Expert Details
Textbook/Educational Publishing, Consulting/R&D in Education and Training, IT Project Management
ID: 730430
Germany
In the area of textbooks for schools Expert was in charge for organizing and developing the following product lines:
- Math-Textbooks for secondary schools (> 100 titles)
- Math. Monographies for University students (ca. 15 titles)
In the position of a chief editor he was responsible for up to 10 employees developing
- Vocational textbooks for technical professions (automotive, woodworkers, hairdresser, etc.)
- Vocational textbooks for Saudi-Arabia in Arabic language
- Vocational textbooks for the Sultanate of Oman in English language
Furthermore he was an expert for improvement of the textbook development plans of the Yemen Government.
Expert was in charge to organize and realize - together with specialists - the introduction of desktop publishing in the Klett publishing company, already in the early 90-ties. This included the development of training materials for the involved employees training and the introduction of related software.
As an educational publisher educational software of various kinds have been developed. Expert was involved in such activities as the head of the educational concepts department of Klett.
Assessment of project proposals and project results in the LLP-Programme of the EUAssessment and evaluation of the school book development situation in Yemen and improvement recommendationsEvaluation of the scientific quality of the reseach activities of the IPN Kiel, the university institute for science pedagogy
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1984 | Degree: Dr | Subject: Educational Studies | Institution: University Tuebingen, Germany |
Year: 1972 | Degree: Dipl.Math. (MA Math.) | Subject: Mathematics, Physics, Geography | Institution: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant, reseacher, editor for education and Training | Department: |
Responsibilities:EU-LLP expertEditor in science and math publishing Educational project development |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1983 to 2010 | Employer: Ernst Klett AG | Title: Director Educational Concepts | Department: Educational Concepts |
Responsibilities:Director for international and national R&D in education and training, project management |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1992 to 1996 | Employer: Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH | Title: Chief editor | Department: Editorial Dpt for vocational training |
Responsibilities:Vocational Textbooks for Germany |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1989 to 1992 | Employer: Klett Wissen und Bildung GmbH | Title: Head | Department: IT |
Responsibilities:Introduction of desktop publishing |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1996 to 1989 | Employer: International Videodisk Publishers (subs. of Klett) | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Development and promotion of Videodisks for education and training, a partnership of 14 big international educational publishers from Europe, US and Japan |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1986 to 1989 | Employer: Schreiber GmbH (subs. of Klett) | Title: Director | Department: Schreiber Entwicklung |
Responsibilities:Development of foreign language learning materiels (books, audio, video) for individual selflearning |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1973 to 1982 | Employer: Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH | Title: Editor | Department: Math Department |
Responsibilities:Math textbooks, monographies, journals |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Teacher | Department: Gymnasium Gelsenkirchen |
Responsibilities:Teacher for >Masth and Geography |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 2007 to 2012 | Agency: EU European Commission | Role: Expert | Description: Expert for LLP (life long learning) project evaluation |
Years: 2007 to Present | Agency: GTZ German development agency | Role: Expert | Description: Yemen school book development consultancy |
Years: 2005 to 2010 | Agency: German Ministry for education and Science | Role: Prioject manangement | Description: Development of 6 "New Media for Schools" projects |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 1983 to Present | Country / Region: Europe, all countries | Summary: International EU-funded projects management |
Years: 2007 to 2007 | Country / Region: Yemen | Summary: School book development assessment |
Years: 1983 to 2008 | Country / Region: Arabic peninsula and North Africa | Summary: Various visits to Education Ministries, particularly in Tunesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Oman |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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- EU-LLP (LifeLongLearning Programme of the EU), since 2007 - DFG - IPN University Evaluation 2005, 2010 - Camber of Commerce, Stuttgart, head of examination for publishing professions, 2003 - 2010 - GTZ Expert for schoolbook development in Yemen, 2007 |
Vendor Selection |
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Broad network all over Europe of - publishers - IT companies - Universities - research organisations in education and training |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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English | Full working competence |
French | survival level |
Fields of Expertise
development process, project management, research and development organization, research and development collaboration, team building, quality evaluation, curriculum development, reference publishing, book publishing, copyright, new product development management, desktop publishing, educational software, research design, teacher training, Microsoft, international copyright, total quality managment in research and development, online publishing, World Wide Web application, desktop publishing software, training software, multimedia software, Macintosh software, presentation software, research and development planning, test strategy development, economics, online information system, translator software, Microsoft Windows software, quality improvement, new product development, research and development, research and development management, Internet, research, data processing, computer program, publishing, organization, process management, computer, process, computer hardware, video disk, research management, quality control, quality auditing, printing, planning, mathematics