Prof. Dr. Michael Rücker
Junior Professor for Computing Education
Professional CV
- since 2023
Junior Professor for Computing Education at Friedrich Schiller University Jena - 2022 – 2023
Research assistant (PostDoc) at the research group "Computer Science Education / Computer Science and Society" at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - 2021
Second state examination for teaching (ISS/Gymnasium) in computer science and English (Berlin) - 2020
Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in computing education on “A Naturalistic Inquiry into Student Conceptions of Computing Technology and their Role for Learning and Transfer” - 2014 – 2020
Research assistant (doctoral candidate) at the research group "Computer Science Education / Computer Science and Society" at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - 2014
Master of Education (M.Ed.) in computer science and English at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Current Research
- Competency modelling and scaffolding in computing education
- Socio-cultural perspectives in computing education
- Mechanism and conditions for learning transfer
- Students' conceptions and misconceptions about digital systems
Projects
- Competencies for the Assessment of Computing System Impacts (DFG, 2022-2025)
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Selected Publications
- Rücker, M. T. (2023). Modeling Conceptual Knowledge of Computing Impacts for K-12. The 18th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research (WiPSCE ’23), https://doi.org/10.1145/3605468.3605469External link
- Rücker, M. T. (2022). Modelling the Competency to Evaluate the Impacts of Computing. Proceedings of the 17th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, 101–104. https://doi.org/10.1145/3556787.3556804External link
- Rücker, M. T. (2020). A Naturalistic Inquiry into Student Conceptions of Computing Technology and their Role for Learning and Transfer Diss. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. https://doi.org/10.18452/21239External link
- Rücker, M. T., van Joolingen, W. R., & Pinkwart, N. (2020). Small but Powerful: A Learning Study to Address Secondary Students’ Conceptions of Everyday Computing Technology. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 20(2), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1145/3377880External link
- Rücker, M. T., & Pinkwart, N. (2019). “How Else Should It Work?” A Grounded Theory of Pre-College Students’ Understanding of Computing Devices. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 19(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3226592External link
- Rücker, M. T., & Pinkwart, N. (2018). The things that belong: A grounded theory study of student categorizations of complex technical artifacts. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 28(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-017-9419-yExternal link
- Rücker, M. T., & Pinkwart, N. (2016). Review and Discussion of Children’s Conceptions of Computers. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 25(2), 274–283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-015-9592-2External link
Michael Tobias Rücker, Juniorprof. Dr
Juniorprofessur für Didaktik der Informatik
