Biography
Paul Voerkel studied to become a high school teacher and completed master's studies in German as a Foreign Language, Mediaeval and Modern History, Spanish and Educational Sciences at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He obtained his PhD with a retention study of Brazilian German Studies at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.
He worked as a lecturer of German as a foreign language at universities in Germany, Ecuador and Brazil. Currently, he is a comprehensive school teacher as well as a research assistant at the Chair of Methodology / Didactics for German as a Foreign and Second Language at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. His areas of expertise are Research-Based Learning, Teacher Education and Cultural Studies.
Panel Presentation (2022): Presentation and International Discussion on The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research
