Dr. Stephanie Spanu

From 08/19

• Secondment for habilitation at TU Dortmund University Faculty 12 Educational Science, Psychology and Sociology at the Institute for Social Pedagogy, Adult Education and Pedagogy of Early ChildhoodHabilitation project: "Sexuality in Early Childhood Education - Sprachanlass oder Schamsituation? An ethnographic study on the (linguistic) handling of child sexuality by pedagogical professionals.Central question: How do pedagogical professionals (child care workers/educators/childhood educators) negotiate the topic of "sexuality" in early education against the background of existing protection concepts? More information: here

Until 07/19

• Seconded teacher for qualification at the TU Dortmund University Faculty 12 Educational Science, Psychology and Sociology in the Institute for Social Pedagogy, Adult Education and Pedagogy of Early Childhood at the Chair of Subject Didactics Social Pedagogy.

  Main focus: Teaching in the didactics of social pedagogy, organization and coordination of the practical semester, pedagogy of early childhood, quality developments in social work under consideration of historical developments, planning of teaching, reaccreditation of the teaching degree program, networking, conference organization, initiative group BuKo

  PhD: The genesis of child care worker training and its implications - consideration of praxeological aspects of child care workers in day care- structured de-professionalization in the field of early childhood education (submitted on 07.03.2019).Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Uwe Uhlendorff (TU Dortmund) and Prof.in Dr.in Rita Braches-Chyrek (Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg) More information: here

17.06.2019

• PhD degree

02/2007 - 01/2009

• Student teacher at the Berufskolleg Essen Holsterhausen, specialization social and health care. Faculties of social education and psychology sec. II

2008

• Additional qualification in special education for students with special needs, Studienseminar Wuppertal

10/2002 - 12/2006

• Teacher training in social pedagogy (BFS) and psychology of secondary level II, University of Dortmund

02/2009 - 02/2014

• Student teacher at Berufskolleg Königstraße, Gelsenkirchen Areas of responsibility: - Vocational school for social assistance lower/upper level (deputy head of course) - Vocational school for childcare nurses lower/upper level - Vocational school for social education nurses - Vocational school for social pedagogy lower/upper level/vocational internship - Vocational school for social education nursing lower/upper level - Vocational high school for social pedagogy - Educators with AHR - KSOB classes. Pupils with special needs

08/2010 - 02/2013

• Pupil representative teacher at Berufskolleg Königstraße

01/2010 - 02/2013

• Teacher for trainee teachers at Berufskolleg Königstraße

10/2009 - 10/2012

• Regular teaching assignments at the Technical University of Dortmund in the field of didactics of social pedagogy at the Institute for Social Pedagogy, Adult Education and Pedagogy of Early Childhood in cooperation with the BK Königstraße, Gelsenkirchen

2009 - 2010

• Lecturer in the seminar: Bridging studies and career, with Dr. Melanie Oechler, TU Dortmund University

10/2008 - 03/2009

• Lectureship at the Technical University of Dortmund in the field of didactics of social pedagogy at the Institute for Social Pedagogy, Adult Education and Pedagogy of Early Childhood in cooperation with the BK Holsterhausen, Essen

10/2007 - 09/2008

• Research assistant for Prof. Dr. U. Uhlendorff (Professorship for Didactics) at the Institute for Social Pedagogy, Adult Education and Pedagogy of Early Childhood, Technical University Dortmund in cooperation with BK Holsterhausen, Essen

10/2004 - 01/2007

• Student assistant to Prof. Dr. U. Uhlendorff (professorship for didactics) at the Institute for Social Pedagogy, Adult Education and Pedagogy of Early Childhood, University of Dortmund

2005 - 2006

• Various trainings and lecturing activities on a trade union basis (Ver.di)

2003 - 2006

• Pedagogical support of mentally unstable adolescents according to §§35a, 41 SGB VIII, Shed e.V. Wuppertal

2003 - 2006

• Ver.di@school, team work in the area of career and life planning, job application training for students of secondary school level I

2003 - 2004

• Flexible educational support according to §§27 ff. Shed e.V. Wuppertal

1999 - 2003

• Tour guide and office work at Saga-Reisen Wuppertal

2002

• Individual case assistance (SPFH) BSD 5, BSD 1, City of Wuppertal

2002 - 2003

• Town twinning exchange, City of Wuppertal

2002 - 2003

• Night standby in the youth residential group Shed e.V., Wuppertal

2000 - 2002

• Homework supervision, city of Wuppertal

2000 - 2002

• Project violence prevention "Sport at Night", organization, implementation and evaluation

1999 - 2002

• Intercultural work with girls in SB 208 City of Wuppertal

1999 - 2002

• Supervision of the Spielmobil, City of Wuppertal

1998, 2002

• Children's holiday circus

1999 - 2002

• Various honorary activities, e.g. homework help

12/1996 - 08/1999

• Stadtbetrieb Jugend und Freizeit, City of Wuppertal Teacher in the employment relationship

08/1996 - 12/1996

• Day care facilities for children, Wuppertal, educator as salaried employee

1992 - 1996

• Children and youth work SJD - Die Falken

1989

• Group work CVJM Solingen

08/1999 - 07/2002

• Bergisches Kolleg (high school diploma)

08/1995 - 07/1996

• Apprenticeship year (state-approved educator)

08/1993 - 07/1995

• Technical college for social pedagogy (state-certified educator)

08/1991 - 07/1993

• Technical College for Social Pedagogy (FOR Q)

08/1985 - 07/1991

• Comprehensive school Solingen (FOR)

Teaching

• Gender and social work using early childhood as an example

• Gender - necessary discourse or annoying linguisticization? (Lectureship at the University of Erfurt)

• Concepts in elementary education

• Didactics of Social Pedagogy (Lectureship at the University of Erfurt)

• Heterogeneity in early childhood education. Discourses in school and practice as a cross-sectional task

• History of the training of child care workers. Historical consideration of women's professions

• Diagnosis and individual support at social pedagogical vocational colleges

• Innovative teaching projects

• Preparatory seminars for the practical semester

• Accompanying seminars for the practical semester

• Portfolio as an instrument for diagnosis and individual support at socio-educational vocational colleges

• Diagnosis and support in early childhood education Supervision and advising of students (BA theses, MA theses) and taking oral and written examinations within the subject didactics of social pedagogy, early childhood education and social work (educational science BA/MA - major)

Research

• The genesis of the Kinderpfleger*innenausbildung and its implications - Consideration of praxeological aspects of Kinderpfleger*innen in day care- Structured de-professionalization in the field of early childhood education (Qualification project. Submitted on 07.03.2019).
• "Sexuality in early childhood education - language occasion or shame situation? An ethnographic study on the (linguistic) handling of child sexuality by pedagogical professionals.
• "The career choice motivation of prospective educators" (empirical state examination thesis, 2005).

Third-party funding applications

• Baustelle Didaktik- Nachwuchsförderung - Submitted BMBF, 2015 (not funded).
• "Partizipation in Kitas" (PartiKitas) - Cooperation between TU Dortmund and HS Soest - Sponsor: BMBF, 2018 (not funded).
• Submitted: Comparative occupational group research: "Professionalization of day care for children" (ProKip) (cooperation with the Federal Association of Day Care for Children - funding body: Stiftung Deutsche Jugendmarke, 2020, funding volume 200.000€) duration 2 years (stopped due to Corona)
• Submitted: "Forsche Mädchen" (ForMae) funding line "Innovative Frauen im Fokus" in the funding area "Strategien zur Durchsetzung von Chancengleichheit in Bildung und Forschung", cooperation with Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Prof.in Dr.in Rita Braches-Chyrek. Sponsor: BMBF. 2020, funding volume 508.345€). Duration 3 years
• Submitted: The qualification of teachers for the professional training of socio-educational specialists in child and youth welfare, together with Prof.in Dr.in Gaby Flößer, TU Dortmund. 2020, funding body: BMFSFJ. Funding volume: 105.000€. Duration 1 year

• Dealing with ADHD and ADS (In-house, City of Wuppertal)
• Home and leisure pedagogy (in-house, city of Wuppertal)
• Experience and leisure (in-house, city of Wuppertal)
• Theater workshop
• Speech training (Bildungsurlaub)
• Corel Draw and Internet presentation (educational leave, VHS)
• Supervision and moderation (in-house, Shed e.V.)
• Quo vadis social work? Conference 2005, University of Dortmund
• Youth welfare in change, conference 2005, Uni Dortmund
• Start in teaching, certificate of the Center for Higher Education Didactics of the University of Dortmund, 2007
• Italian courses, VHS
• Basics of figure theater, 05/2008, Figurentheater Bochum
• Pupil activation in plenary phases - cooperative learning, 2009
• Specialized training in autism, Lebenshilfe, 2010

• DGFE: Empirical AG, Theory AG 2014-2020
• University Days Vocational Education Dresden, 2015 (participation and lecture)
• WIFF conferences, Berlin, 2015/2016 (regular participation)
• Research symposium: lesson planning - a competence area that has been forgotten, Munich, 2016 (participation and lecture)
• Intra-university colloquium, Dortmund, 2014-2016 (participation and lecture)
• Interuniversity colloquium Dortmund, Wuppertal, Essen (participation).
• IN FOCUS: Social pedagogical education courses. Research perspective didactics, 2016 and 2018 (organization and lecture).
• Erasmus Plus project: early childhood education systems in Iceland. Cooperation opportunities and networks in other European countries, (presentation on the anti bias concept).
• IGSP Symposium: Learning in Practice-RUB, March 2017 (poster presentation).
• Bewegte Ordnungen, March 2017, FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences (presentation).
• Educational research on personality development in schools, Zebuss-Uni Flensburg (poster contribution).
• University Days on Vocational Education. Organization of the Fachgruppe Sozialpädagogik, 2017 and 2019 (lectures and moderation).
• DGfE Congress: Movements, 2018 Uni Duisburg/Essen (presentation)
• Federal Congress of Social Work, Uni Bielefeld 2018 (presentation).
• Berlin Method Meeting, 2018

• Member for the mid-level faculty appointment committee "Chair of Vocational Pedagogy" (2014)
• Chair and organization of network meetings of all locations of the vocational specialization social pedagogy - development of a common position for the promotion of young academics (regular meetings, since 2014)
• Planning, organization, implementation and evaluation of the subject didactics conference: IM FOKUS: Sozialpädagogische Bildungsgänge (2016 and 2018) TU Dortmund University (including presentations).
• Member DGFE, IGSP and DGSA
• Member Network Women's and Gender Studies NRW.
• Teacher Education Day. Chair of the specialist group on social pedagogy. Implementation of a regular network between school/ZfsL and TU Dortmund (since 2015).
• Reaccreditation of the teacher training program vocational specialization social pedagogy, LABG 2016- module responsibility M1- practical semester, implementation of the seminar: Portfolio in module 2
• Member of the Association of University Teachers (since 2018)
• Member and spokesperson Initiativkreis Bundeskongress Soziale Arbeit (since 2018)
• Advisory board for young academics, Verlag Barbara Budrich (since 2020)

• Uhlendorff, U., Spanu S., Spenner, C. (2009) Persönliche Beziehungen im Jugendalter, S. 513-527, in: Lenz, K., Nestmann, F.: Handbuch Persönliche Beziehungen. Weinheim: Juventa

• Spanu, S. (1/2018): Einzelbesprechung Karsten, M./Kubandt, M.: Lehramtsstudium Sozialpädagogik. Eine Bestandaufnahme nach 20 Jahren. In: Sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur Rundschau, Lahnstein: Verlag neue Praxis

• Spanu, S. (2019): Erzieherinnenhandbuch- Lernfeld 2-Modul 2: Beobachten und Dokumentieren. In: Fthenakis, W.E., Ledig, M., Merget, G., Püttmann, C., Uhlendorff, U., Weyhe, H.: Erziehen als Profession. Leipzig: Westermann Verlag.

• Spanu, S. (2019): Das Kindertagespflegewesen. Einsatzort für Kinderpfleger*innen? Opladen: Barbara Budrich

• Spanu, S. (2020): Kultursensible und diversityorientierte Theorien, Haltungen und Methoden in der Sozialen Arbeit. Studienheft der Fachhochschule Hamburg.

• Spanu, S. (2020): Gender und die Sozialpädagogik – Über die Diskurse in sozialpädagogischen Ausbildungsformaten. In: J. v. Dall’Armi und V. Schurt (Hrsg.): Von der Vielheit der Geschlechter, Wiesbaden, Springer VS (erscheint 2021).

• Spanu, S. (2020): Die Kindertagespflege im Spannungsverhältnis von Mütterlichkeit und Professionsanspruch. In: „Repräsentationen, Positionen und Perspektiven der Geschlechterforschung. Opladen: Barbara Budrich (erscheint 2021) (peer review) 

• Spanu, S. (2020): Unterrichtprinzipien in der Beruflichen Fachrichtung Sozialpädagogik, in: Püttmann, C., Wortmann, E.: Handbuch Pädagogikunterricht, Münster: Waxmann (erscheint voraussichtlich 2021)

• Spanu, S., Meyer, N., Karsten, M.E. (2020): Qualifizierung für die Qualifizierung zukünftiger Fachkräfte. In: Neue Praxis, Heft 6/20. Lahnstein: Verlag Neue Praxis. S.552-565 (blind-peer-review)