Mareike Brehmer

Ph. D. project (2021-2024):

University students’ behavioural intentions as onlookers of peer exclusion

This quantitative study examines the applicability of the Theory of Planned Behaviour in the context of peer exclusion in higher education.

Project on ResearchGate

PED148-2  Individual and Society  - Seminar leader (Autumn '20)

PED149     Communication and group processes - Examinor (Spring 2024)

PED228     Research Methods - Examinor (Spring 2024)

PED240     Democracy and Education - Course responsible (Autumn 2021-2022)

PED243     Values and Democracy in Education - Course responsible (Autumn 2022-2023)

PED334     Bachelor thesis - Supervisor/Examinor (Spring 2024)

PED432     Democracy and Education - Course responsible (Autumn 2021-2022)

PED519     Theory of Science and Research Methods - Seminar leader/Examinor (Spring 2021-2024)

Forthem Summer School "Perspectives in Democracy and Human Rights Education) (2024)

since 2019: Ph. D. Research Fellow, University of Agder

2019: Pedagogue, Diakonisches Werk Schleswig-Holstein, Rendsburg, Germany

2018 - 2019: Social and Asylum Process Counselor, German Red Cross

2017 - 2018: Teacher, "German B1+ (for the job)" for adult immigrants, DAA  Kiel

2014 - 2018: Student Assistant, Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN, Kiel)

Democratic Education

Social Psychology

Quantitative Methods

Erasmus+ project (2022-2024):

Values in democracy education - enhancing competencies and beliefs of teacher students through a joint study program (ValiDE)

The project answers to the need to strengthen democracy education in primary schools on the level of initial primary school teacher education. It serves do enhance future teachers’ competencies to deal with social, cultural, religious and hence values diversity in the classroom and foster democratic values at the same time. For this target three university departments of pedagogic science and three local NGOs are going to work together and design a substantial and innovative, long-lasting cooperation.
In a three-year implementation-period a student exchange between the three European Universities (University of Education Weingarten/Germany, Pedagogical University Krakow/Poland and University of Agder/Norway) shall be set up for further continuation.
Inspired by the idea of "World Ethics" (Global Ethics Foundation, Tübingen), enriched by educational concepts for peace and human rights (Arkivet, Norway) and complemented by the vision of harmony in a democratic society (ProHarmonia, Poland) the program is intended to shape the students' competencies on values education in primary schools using a multilevel approach.
The teacher student training will consist of workshops, visits to the project-partners and practical insight into primary schools in each nation. The participants are to collaborate with students from the partner universities on questions of educational science regarding democratic values education.
The output of the program will comprise a detailed exchange course description and a collection of didactic material ready for use in primary schools.
The project will also be matter of two research interests: (1) What national curricular and strategic differences in values education policies can be found? (2) In what respect do the students show changes in beliefs, attitudes and competencies regarding values education in due course of the exchange program?

https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/projects/search/details/2021-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000032247

Conference Paper

"An extended Theory of Planned Behaviour to predict university students' intentions towards social exclusion"

at the 10th GEBF (Gesellschaft fuer empirische Bildungsforschung) conference 2023 in March 2023, Duisburg-Essen, Germany

(Mareike Brehmer, University of Agder & Dr. Jennifer Meyer, Leibniz Institute for Mathematics and Science Education, Kiel, Germany)

Winner of the Best of JURE 2022 - Best Roundtable Award

"The role of moral norms in the prediction of adolescents' bystander intentions"

at the Junior Researchers of Earli conference in July 2022, Porto, Portugal

(Mareike Brehmer, University of Agder & Dr. Jennifer Meyer, Leibniz Institute for Mathematics and Science Education, Kiel, Germany)

Poster

"The moral dimension of young bystander's intentions: an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour" - Indications by a pilot study

at the Earli SIG 13 - Moral and Democratic Education

(Mareike Brehmer, University of Agder & Dr. Jennifer Meyer, Leibniz Institute for Mathematics and Science Education, Kiel, Germany)