Dr. Kerstin te Heesen

Kerstin te Heesen

Research scientist

Faculté ou Centre Faculté des Sciences Humaines, des Sciences de l'Éducation et des Sciences Sociales​
Department Département Sciences de l'éducation et intervention sociale
Adresse postale Université du Luxembourg
Maison des Sciences Humaines
11, Porte des Sciences
L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette
Bureau sur le campus MSH, E03 35-170
E-mail
Téléphone (+352) 46 66 44 5087

Research topics: Teacher Training, History of Education, Visual Studies, Knowledge Acquisition, Cultural History

Kerstin te Heesen is a post-doctoral researcher in the field of primary school teacher training in the Institute Teaching and Learning. Trained both in the fields of History of Education and Adult Education, her research has been situated in the field of Social and Cultural History of Education with an emphasis on the Visual and Media History of Education guided by the question how knowledge is acquired.

More recently, she has focused on developing trainings for primary school teachers. In this scope, she combines her expert knowledge in analysing visual sources and their relevance for educational purposes as well as her background in methodologies of knowledge acquisition and adapts this to the context of teaching and learning in primary schools.

After her doctorate in Educational Sciences at the Ruhr-University Bochum, focusing on the media history of adult education (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wittpoth), and positions as research associate at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd and Augsburg University, Kerstin te Heesen was scientific collaborator at the University of Luxembourg in the University-funded project “The Renewal of the Family: Formative Representations in Portraits and Genre Paintings from the 16th to the 19th Century”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Karin Priem (2011 – 2015).

In 2017, she returned to the University of Luxembourg and joined Prof. Dr. Christina Siry and her team at the Science Teacher Resource Center (SciTeach Center). Since January 2019 she is project coordinator of the latest project of the SciTeach team, entitled Sci2School (Science Teaching to Support Children Learning Science), a PSP flagship project funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), that aims to promote the teaching of science in Luxembourg’s primary schools, through contextualized resources and pedagogical support.

Last updated on: lundi 02 mai 2022

Professional Experience:

  • 2011-2015    Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Luxembourg, Research Unit ECCS
  • 2010-2011    Research Associate, University of Augsburg (Germany), Department of Educational Sciences
  • 2009-2011    Research Associate, University of Education, Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany), Department of Educational Sciences
  • 2009-2010    Assistant Lecturer, University of Augsburg (Germany), Department of Educational Science
  • 2005-2008    Assistant Lecturer, University of Bochum (Germany), Department of Educational Science

 Academic Qualifications:

  • 2009    Doctoral degree, Educational Sciences, University of Bochum
  • 2003    Magistra Artium, Educational Sciences, German Linguistics and Social Psychology, University of Bochum



Last updated on: 12 mai 2015

Research interests:

Based mainly in the History of Education, my research focuses on the impact of visual media on cultural paradigms and educational ideas. Understanding images as (re)presentations of both, culture and education, my research adopts interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives on topics like family, childhood and upbringing. I am interested in the transformation of socially and culturally determined perceptions and practices under conditions of modernization, changes of live styles and aesthetical reforms.

Research projects:

  • The Renewal of the Family: Formative Representations in Portraits and Genre Paintings from the 16th to the 19th Century (REFRAIN). PI: Prof. Dr. Karin Priem. PUL, 2011-2015.

Board and Network Memberships:

  • German Educational Research Association (GERA), History of Education Section
  • Alumna Konrad Adenauer Foundation



Last updated on: 12 mai 2015

Kerstin te Heesen is an experienced academic teacher. She taught at the University of Bochum, the University of Augsburg, and the University of Education in Schwäbisch Gmünd (all Germany) in all study programs within educational sciences (Bachelor, Master, teacher training). Her lectures covered the whole field of educational research ranging from the History of Education to Adult Education and Media Education.



Last updated on: 12 mai 2015

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2022

See detailBuilding School-University Partnerships to Support Primary Science Education in Luxembourg
de Albuquerque Trigo, Maiza; Barbu, Ragnhild; Wilmes, Sara; Te Heesen, Kerstin; Siry, Christina

Scientific Conference (2022)

See detailInquiry-based pedagogies as an inclusive practice: Approaches for in-service teacher education
Te Heesen, Kerstin; Siry, Christina; Wilmes, Sara

in Andersen, Katja Natalie; Ferreira da Silva, Brigida Ticiane; Silva de Moraes Novais, Valéria (Eds.) Educação, Cultura e Inclusão: Contextos internacionais e locais (2022)

See detailThe different lenses we look through: Examining the role(s) of language and communication in science education research
Wilmes, Sara; Siry, Christina; Te Heesen, Kerstin; de Albuquerque Trigo, Maiza; Barbu, Ragnhild; Sportelli, Doriana

Scientific Conference (2022, January 29)

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2021

See detailAdapting to Covid19 in Luxembourg: Centering community, diversity and access in remote primary teacher education for science.
Barbu, Ragnhild; de Albuquerque Trigo, Maiza; Wilmes, Sara; Te Heesen, Kerstin

Scientific Conference (2021)

See detailDas illustrierte Flugblatt als Wissensmedium der Frühen Neuzeit. Zeigestrategien und Vermittlungspotenzial eines zweikanaligen Kommunikationssystems.
Te Heesen, Kerstin

in Kollman, Stefanie; Reh, Sabine (Eds.) Zeigen und Bildung. Das Bild als Medium der Unterrichtung seit der frühen Neuzeit. 1. Workshop "Pictura Paedagogica Online: Pädagogisches Wissen in Bildern" (2021)

See detailWorking towards responsive science education pedagogies during a time of crisis: centering community, diversity and access
Te Heesen, Kerstin; Siry, Christina; de Albuquerque Trigo, Maiza; Wilmes, Sara

Scientific Conference (2021, January 30)

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2020

See detailMit Kindern in den Himmel schauen. Ideen für den Unterricht.
Te Heesen, Kerstin; Heinericy, Sandy; Kneip, Nora; Siry, Christina; Wilmes, Sara

Book published by SCRIPT (2020)

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2018

See detailBeing and becoming Science Education Professional Developers: A Co-Autoethnographic Examination
Siry, Christina; Wilmes, Sara; Te Heesen, Kerstin; Kneip, Nora; Heinericy, Sandy

Presentation (2018)

See detailThe role of critical reflexivity in the professional development of professional developers: A co-authethnotaphic exploration
Te Heesen, Kerstin; Kneip, Nora; Heinericy, Sandy; Siry, Christina; Wilmes, Sara

Presentation (2018)

See detailFrom Epics to Novelization : Conceptualizing Science Education Curricula and Practices through a historical lens
Te Heesen, Kerstin; Siry, Christina; Schreiber, Catherina

Scientific Conference (2018, August)

See detailCritical reflexivity in the professional development of professional devlopers: A co-autoethnographic exploration
Wilmes, Sara; Siry, Christina; Te Heesen, Kerstin; Kneip, Nora; Heinericy, Sandy

Poster (2018, January)

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See detailThe role of critical reflexivity in the professional development of professional developers: A co-autoethnographic exploration
Wilmes, Sara; Te Heesen, Kerstin; Siry, Christina; Kneip, Nora; Heinericy, Sandy

in Interfaces Científicas (2018), 7(1), 13-24

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2016

See detailIntroduction
Priem, Karin; te Heesen, Kerstin

in Priem, Karin; te Heesen, Kerstin (Eds.) On Display: Visual Poltics, Material Culture, and Education (2016)

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See detailFrom the Madonna lactans to The Family of Man – Tracing a Visual Frame of Reference Through History
Te Heesen, Kerstin

in Priem, Karin; Te Heesen, Kerstin (Eds.) On Display: Visual Politics, Material Culture, and Education (2016)

See detailDas illustrierte Flugblatt als multimodales Kommunikationssystem der Frühen Neuzeit
Te Heesen, Kerstin

in Arnold, Klaus (Ed.) Historische Perspektive auf den Iconic Turn : Die Entwicklung der öffentlichen Visuellen Kommunikation (2016)

See detailDas illustrierte Flugblatt als Sammlungsobjekt
Te Heesen, Kerstin

Scientific Conference (2016)

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2015

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2014

See detailEinleitung
te Heesen, Kerstin

in te Heesen, Kerstin (Ed.) Pädagogische Reflexionen des Visuellen (2014)

See detailPädagogische Reflexionen des Visuellen
te Heesen, Kerstin

Book published by Waxmann (2014)

See detailVisuelle Vakanz. Elterliche Leerstellen in Familienportraits des 19. Jahrhunderts.
te Heesen, Kerstin

in te Heesen, Kerstin (Ed.) Pädagogische Reflexionen des Visuellen (2014)

See detailDepicting Children. The Visualization of Childhood
te Heesen, Kerstin; Priem, Karin

in te Heesen, Kerstin (Ed.) Pädagogische Reflexionen des Visuellen (2014)

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2013

See detailAlte Kunst in neuem Gewand - Digitalisierung, Archivierung und Systematisierung von Gemälden
te Heesen, Kerstin

in Ziehe, Irene; Hägele, Ulrich (Eds.) Fotografie und Film im Archiv. Sammeln, Bewahren, Erforschen (2013)

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2012

See detailDas Truckwerk in der Frühen Neuzeit Zur Historiographie der Bildung Erwachsener mittels Medien
te Heesen, Kerstin

in Schäffer, Burkhard; Schemmann, Michael; Dörner, Olaf (Eds.) Erwachsenenbildung im Kontext. Theoretische Rahmungen, empirische Spielräume und praktische Regulative (2012)

See detailPädagogische Reflexionen in Malerei und Fotografie
Te Heesen, Kerstin

Scientific Conference (2012)

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2011

See detailMediale Wissensvermittlung in der Frühen Neuzeit. Die didaktische Dimension des illustrierten Flugblattes
te Heesen, Kerstin

in Dörner, Olaf; Schäffer, Burkhard (Eds.) Bild, Bildung und Erziehung (2011)

See detailDas illustrierte Flugblatt als Wissensmedium der Frühen Neuzeit
te Heesen, Kerstin

Book published by Budrich UniPress (2011)

See detailFamilies in The Family of Man: Visual Representations of kinship.
Te Heesen, Kerstin

Scientific Conference (2011)

See detailFamilienporträts als kulturgeschichtliche Quellen
Te Heesen, Kerstin

Scientific Conference (2011)

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2010

See detailPortrayed Children - The Visualisation of Childhood
Te Heesen, Kerstin

Scientific Conference (2010)

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2008

See detailPueri oblati – Klösterliche Erziehung im Mittelalter. Überlegungen zu einer monastischen Pädagogik
te Heesen, Kerstin

in Vierteljahresschrift für wissenschaftliche Pädagogik (2008), 3

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