My Topics:
I consider my two most important topics to be firstly, the examination? of the history and current situation of pedagogy as a science and secondly, educational media research.

I am currently working on quality analyses of educational media (textbooks, open educational resources, explanatory videos), paying special attention to the quality criteria of heterogeneity, gender, multiperspectivity, and transparency.

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The best thing about my job:

The diverse challenges, fields of activity and experiences that come with it. The social relevance of my profession is also very important to me. As an academic, I also have an educational function - for example when sexist content is disseminated in current explanatory videos or when companies or company-related associations put one-sided teaching materials on the Internet. That is why I also like to engage in social discourse; "academia in an ivory tower" is not my thing - as much as I reject a utilitarian understanding of academia at the same time.

And I am a university lecturer with a passion! I enjoy working with students - and it keeps me young!

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My career path:

What helped me most in my professional career was that there were people - first and foremost my mother - who believed in me and my abilities. Also, some? - not all! -? of my (exclusively) male superiors were also very supportive and helped me on my way to becoming a professor.

Successful women in the past and present were also role models for me. Not forgetting encouragement from women's literature and reinforcement by female friends!

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My advice to young women scientists:
Believe in yourself, do not be discouraged, network, do not take criticism too personally and stand up for your rights! In addition, and very importantly: take on offices in university self-administration!

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Contact:

eva.matthes@phil.uni-augsburg.de

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Philsophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakult?t
der Universit?t Augsburg?
Universit?tsstra?e 10
D-86159 Augsburg

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Page of Prof. Dr. Eva Matthes an der Universit?t Augsburg

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Read more:

BalckeMatthes2017_Kostenlose Online-Lehrmittel von Unternehmen .pdf

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Report about new publication: "Open Educational Resources (OER) als Herausforderung für Lehramtsausbildung und Schulpraxis" 2019

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