Presentations

• Thurn, A., Franz, E-K. & Bakenhus, S. (2024). Students’ Beliefs and Competences in History Education as Part of Teacher Professionalisation – (Further) Development and Validation of an Instrument. Conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary School Research and Primary Education in Saarbrücken, 29 September–2 October 2024.

• Bakenhus, S. (2024). Virtual Reality (VR) in general studies: Perspectives and implementation options. As part of the Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Teacher Education: Perspectives on Didactics. University of Greifswald, 11 June 24.

• Bakenhus, S. (2024). Primary school children’s preconceptions of the Early Modern Period – children’s drawings as an analytical tool. Research colloquium for staff in the Primary School Teacher Training Programme at the University of Greifswald in the summer semester 2024, 24 April 24.

• Bakenhus, S. (2024). ‘This is how I imagine a pirate’ – Documenting conceptions of the Early Modern Period through children’s drawings. Presentation at the 33rd GDSU Annual Conference in Hanover at Leibniz University Hanover from 7 to 9 March 2024, entitled “Shaping the future through general studies?! – Challenges and potential in the context of complexity and uncertainty”, 7 March 2024.

• Bakenhus, S., Franz, E.-K., Thurn, A. (2023). HiPepro: Professionalising teacher training students in the historical perspective in general studies – a stock-taking exercise through a questionnaire study. Presentation at the 31st Annual Conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary School Research and Primary-Level Pedagogy in Siegen, “Primary School Research Meets Childhood Research Reloaded”, 27–29 September 2023.

• Bakenhus, S. (2023). Prize Papers in Primary Education. Presented at the project conference: Prize Papers in Education with Project Director Prof. Dr Freist and Prof. Pamela Maseko (Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities) at Nelson Mandela University in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa on 30 June 2023, Oldenburg.

• Bakenhus, S. (2023). Prize Papers as source material for general studies?! – An initial practical test of materials. Presentation at the 32nd GDSU Conference in Salzburg, “Thinking in Alternatives – Critique, Reflection and Transformation in General Studies”, 23 February 2023.

• Bakenhus, S., Arndt, N., Holzapfel, M. & Brückmann, M. (2023). Evenburg Castle as an extracurricular virtual learning environment?! – Testing a seminar concept. Presentation at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for the Didactics of General Studies (GDSU) in Salzburg, “Thinking in Alternatives – Critique, Reflection and Transformation in General Studies”, 23 February 2023.

• Bakenhus, S., Marquardt, F. (accepted). Digital sources in science education for primary school pupils. Presentation at the 2022 Annual Conference in Exeter (UK), “Histories of Education as Curation: Methods, Interpretations and Technologies in an Age of Global Upheaval”, organised by the History of Education Society (HES). 18–20 November 2022.

• Bakenhus, S. (2022). Project presentation: Working with primary sources in general studies (QuaSU). Abstract for participation in the early-career researchers’ conference as part of the 30th Annual Conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary School Research and Primary-Level Pedagogy, Regensburg, 19–20 September 2022 (passive participation).

• Holzapfel, M. A., Bakenhus, S., Arndt, N. & Brückmann, M. (2022). Attitudes and values of primary school studies students regarding pupils’ preconceptions and prior experiences of learning with iVR. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for the Didactics of General Studies (GDSU). Conference theme: Challenges and Future Prospects for General Studies, University of Cologne on 11 March 2022, online.

• Bakenhus, S., Wernke, S. & Zierer, K. (2016). Planning aspects of experienced teachers (PerLe) – an empirical study. Presented as part of the research symposium ‘Lesson planning – a neglected area of competence?!’ at the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, Munich, on 25–26 April 2016.

• Bakenhus, S. & Wernke, S. (2014). Chairing the specialist forum ‘Failed a year – and now all over again?’ on the keynote lecture “Hattie for Stressed Teachers” by K. Zierer as part of the 2014 School Congress of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, University of Rostock, 13 December 2014.

Practical Forum

• Bakenhus, S. & Dunker, N. (2025). Historical Narrative Competence Meets Design Thinking (Practical Workshop). Practical Forum at the GDSU Annual Conference on 7 March 2025 in Cologne.

Symposium

• Brückmann, M., Tempelmann, S., Bakenhus, S., Dubach, J., Haarhus, L., Holzapfel, M. & Arndt, A. (2024). Isn’t the (real) world enough? Findings on the use of augmented and virtual reality in general studies. Symposium at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for the Didactics of General Studies (GDSU) in Hanover, ‘Shaping the future through general studies?! – Challenges and potential in the context of complexity and uncertainty’, 7–9 March 24.

Moderation

• Bakenhus, S. (2022). Chairing a session of presentations. Individual contributions 22 (E22): Participatory decision-making in schools and the classroom as part of the 30th Annual Conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary School Research and Pedagogy, with the conference theme “Sustainable Education in Primary Schools”, Regensburg, 21 September 22.

Poster

• General Studies 2.0 – A seminar concept for creating virtual learning environments, using Evenburg Castle (East Frisia) as an example, Conference of the ‘lernen:digital’ Competence Network with the conference title “Shaping Digital Transformation for Schools and Teachers”, Potsdam, Griebnitzsee campus, 30 September–2 October 2024.

• Immersive Virtual Reality in General Studies: From a student’s idea to theoretical implementation, in collaboration with Arndt, N., Holzapfel, M. and Brückmann, M. for the research workshop “Immersive Experiences and the Expansion of Reality at the Learning Lab”, organised by the IZfB at the University of Duisburg-Essen in collaboration with the chair of Educational Science specialising in Schools and Cultural Transformation at the University of Frankfurt, Essen (9 December 2022).

• Immersive VR in elementary science education: from student conceptions to theoretical implementation. In collaboration with Arndt, N., Holzapfel, M. and Brückmann, M. for the conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) SIG 11, Oldenburg (23 June 2022).

• Planning Aspects of Experienced Teachers (PerLe) – an empirical study (pilot study) as part of the DGfE Congress in Kassel (14–16 March 2016).

• Planning Aspects of Experienced Teachers as part of the ‘Second Sino-German Didactics Dialogue’ conference in Oldenburg (13–15 November 2015).

• Planning Aspects of Experienced Teachers (PerLe). A qualitative study – the pilot study as part of the Doctoral Students’ Day at the Graduate School for Social Sciences and Humanities (3GO) in Oldenburg (28 October 2015).