Prof. Dr. Tanja Pütz
Upbringing and Education in Childhood
24149 Kiel
Room: C03-5.12
Dr. Tanja Pütz is a professor of education in childhood at the Department of Social Work and Health.
She is responsible for the modules World Approaches/Educational Areas, Development and Design of Pedagogical Action in Specific Fields of Action, Pedagogical and Sociological Foundations of Childhood Pedagogy, Family: A Multidisciplinary Introduction, Inclusion/Exclusion: A Multidisciplinary Introduction, and Specific Methods of Social Work: Creativity and Media Pedagogy.
Information on the individual courses can be found in the module database.
- Professor of Education and Training in Childhood at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences
- previously worked as a junior professor of childhood education and general didactics with a focus on progressive education at Alanus University and at the Karlsruhe University of Education as a substitute professor for the elementary and primary school sector, as well as at the Technical University of Dortmund as a research assistant
- For many years, she has been working as a freelance trainer for educators and teachers throughout Germany in the field of “Rethinking Education” and as a consultant for schools and daycare centers.
Prof. Dr. Tanja Pütz's main research interests are
- General didactics
- Montessori education
- Democracy education
- Childhood education
- Constructivist didactics
- Practice research
- School and teaching research
- Teaching and learning research
- Transition
- Childhood in film
- Qualitative interviews with children and young people
- Videographies
- Interdisciplinary works in the area of “philosophizing with children”
She is a member of the board of the Montessori Cooperative Germany e.V. and a member of the scientific advisory board of trustees of various reform-oriented schools. She is involved in the realization of scientific films in the area of progressive education and the conception of children's books.