Florian Kainer

Certificate program and workshops, support for teaching projects

Career

until 2011Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Mechatronics at Clausthal University of Technology
2011–2013Development Engineer for passive, semi-active, and active frequency-adaptive
vibration dampers at Adaptronics International GmbH,
Buchholz in der Nordheide location
2013–2014Participation in the university teaching certificate program at Clausthal University of Technology
2013–2016Research Assistant at the Chair of Control Engineering at the Institute of Electrical and Information Technology, Clausthal University of Technology
Since 2016Research assistant at the Center for University Didactics, Clausthal University of Technology

Responsibilities

  • Organization of the open workshop program and the certificate programs in higher education pedagogy
  • Development and implementation of the Teaching and Learning 1, 2, and 3 workshops (in the certificate program) as well as additional workshops aligned with the thematic focus areas
  • Consulting, coaching, and job shadowing for research assistants to develop and reflect on teaching and learning concepts based on current scientific findings in higher education pedagogy, adult education, and teaching/learning psychology

Key Areas

  • Systemic Coaching
  • Questioning techniques to support learning processes
  • Problem- and project-based learning, as well as the design of teaching and learning situations with practical components, particularly in the engineering sciences
  • Learning objective planning