CV | Maximilian Stark

Academic background

Since 2020/11	Doctoral candidate in psychology at LMU Munich Working title for the dissertation: „Teacher emotions and instructional quality“ Primary supervisor: Prof Dr Anne C. Frenzel Secondary supervisor: Prof Dr Katrin Lohrmann
2019/04 - 2020/08	Master's programme in psychology at the Munich Center of the Learning Sciences at LMU Munich Focus areas: Teaching and learning; cognition and emotion; quantitative methods Master's thesis: “Emotional Contagion in the Classroom” (grade: 1.0) Degree: M.Sc. Psychology: Learning Sciences
2013/10 - 2018/10	School psychology and English for the teaching profession at grammar schools (Gymnasium) at LMU Munich Final thesis: “Developing a parent questionnaire for quality assurance at the LMU counselling centre for gifted children“ (grade: 1.0) Degree: First state exam (Staatsexamen)

Odersky, E., Lenzgeiger, B., Speck-Hamdan, A., Stark, M., & Lohrmann, K. (2023). Das Konstrukt der Verbundenheit und seine Bedeutung für das Handschreiben [Handwriting styles and their significance for children’s handwriting fluency]. Zeitschrift für Grundschulforschung, 16(6), 503-520. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42278-023-00185-y
Odersky, E., & Stark, M. (2023, 21 February). The role of internal and external factors on handwriting fluency in Grade 4 [conference presentation]. Writing Research Across Borders (WRAB) 2023, Trondheim, Norwegen. https://www.ntnu.edu/wrab23/wrab2023
Stark, M. (2022, September 19). Emotionen und kognitive Aktivierung im naturwissenschaftlichen Sachunterricht: Welche Rolle spielen die fachspezifischen Emotionen von Lehrkräften für die kognitiv aktivierende Unterrichtsgestaltung? [Emotions and cognitive activation in primary school science teaching: What role do subject-specific emotions of teachers play for cognitively engaging lessons?] Presentation at the 30th Annual Conference of the DGfE Commission on Primary School Research and Primary School Pedagogy, Regensburg.

Since 2020/11	Research associate / lecturer (part- and full-time, 75%-100%) at the Chair for Primary School Pedagogy and Primary School Didactics at LMU Munich Subjects: Behavioural problems with children; instructional quality; psychological and pedagogical diagnostics; scientific methods and statistics Areas of research: Emotion and cognition in teachers; cognitive processes during handwriting Consultant for quantitative methods and statistics
2019/02 - 2020/10	Seminar leader (part-time, 50%) at bfz gGmbh Core tasks: Counselling as well as socio-pedagogical and practical support for adolescents without school-leaving certificates or apprenticeship places Site: Municipal vocational school for vocational preparation (Städtische Berufsschule zur Berufsvorbereitung) Further tasks: Seminars on social and application-related skills for job seekers
2012/09 - 2013/09	Voluntary Social Year at Tegernseer Tal Secondary School (Realschule) and Bad Wiessee Primary School

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