Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Computer Science Education | Computer Science and Society

Dr. Michael T. Rücker

 

E-Mail: rueckerm@informatik.hu-berlin.de

 

Michael Rücker received his Master's degree in Education at Humboldt-Universität in 2014, with the subjects computer science and English. Subsequently he joined the work group of Prof. Pinkwart as a research assistant and, in February 2020, received his doctorate with highest distinction (summa cum laude). In his dissertation, he used a qualitative design, particularly grounded-theory methods, to investigate student conceptions of computing devices and their role in learning transfer from school to everyday life.

In December 2021, he successfully completed his teacher training and the second state exam for a secondary school teacher with the subjects computer science and English.

In February 2022, Dr. Rücker rejoined the group here at Humboldt-Universität to work on his own DFG-funded project on Competencies for the Assessment of Computing System Consequences.

In September 2023, he started a junior professorship for computing education at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.

 

Interests

  • K-12 compuer science
  • student conceptions
  • transfer of learning
  • competency models
  • qualitative research methods

 

 

 

M. T. Rücker. Modelling the Competency to Evaluate the Impacts of Computing. Proceedings of the 17th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. M. T. Rücker. A Naturalistic Inquiry into Student Conceptions of Computing Technology and their Role for Learning and Transfer. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, February 2020. M. T. Rücker, W. R. van Joolingen, and N. Pinkwart. Small but Powerful: A Learning Study to Address Secondary Students’ Conceptions of Everyday Computing Technology. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Association for Computing Machinery, volume 20, issue 2, February 2020. M. T. Rücker and N. Pinkwart. "How Else Should It Work?" A Grounded Theory of Pre-College Students' Understanding of Computing Devices. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, volume 19, issue 1, November 2018. M. T. Rücker and N. Pinkwart. The things that belong: a grounded theory study of student categorizations of complex technical artifacts. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, volume 28, issue 3, July 2017. M. T. Rücker, N. Pancratz, C. Gold-Veerkamp, N. Pinkwart, and T. Brinda. Alltagsvorstellungen in der Informatik: Erhebungsmethodik und Implikationen f{ü}r den Unterricht. Informatische Bildung zum Verstehen und Gestalten der digitalen Welt: 17. GI-Fachtagung Informatik und Schule, Gesellschaft für Informatik, 2017. M. T. Rücker and N. Pinkwart. Towards a grounded theory of how students identify computing. Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Primary and Secondary Computing Education, ACM, 2017. M. T. Rücker and N. Pinkwart. Review and Discussion of Children's Conceptions of Computers. Journal of Science Education and Technology, volume 25, 2015. M. Rücker. Petrinetze in der Schule - Ein Spiralcurriculum für die Sekundarstufen I und II. 2014. M. Rücker and N. Pinkwart. Petri Nets in Secondary CS Education. Proceedings of the 9th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, 2014.