Teaching and Examining
A. Teaching Qualifications/Awards
B. Undergraduate Teaching
C. Postgraduate Teaching
D. Invited lectures / workshops
E. Examining
A. Teaching Qualifications/Awards :
- 1981, German State Exam: completion of teacher training course at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg [equivalent of 4 year B.A. course plus 2 year M.Ed. course].
- 1989, completion of Spielleiterausbildung (three semester training course in drama and theatre pedagogy) at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg;
- since 1989 numerous in-service courses at institutions in Germany, Ireland and Great Britain.
- 2002: UCC President's Award for Research on Innovative Forms of Teaching and Learning.
B. Undergraduate Teaching in 2005/2006
See Book of Modules for detailed course descriptions.
1. departmental courses
- GE1102 Introduction to Literature - Lecture Series (P1)
GE 2126 German Literature from 18th to 21st century (P1) - GE2129 German Drama and Theatre of the 20th and 21st Century (P1)
- GE3108 Teaching German as a Foreign Language (P1)
- GE 3126 German Film in Focus - A Thematic Approach (P1)
2. interdepartmental courses - DR3005 Applied Drama and Theatre (P1)
Course Materials 2005/2006
details available on Blackboard at http://barra.ucc.ie
C. Postgraduate Teaching
1. MA Programme in Drama and Theatre Studies
I have taught on this inter-departmental programme since 1998.
My contribution in previous years included the following modules:
DR5002 Theory and Practice of Theatre
DR5004 Research Skills
DR5006 Research Dissertation
(note: no teaching on this programme in 05/06 due to leave of absence):
2. MA Programme in Applied Linguistics
Since 1998 I have taught on this inter-departmental programme,
from 2001 to 2005: Programme Director
My contribution in previous years included the following modules:
- AL 6001 Aspects of Applied Linguistics (Teaching Period 1)
- AL 6003 Areas of Specialisation in Applied Linguistics (Teaching Period 2)
- AL 6000 Research Dissertation
(note: no teaching on this programme in 05/06 due to leave of absence):
Lecture tour to United States:
Goethe Institute Boston / Goethe Institute New York / Worcester Polytechnic
Invitations in 2004/05 included:
- DAAD London/University of Oxford (September 05)
- Goethe Institute Llubljana (April 05)
- University of Florence (February 04)
- Goethe Institute Berlin (June 04)
- Taras Sevchenko National University Kiev (September 04)
- German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn (September 04)
List of institutions
from which i nvitations to give lectures and workshops have been received, including more extensive teaching projects in co-operation with some of these institutions:
1. Universities :
- Germany: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Universität Hamburg (Zentrales Fremdspracheninstitut), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Zentrum für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung; Zentrum für Pädagogische Berufspraxis; Oldenburger Fortbildungszentrum; IBKM); Universität Jena; Universität Hannover; Universität Dresden
- Austria: University of Vienna; University of Graz;
- Greece: Aristoteles University Thessaloniki;
- Italy: University of Bologna; University of Florence
- Great Britain: University of Durham/GB; University of London, King?s College; University of Central England, Birmingham; University of Essex
- United States: University of Missouri, St. Louis;
- New Zealand: University of Christchurch,
- Ukraine: Taras Sevchenko National University Kiev.
2. German Academic Exchange Service /
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
DAAD Paris; DAAD London; DAAD Bonn
3. Goethe Institutes / German Institutes:
Bremen; Göttingen; Schwäbisch Hall; Frankfurt; Düsseldorf; Munich, Berlin; Amsterdam; Athens; Thessaloniki; Budapest; Lisbon; Brussels; Dublin; Manchester; Lille; Milan; Trieste; Montreal; Ottawa; Toronto; Chicago; Boston; St. Louis; Houston; Kiev.
4. Austria-Institutes:
Vienna and Bratislava.
5. Theatres:
Weimar: Nationaltheater; Berlin: Berliner Ensemble, Schiller-Theater, Gorki Theater, Grips Theater, Deutsches Theater, Volksbühne
I have acted as External Examiner for the following institutions:
- University of Limerick (Postgrad. - MA)
- University of Durham (Postgrad. - PhD)
- King's College London (Postgrad. - PhD)
- University of Essex (Undergraduate Programme)
