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Thomas Knaus (born September 28, 1974 in Frankfurt/Main) is a German educational scientist. He is an Professor of Educational Science specializing in Media Education and Head of Department of Media Pedagogy.[1] at The Ludwigsburg University of Education and Honorary Professor for Educational Informatics at the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering[2] at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS). He also work as an Academic Director of the FTzM in Frankfurt am Main[3]. He served as professor of Pedagogy[4] at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as well as a visiting professor at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand)[5], at the University of Sydney (Australia)[6] and at the University of Vienna (Austria)[7]. Before his academic career Knaus worked as a teacher and a social and media educator in extracurricular youth work in Frankfurt am Main and Bad Homburg.

Research and projects

The primary focus of his research and work lies in the field of Media Education (digital literacy; digital change in educational institutions; (media) education in schools; methods and approaches in media research, theories of media socialization) and socio informatics and education informatics (educational technology, theory of technology, text and image in digital communication).[8]

Knaus is the initiator and project manager of the cooperation projects fraLine (1999–2014)[9] and fraMediale (since 2009)[10]. From 2011 to 2015 he was Managing Director of the Research Center Frankfurt Technology Center Media - FTzM, whose Scientific Director[11] he is to this day. He is the initiator of the fraMediale Prize[12], publisher of the fraMediale book series in the kopaed publishing house[13] and project manager of the open access publication project "Forschungswerkstatt Medienpädagogik" ("Research Workshop Media Education")[14]

Membership in scientific organizations

Knaus is a member of the steering group of the initiative "No Education without Media!" (Keine Bildung ohne Medien – KBoM!)[15] and as well member of the board of the Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK); he ist member of the German Informatics Society (GI)[16], the German Educational Research Association (GERA | DGfE)[17], and the Professional Group School (GMK)[18] as well as a spokesperson for the Qualitative Research Section (GMK)[19]. He is Co-Author of the interdisziplinary Workinggroup "Dagstuhl/Frankfurt triangle for Education in the digitally networked World"[20] and one of the supporters of the "Digital Education Charter"[21] of the German Informatics Society (GI).

Publications

  • Brinda, Torsten; Brüggen, Niels; Diethelm, Ira; Knaus, Thomas; Kommer, Sven; Kopf, Christine; Missomelius, Petra; Leschke, Rainer; Tilemann, Friederike; Weich, Andreas (2019): Frankfurt-Dreieck zur Bildung in der digital vernetzten Welt – Ein interdisziplinäres Modell[22][23]
  • Knaus, Thomas; Merz, Olga (2020): Schnittstellen und Interfaces – Digitaler Wandel in Bildungseinrichtungen – Band 7 der fraMediale-Reihe, München: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Meister, Dorothee M.; Narr, Kristin (2018): Futurelab Medienpädagogik. Professionalisierung – Qualitätsentwicklung – Standards, München: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Engel, Olga, Schmelz; Anthony; Schrader, Ulrich (2011): Abschlussbericht (4. Bericht) über die dritte Projektlaufzeit von September 2007 bis August 2011.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Engel, Olga (2018): Spannung? Potentiale! – Digitaler Wandel in Bildungseinrichtungen – Band 6 der fraMediale-Reihe, München: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Engel, Olga (2016): Wi(e)derstände – Digitaler Wandel in Bildungseinrichtungen – Band 5 der fraMediale-Reihe, München: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Engel, Olga (2015): fraMediale – digitale Medien in Bildungseinrichtungen (Band 4), München: kopaed-Verlag.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Engel, Olga (2013): fraMediale – digitale Medien in Bildungseinrichtungen (Band 3), München: kopaed-Verlag.
  • Knaus, Thomas; Döring, Nicola; Ludewig, Yvonne (2013): Die Wirksamkeit von Medienbildungsinitiativen: Erfolge, Probleme und Lösungsansätze, In: MedienPädagogik (Suisse).[24]
  • Knaus, Thomas; Bohnet, Nastasja (2019): Lernen mit Kopf, Herz und Handy – Zum Forschungsstand zu Emotionen (in) der Medienbildung, In: MedienImpulse – Beiträge zur Medienpädagogik (BMBWF, Vienna (Austria)[25] 57/4, S. 1–41.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2020): Technology Criticism and Digital Literacy – The Case for a Broader Understanding of Media Literacy.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2019): Towards a Pedagogy of the Digital – Phenomena, Potentials and Prospects for the Future.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2019): Forschungswerkstatt Medienpädagogik. Projekt – Theorie – Methode. Spektrum medienpädagogischer Forschung [Band 3], München: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2018): Me, my Tablet and I, In: Zeitschrift für Bildungsverwaltung (DGBV – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bildungsverwaltung), 2/2018, S. 15–35.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2018): Forschungswerkstatt Medienpädagogik. Projekt – Theorie – Methode. Spektrum medienpädagogischer Forschung [Band 2], München: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2017): Understanding - Connecting - Responsibility. Why Media Education and Computer Science Education concern us all and why we should develop them together, in: Diethelm, Ira (Hrsg.): Informatische Bildung zum Verstehen und Gestalten der digitalen Welt, Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik (LNI – Lecture Notes in Informatics, P-274), S. 31–48.[26]
  • Knaus, Thomas (2017): The Potential of Digital Media – Theoretical Observations on the Educational and Teaching Potential of Tablet Computers, New Zealand Journal of Teachers’ Work (ISSN-1176-6662), Vol. 14, Issue 1, p. 40–49.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2017): Forschungswerkstatt Medienpädagogik. Projekt – Theorie – Methode. Spektrum medienpädagogischer Forschungspraxis [Band 1], München: kopaed.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2016): digital – medial – egal? Ein fiktives Streitgespräch um digitale Bildung und omnipräsente Adjektive in der aktuellen Bildungsdebatte, In: Brüggemann, Marion; Knaus, Thomas; Meister, Dorothee: Kommunikationskulturen in digitalen Welten – Konzepte und Strategien der Medienpädagogik und Medienbildung, S. 99–130, München: kopaed-Verlag.
  • Knaus, Thomas (2009): Kommunigrafie – Eine empirische Studie zur Bedeutung von Text und Bild in der digitalen Kommunikation, München: kopaed-Verlag.

A full list of Knaus's publications can be found on the website of his department at the Ludwigsburg University of Education or on his website.

References

  1. ^ "Professorship and academic staff of Department of Media Education of University of Education, Ludwigsburg (Germany)". www.ph-ludwigsburg.de (in German). 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Sciences, Frankfurt University of Applied. "Professors in Department 2: Computer Science and Engineering at Frankfurt University (Germany)". www.frankfurt-university.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Managing Board of Centre for Educational Technology – FTzM at the Frankfurt University (Frankfurt UAS)". ftzm.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Former Chairs". www.medpaed.phil.fau.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Education, College of. "Our People at the College of Education". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  6. ^ "Our people". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  7. ^ University of Vienna. "Gastprofessor*innen (visiting professors)". bildungswissenschaft.univie.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Research Activities and Current Projects". Thomas Knaus (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Sciences, Frankfurt University of Applied. "fraLine | Frankfurt UAS". www.frankfurt-university.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  10. ^ "Conference and media fair fraMediale". framediale.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "FTzM - Managing Board". ftzm.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "fraMediale-Prize". framediale.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "kopaed :: fraMediale Book Series". www.kopaed.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Research Workshop Media Education :: Contact & Contributors". forschungswerkstatt-medienpaedagogik.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Initiative Keine Bildung ohne Medien (No Education without Media) :: About us". Keine Bildung ohne Medien! (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Informatik (GI), Gesellschaft für. "German Informatics Society (GI)". gi.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "German Educational Research Association :: Section 12 - Media Education". www.dgfe.de. Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Professional Group School at Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK)". www.gmk-net.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "Qualitative Research Section at Association for Media Education and Communication Culture (GMK)". www.gmk-net.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "Workinggroup "Dagstuhl/Frankfurt Triangle for Education in the digitally networked World :: Frankfurt Dreieck - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V." dagstuhl.gi.de. Retrieved 2019-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Digital Education Charter (Charta Digitale Bildung)". charter-digital-education.org. Retrieved 2019-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ Knaus, Thomas. "Frankfurt-Dreieck zur Bildung in der digital vernetzten Welt" (PDF): 1–8. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  23. ^ Brinda, Torsten; Brüggen, Niels; Diethelm, Ira; Knaus, Thomas; Kommer, Sven; Kopf, Christine; Missomelius, Petra; Leschke, Rainer; Tilemann, Friederike (2019). Frankfurt-Dreieck zur Bildung in der digital vernetzten Welt (in German). Gesellschaft für Informatik. ISBN 978-3-88579-682-4.
  24. ^ Knaus, Thomas (2013). "Die Wirksamkeit von Medienbildungsinitiativen: Erfolge, Probleme und Lösungsansätze". MedienPaedagogik (Zurich, Suisse). (Occasional Papers 2013): 1–19. doi:10.21240/mpaed/00/2013.09.06.X.
  25. ^ Knaus, Thomas. "Learning with Head, Heart and Hand-Held Device. On the Cur-rent State of Research on Emotions in Media Education". MedienImpulse. 57/4: 1–41. doi:10.21243/mi-04-19-01 (inactive 2020-01-14).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2020 (link)
  26. ^ Knaus, Thomas (2017). Lecture Notes in Informatics. Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn. ISBN 978-3-88579-668-8.
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