Positions
Dr. des. Katrin Ehrenberg
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Dr. des. Katrin Ehrenberg
Phone
Address
Schloßwender Straße 1
30159 Hannover
30159 Hannover
Building
Room
© Roland Schneider/Bilderraum Fotostudio
Dr. des. Katrin Ehrenberg
Research Staff
Institute of Education for Special Needs
Deputy Department Equal Opportunities Officer
Representatives of the Faculty of Humanities
Key topics of interest in Research and Teaching
- Paraprofessional assistance (pupil's perspective; difference in the context of paraprofessional assistance)
- Difference
- Peer relationships
- Augmentative and alternative communication
- Autism spectrum
- Acquisition of written language in the special focus of mental development
Subject of PhD Project
- " ... because sometimes it looks like Leon has a butler" - Address-Analytical Reconstructions of Subjectivity, Power and Agency in the Context of School Assistance in Inclusive Schools.
Research methods
- Documentary method
- Ethnography (ethnographic observation)
- Grounded Theory
- Interviews/group discussions with children
Bio
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Work experience
Since 01/2020 Research associate, project Discover - Internationalisierung zu Hause Since 04/2018 Research associate at the Insitute for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Leibniz University of Hanover, Department of General Special Education and Sociology 11/2016-03/2018 Student research assistant at the Institut for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Leibniz University of Hanover, Department of General Special Education and Sociology -
Education
2016-2018 Studies in Special Needs and Inclusive Education for Schools at the Leibniz University Hanover (Specialisations: Pedagogy for intellectual development impairments and pedagogy for speech and language impairments; subject: German), degree Master of Education 2013-2016 Studies in Special Needs and Inclusive Education and German Studies at the Leibniz University Hanover, degree Bachelor of Arts -
Awards and scholarships
2019 President's Prize for Excellent Students, Leibniz University of Hanover 2014/2015 and 2016/2017 Scholarship holder of the Deutschlandstipendium -
Memberships and offices
- German Educational Research Association (DGfE/Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft); division 6 „Special Education“ and division 2 „General Education“ (subdivision „Philosophy of Education")
- ISAAC – Gesellschaft für Unterstützte Kommunikation e.V. (German division of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication)
- Contact for International Affairs and Exchange Coordinator of the Institute for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (Outgoing and Incoming)
Courses
In Summer Semester 2025
| Courses |
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| Begleitveranstaltung zur Bachelorarbeit (Ehrenberg) - 2 SWS - Deutsch |
| Schüler*innen im Autismus-Spektrum - Pädagogische Unterstützung und schulische Begleitung - 2 SWS - Deutsch |