Dr. Renate Brechel
The educator directed the UniLab Adlershof
Renate Brechel (born 1947) studied at Humboldt University in Berlin from 1965 to 1970 and completed her studies with a degree in pedagogy for mathematics and physics. From 1970 to 1974 she worked as a teacher at the Josef Orlopp School in Berlin Lichtenberg.
In 1974 she returned to Humboldt University to complete a doctorate and she was graduated in education science in 1978. From 1978 to 1989 she taught the methodology of teaching physics at the department of physics. Besides her teaching activities in didactics and methodology of physics, she taught physics at the special secondary school for mathematics and physics, which was part of the university at that time.
She is a member of the working group “Didactics of Teaching Physics” at the Institute of Physics. From 1997 to 2001, she was Managing Director of the National Society for Didactics in Physics and Chemistry (GDCP). In this capacity she made a significant contribution towards improving and strengthening didactic research and teaching in order to enhance the quality and efficiency of chemistry and physics instruction in schools. In 2004 Renate Brechel became director of the UniLab Adlershof at the Berlin Adlershof university campus. She has since retired.
5th Anniversary of the UniLab Adlershof
The UniLab at Berlin Adlershof celebrated its 5th anniversary in 2009 looking back on a successful history: It is an attractive extra-school learning location for high school students (gymnasium and real school pupils). The idea of a student laboratory based on experience with phenomenon-oriented forms of learning in conjunction with key skills has been put into practice with great success.
In addition, the UniLab is part of the training of student teachers. Besides training courses, the UniLab provides student teachers with a wide range of facilities to prepare for their future careers.
The UniLab is a meeting place for teachers (e.g. during further education seminars), a place of didactic research (examinations, dissertations) as well as a place to invite the public (“Long Night of Science”, “Days of Research” etc.).