplinary Empirical Educational Research Make?”, University of Wuppertal

02.12.2026: Workshop

“Shaping the School of Tomorrow—Teachers’ Ideas as a Contribution to School and Instructional Development” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. S. Wüllner & S. Heidkamp), as part of Teacher Education Day on the topic “Teach the Future,” University of Paderborn

23.09.2026: Presentation (accepted)

“General Didactics and Democracy Education—Reflections on Teacher Education from an Action- and Development-Oriented Perspective” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. B. Herzig), Annual Conference of the DGfE Commissions on “School Research and Didactics” and “Professional Research and Teacher Education” on the topic “School—Democracy—Social (Dis)integration: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives,” University of Leipzig 

19.08.2026: Presentation (accepted)

“Teacher Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Results of a Study on Digitalization and the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” at the European Conference on Educational Research (EERA), organized by the European Educational Research Association (EERA) on the topic “Knowing and Acting: The Changing Conditions and Potentials of Education Research,” University of Tampere, Finland 

19.08.2026: Chair

“Communities, Families and Schools' Responses to Polycrisis”, auf der European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), organisiert von der European Educational Research Association (EERA) zum Thema “Knowing and Acting: The changing conditions and potentials of education research”, Universität Tampere, Finnland

16.07.2026: Presentation (invited)

“Creating learning situations and tasks using generative AI – Presentation of a generator for vocational colleges”, as part of the seminar “Selected Aspects of the Analysis and Planning of Teaching” (Prof. Dr N. Göddertz), University of Paderborn

02.07.2026: Presentation (accepted)

“Reconstructing Motives and Approaches in the Use of Explanatory Videos—Empirical Insights from a Study Based on Grounded Theory Methodology” (in collaboration with J. Meier & Prof. Dr. B. Herzig), 7th conference on subject-specific didactics organized by the Dachorganisation der Schweizer Hochschulen (swissuniversities) and the Konferenz Fachdidaktiken Schweiz (KOFADIS) on the topic “Evidence-Based Approaches in Subject-Specific Didactics: Current Findings and Perspectives,” University of Teacher Education Lucerne, Switzerland

02.07.2026: Chair

“Competencies for Digital Transformation in STEM Education,” 7th conference on subject-specific didactics hosted by the Dachorganisation der Schweizer Hochschulen (swissuniversities) and the Konferenz Fachdidaktiken Schweiz (KOFADIS) on the topic “Evidence-Based Approaches in Subject-Specific Didactics: Current Findings and Perspectives,” University of Teacher Education Lucerne, Switzerland

05.05.2026: Presentation + Workshop (invited)

“Prompt Techniques for Lesson Planning”, as part of the “Päda to go” event series organized by the Verband der Pädagogiklehrerinnen und Pädagogiklehrer e.V. (Association of Teachers of Pedagogy), online

24.03.2026: Presentation (accepted)

“The Digital Transformation Process as a Turning Point for Teacher Collaboration?!—Results of a Mixed-Methods Study,” 30th congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE) on the topic “Breaks,” Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

20.02.2026: Workshop

“Video Games in Pedagogy Classes—Opportunities, Challenges, and Potential Applications of Commercial Video Games” (in collaboration with J. Meier), as part of the 8th Werkstatt Unterrichtsfach Pädagogik Ostwestfalen-Lippe(WUPO) on the topic “Pedagogy Classes in the Digital World: Challenges—Discussions—Suggestions,” University of Paderborn

03.12.2025: Workshop (invited)

“‘Are You Still Planning, or Are You Already Using AI?!’—Lesson Planning with Generative AI” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. B. Herzig) as part of the symposium on “Schools in the Age of AI—Between Innovation and Responsibility,” Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum Paderborn

30.09.2025: Presentation (accepted)

“Teacher Cooperation in the Context of Digitalization—Empirical Findings and Implications for School Practice,” 2nd Conference of the Kompetenzverbund lernen:digital on the topic “Shaping Digital Transformation for Schools and Teacher Education,” University of Potsdam

18.06.2025: Presentation (invited)

“Now let’s all turn on AirDrop, and then there’ll be a whole bunch of material for everyone”—Teacher Collaboration Against the Backdrop of Digitalization in the School Subject of Pedagogy, as part of the seminar “Perspektiven empirischer Fachunterrichtsforschung im Unterrichtsfach Pädagogik” (Prof. Dr. K. Gather), University of Cologne

03.09.2024: Presentation + Workshop (invited)

“ChatGPT as ‘Habsburg AI’?!—Possible Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Pedagogy Classes,” as part of the Weiterbildungsinitiative Pädagogikunterricht (WiPu) of the Verband der Pädagogiklehrerinnen und Pädagogiklehrer e.V. (VdP), ZfsL Neuss

06.03.2024: Workshop (invited)

“ChatGPT—a ‘Bullshit’ Generator?!” (together with Prof. Dr. B. Herzig), 1st Paderborn Practice Day on the topic “Schools Caught Between the Analog and Digital Worlds,” University of Paderborn

23.02.2024: Workshop

“Democracy Education According to Kohlberg—A Contemporary Approach?!” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. B. Herzig), as part of the 6th Werkstatt Unterrichtsfach Pädagogik Ostwestfalen-Lippe (WUPO) on the topic “Democracy Education in the School Subject of Educational Science. Challenges—Discussions—Suggestions,” University of Paderborn

24.11.2023: Presentation (accepted)

“‘We’ll Just Do Whatever We Feel Like’—An Empirical Analysis of the Significance of Subject-Specific Pedagogical Beliefs for Teaching-Related Teacher Collaboration,” 8th Hildesheim CeLeB Conference on Educational Research on the topic “Beliefs—Conceptions—Patterns of Interpretation—Orientations—Subjective Theories—…?! Concepts of Profession(alization) and Teaching-Learning Research in Dialogue,” University of Hildesheim

25.05.2023: Presentation (accepted)

“Everything’s Different and Yet the Same?!—The Impact of Digitalization and the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Teaching-Related Teacher Collaboration” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. B. Herzig), as part of the final conference of the BMBF project “Lehramtsstudierenden-Panel (LAP)” on the topic “The Path from Teacher Education to the Teaching Profession,” Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe (LlfBi) and Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW), online

01.03.2023: Presentation (accepted)

“The Importance of Digital Media for Teaching-Related Teacher Collaboration—Preliminary Findings from an Empirical Study” (co-authored with Prof. Dr. B. Herzig), Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF) on the topic “Education Between Uncertainty and Evidence,” University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen

23.02.2023: Presentation (invited)

“University Research and Teaching—The Profession of the Educational Scientist,” as part of an advanced pedagogy course, Eilpe Comprehensive School, Hagen

10.06.2022: Chair

“Workshop 4: The ABCs of Pedagogical Practice According to Janusz Korczak,” as part of the 4th Werkstatt Unterrichtsfach Pädagogik Ostwestfalen-Lippe (WUPO) on the topic “Progressive Education as a Topic in Pedagogy Classes—Challenges—Discussions—Suggestions,” University of Paderborn

25.01.2022: Presentation

“Case Studies as a Method in the School Subject of Educational Science—Empirical Approaches to Students’ Case-Study Competence” (in collaboration with L. Hoppe, Jun.-Prof. Dr. K. Gather, and Prof. Dr. A. Martin), as part of the Research College “Empirical Educational Research,” University of Paderborn

06.12.2021: Discussion Contribution (invited)

“The Expert Survey,” as part of the seminar Methoden zur Gestaltung von Pädagogikunterricht“ (Dr. C. Püttmann), University of Paderborn

23.09.2021: Presentation (accepted)

“Teacher Cooperation in the Context of Digitalization: A Study of Subject-Area Departments in the High School Course ‘Pedagogy’” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. B. Herzig), Annual Conference of the DGfE-Sektion Schulpädagogik on the topic “Reflection and Reflexivity in Teaching, Schools, and Teacher Education,” University of Osnabrück

23.09.2021: Presentation (accepted)

“Cases as Opportunities for Reflection in the Classroom: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Case Study Work as a Method in the School Subject of Educational Science” (in collaboration with Jun.-Prof. Dr. K. Gather & Jun.-Prof. Dr. A. Martin), Annual Conference of the DGfE-Sektion Schulpädagogik on the topic “Reflection and Reflexivity in Teaching, Schools, and Teacher Education,” University of Osnabrück

25.09.2020: Posterbeitrag (angenommen)

“Lehrerkooperation und Digitalisierung – Gestaltung digital kooperativer Arbeitsbeziehungen und der Stellenwert einer Fachlichkeitskonzeption von Lehrenden der Fächergruppe Erziehungswissenschaft”, Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik (GFD) zum Thema „Fachliche Bildung und digitale Transformation. Fachdidaktische Forschung und Diskurse“, Universität Regensburg

25.09.2019: Working Group (accepted)

“Cooperation Between Schools and Extracurricular Organizations at the Interface of Formal and Non-Formal Educational Processes” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. S. Aßmann, Dr. K. Serova, I. L. Schmitt, O. Neuberger, K. Boldrew, Prof. Dr. T. Bührmann & Dr. D. Demski), Annual Conference of the DGfE-Kommission Professionsforschung und Lehrerbildung on the topic “Cooperation—Coordination—Collegiality.” Findings and Discourses on the (Multi-)Professional Interaction of Educational Actors in Schools,” Georg-August University of Göttingen

25.09.2019: Presentation (accepted)

“Teacher Cooperation and Digitalization—Shaping Digital Cooperative Working Relationships and the Significance of a Concept of Professionalism Among Educators in Educational Science,” Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik (GFD) on the topic “Subject-Specific Education and Digital Transformation: Research and Discourses in Subject-Specific Didactics,” University of Regensburg

22.05.2019: Presentation

“On Competence Acquisition in Non-Formal Education Projects—Reconstructing Subjective Theories of Various Project Actors Regarding the Impact of Non-Formal Education Projects, Using the Example of ‘Actively Shaping Living Environments’” (in collaboration with I. L. Schmitt & O. Neuberger), as part of the Bochum qualitative research workshop, Ruhr University Bochum

08.05.2019: Presentation (accepted)

“The Teaching Project ‘INTERdisciPLAYnarity.’ A Collaboration Between Educators and Historians” (in collaboration with Jun.-Prof. Dr. C. Bunnenberg & Prof. Dr. S. Aßmann), as part of the lecture series “Digital Teaching in the Faculty of Philology,” Ruhr University Bochum

29.10.2018: Workshop (invited)

“(Early) Childhood Media Use 4.0: Implications of a Dynamic Media Landscape for Teaching Media Education Theories in the ‘Eltern + Medien’ Initiative” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. S. Aßmann, Y. Steffens, A. Blome, and R. Gilles), Landesanstalt für Medien NRW, Düsseldorf

16.05.2018: Workshop (invited)

“Using Qualitative Methods in Teaching” (together with N. Kuhlmann, Y. Steffens, and A. Blome), as part of the workshop series “Forschendes Lernen. Forschungsmethoden in der Lehre,” Ruhr University Bochum

12/2025: Nomination for the Goldenen Geist der Kulturwissenschaften 2025

For outstanding teaching in the field of education by the Student Council for Sociology, Philosophy, Education, and History at the University of Paderborn

03/2025: Certificate in Professional Teaching Competence in Higher Education

Completion of the certificate program to obtain certification of pedagogical aptitude (Art. 1 § 36 (1) (2) HZG NRW) with the thesis: “Techniken des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens im Hochschulstudium - Eine Bestandsaufnahme anhand von Bachelor-Studienordnungen des Unterrichtsfaches Pädagogik in Nordrhein-Westfalen”

01/2021: eLearning-Label from the Office for Educational Innovation & Higher Education Didactics at the University of Paderborn

For the course “Planung und Analyse von Pädagogikunterricht - Fokus: Gymnasiale Oberstufe” in the winter semester 2020/2021

05/2020: Certificate of Excellence from the Teacher Education Student Council at the University of Paderborn

Certificate for outstanding achievements in online teaching during the summer semester of 2020

02/2017: 5x5000 eLearning competition organized by the eLearning Office at Ruhr University Bochum

Award for the eLearning teaching project “INTERdisciPLAYnarity” (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. S. Aßmann, Jun.-Prof. Dr. C. Bunnenberg, I.L. Schmitt, and K. Wrobel)

Since 02/2020: Organizing the Campus Day (formerly the Information Day for High School Students) for the pedagogy program at the University of Paderborn

Since 01/2020: Designated official for the recognition of academic and examination achievements (teacher education) in the educational sciences at the University of Paderborn

07/2025 - 05/2026: Member of the selection committee for the W2 professorship in Special Education and Inclusion in Schools with a Focus on Emotional and Social Development at the Institute of Educational Science, University of Paderborn

10/2024 - 04/2025: Introductory course on the study of pedagogy as part of the orientation phase at the University of Paderborn

10/2022 - 10/2024: Co-spokesperson for the mid-level faculty at the Institute of Educational Science at the University of Paderborn (in cooperation with Dr. M. Homt & S. Vochatzer)

10/2021 - 09/2024: Introductory course in the study of educational sciences (degree program for primary, secondary, and comprehensive schools) as part of the orientation phase at the University of Paderborn

09/2022 - 10/2022: Member of the selection committee for the appointment of a delegated teacher (pay grade up to A 13) at the Institute of Educational Science, University of Paderborn

02/2021 - 10/2021: Member of the selection committee for the W1 junior professorship in Didactics of Social Pedagogy with a tenure track (W2) at the Institute of Educational Science, University of Paderborn

10/2019 - 10/2020: Member of the working group preparing for the reaccreditation of the teacher education program in pedagogy (Bachelor and Master of Education) for teaching at high schools, comprehensive schools, and vocational colleges at the University of Paderborn