Department of Cultural and Social Sciences

Prof. Dr. Günther Seeber

Contact

E-Mail: g.seeber(at)rptu.de

Research focus

The research activities focus on economic didactic issues with a view to general education schools and adult education. These include:

  • Basics and needs of economic education
  • Competencies and attitudes in economic education
  • Education for sustainable development in economic education
  • Basic financial education
  • Entrepreneurship education for pupils, student teachers and adults

Research projects

Completed Projects (Selection)

  • Economic Competencies and Attitudes of Baden-Württemberg Pupils
  • SUSEN Sustainable Entrepreneurship - A Game-Based Exploration for Lower Secondary Schools
  • Green Hero
  • Development of teaching materials for the teaching of economics in primary schools
  • Financial Education - Student Concepts in the Classroom
  • Demands and limits of basic economic education for adults
  • Stimulate European Entrepreneurial Attitudes Game (See A Game)
  • Development of degree-related educational standards for economic education at all types of general education schools and standards for basic teacher training in economics
  • Project executing organization: Joint Committee of German Industry and Commerce
  • Empirical research brought close! Pupils research questions of career orientation
  • E³ - Educating Entrepreneurship in Europe
  • Market Economy and Equity - Interdisciplinary Definition Project
  • Learning, innovative educational networks in the region

 

Personal data

Recent publications

  • Oberrauch, Luis; Kaiser, Tim; Seeber, Günther (2023): Measuring Economic Competence of Youth with a Short Scale, in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 97, August,102633.
  • Seeber, Günther (2023): Von der mehrperspektivischen ökonomischen Bildung zur sozialwissenschaftlichen Interdisziplinarität, in: inter- und transdisziplinäre Bildung, 1(1), S. 45-48.
  • Eberle, Mira; Seeber, Günther (2023): Digitale Planspiele in der ökonomischen Bildung, in: Brahm, Taiga; Wiepcke, Claudia (Hrsg.): Digitale Instrumente der Ökonomischen Bildung. Frankfurt/Main, S.227-240.
  • Retzmann, Thomas; Seeber, Günther (2022): Ökonomische Bildung in der Schule als Politikum – zur Geschichte und Situation einer umstrittenen Selbstverständlichkeit, in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 23 (1), im Erscheinen.
  • Oberrauch, Luis; Seeber, Günther (2021): The impact of mandatory economic education on adolescents' attitudes, in: Education Economics. DOI: doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2021.1967294
  • Seeber, Günther (2021): Entrepreneurial School Projects in EU's Erasmus + Programme: An Evaluation with regard to Standards of Entrepreneurship Education, in: Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 24(5), S. 1-22.
  • Seeber, Günther (2021): Finanzbildung in einem eigenen Schulfach?, in: Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 90(1), S. 61-73.
  • Kaiser, T., Oberrauch, L., Pang, M.F. und Seeber, G. (2021). Using the 'Test of Economic Competence' with secondary school students in Hong Kong: Results and psychometric proper­ties, ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Hamburg.
  • Seeber, Günther (2021): Konzepte und Strategien einer außerschulischen ökonomischen Bildung, in: Loerwald, Dirk (Hrsg.): Ökonomische Erkenntnisse verständlich vermitteln. Herausforderungen für Wirtschaftswissenschaften und ökonomische Bildung. Wiesbaden, S. 123-138.

Complete list of publications, lectures

Link

Downloads

Seeber, G.: Ökonomische Bildung in der Schule – Notwendigkeit und Handlungsbedarfe. WHL Diskussionspapiere, Nr. 7, Lahr 2006

Seeber, G./Remmele, B.: Does Economic Competence Indicate the Individual Level of Agreement with Market Economy? In: Proceedings of ECER 2008. Göteborg. (WHL Diskussionspapier, Nr. 16, Lahr 2008)

Remmele, B.; Seeber, G. (2008): Exams To Go - Open Learning Motivation through Accreditation? In: Proceedings of ECER 2008. Göteborg. (WHL Diskussionspapier, Nr. 17, Lahr 2008)

Retzmann, T.; Seeber, G.; Remmele, B.; Jongebloed, H.-C.: Ökonomische Bildung an allgemein bildenden Schulen. Bildungsstandards und Standards für die Lehrerbildung. Im Auftrag vom Gemeinschaftsausschuss der deutschen gewerblichen Wirtschaft, o. O. 2010.

Retzmann, T.; Seeber, G.; Remmele, B.; Jongebloed, H.-C.: Educational Standards for Economic Education at All Types of General-education Schools in Germany. Final Report to the Gemeinschaftsausschuss der Deutschen Gewerblichen Wirtschaft (Working Group „Economic Education“) 2010.

Remmele, B.; Seeber, G.; Speer, S.; Stoller, F.: Ansprüche an und Grenzen von ökonomischer Grundbildung für Erwachsene. Kurzbericht des gleichlautenden Projekts, gefördert durch das BMBF, Lahr, Landau 2012.

Internetmaterialien Grundschule, 2013.

Academic Qualifications

  • 2000: Habilitation (University Koblenz·Landau)
    Venia  Legendi: Economics and Didactics of Economic Education
  • 1989: PhD: Dr. rer. pol. (Faculty of Business Administration,  University Mannheim)
  • 1985: Diplom-Handelslehrer (Faculty of Education, University  Mannheim)

(Selected) Academic Positions Held

  • 2010 - : Professor, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) (until 12/2022: University of Koblenz-Landau)
  • 2006 - : Member of the Advisory Council of the Kompetenzzentrum Ökonomische Bildung Baden-Württemberg (Competence Center Economic Education Ba­den-Württemberg)
  • 2014 - 2015: Member of Wissenschaftliche Kommission Niedersachsen  (Scientific Commis­sion of Lower Saxonia)
  • 2009 - 2011: National Bologna-Expert of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
  • 2005 - 2009: Chairman of the German Association for Economic  Education
  • 2003 - 2004: Vice Chancellor, Wissenschaftliche Hochschule Lahr (WHL)
  • 2002 - 2010: Professor of Business and Economics Education, Head of the Departmant Business and Economics Education at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule Lahr
  • 2000 - 2002: Temporary Professorship „Research on and Management  of Continuing Educa­tion" (University Koblenz-Landau) ; Head of the Corre pondent Center and of the Joint Institute „Further Education of Trainer" (AWW)
  • 2001: Member of the Research Group , Vocational Education and Sustainable Devel­opment" at the Bundesinstitut für berufliche Bildung (BIBB)