Curriculum vitae

Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer, was spokesperson for the Institute of Vocational Education and General Pedagogy at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and national research center in the Helmholtz Association - from 2007 to 2019;

Martin Fischer studied psychology at the University of Hamburg, specializing in industrial and organizational psychology. He began his university career in 1986 at the Institute of Technology and Education at the University of Bremen, where he completed his doctorate in 1992 on the subject of "The technical understanding of skilled workers in the field of tension between vocational training and work experience". In 1998, he habilitated on the subject of "From work experience to work process knowledge".

Prof. Fischer has been involved in numerous European and national research and development projects as a staff member and manager - among other things, he supervised the first nationwide pilot program in the field of vocational training "New learning concepts in dual vocational training" and the BMBF/BIBB pilot program "Quality development and assurance in in-company vocational training".

His field of activity at the Institute for Vocational Education and General Pedagogy at KIT Karlsruhe was in the area of teaching in the engineering pedagogy course (teachers and trainers in the industrial-technical field) and in the B.A.- M.A. course in pedagogy (focus on vocational pedagogy). His main areas of research are: Work-oriented competence development; didactics of vocational education, organizational learning and innovations in vocational education.

Excerpt from the publications

Fischer, M. (2023): Design-oriented vocational education and training in the changing world of work. In: bwp@ Berufs- und Wirt-schaftspädagogik - online, issue 45, 1-25. Online: https://www.bwpat.de/ausgabe45/fischer_bwpat45.pdf (accessed 18.12.2023).

Fischer, M. (2023): A tool for the self-assessment of informal learning for workers in the metal and electrical industry. In: C. Nägele, N. Kersh, & B. E. Stalder (Eds.): Trends in vocational education and training research, Vol. VI. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET), pp. 119-128. https://doi.org10.5281/zenodo.8209052 (accessed 31.08.2023).

Fischer, M. (2023): Recording competences in the metal and electrical industry on the basis of work tasks. In: A. Grimm; V. Herkner (eds.): Developments and challenges in the vocational field of metal technology and its didactics. Berlin et al.: Peter Lang, pp. 77-97.

Fischer, M. (2022): Design-oriented vocational education and training between "Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)" and "Industry 4.0" In: P. Schlögl; G. Tafner; A, Ostendorf; J. Bock-Schappelwein; F. Gramlinger (eds.): Wie wol-len wir arbeiten? Vocational learning between tradition and transformation. Contributions to the 7th Vocational Training Research Conference (BBFK). Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann, pp. 51-62.

Freiling, T.; Fischer, M.; Kohl, M.; Mozer, P.; Schley, T. (2022): Learning venue cooperation in vocational education and training in the context of digitalization: state of research and current developments. In: S. Kretschmer, I. Pfeiffer (eds.): Lernortkooperation in der Ausbildung digital denken? Findings and impulses for learning venue cooperation in the age of digital education. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann, pp. 17-34.

Fischer, M. (2021): Vocational orientation at German universities - reality, desire or contradiction? In: P. Eigenmann; P. Gonon; M. Weil (eds.): Opening and Extending Vocational Education. Bern et al.: Peter Lang, pp. 159-185

Fischer, M. (2020): Beyond Typologies - Alternative Ways of Comparing VET Systems. In: M. Pilz; J. Li (eds.): Comparative Vocational Education Research: Enduring Challenges and New Ways Forward. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 23-41

Fischer, M.; Gidion, G.; Reifschneider, O.; Reimann, D. (2019): Perspectives on further training for production workers in the context of Industry 4.0. In: M. Becker; M. Frenz; K. Jenewein; M. Schenk (eds.): Digitalization and securing skilled workers. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann, pp. 181-196

Fischer, M.; Follner, M.; Rohrdantz-Herrmann, I.; Sandal, C. (2019): AiKomPass - An instrument for visualizing informal learning in the metal and electrical industry. Journal for Continuing Education Research (ZfW), 42, pp. 133-149. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s40955-018-0120-x (accessed 08.03.2021)

Fischer, M. (2018): Procedures for measuring vocational competences/ competence diagnostics. In: R. Arnold; A. Lipsmeier; M. Rohs (eds.): Handbook of vocational education and training. Springer Reference Social Sciences. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 263-277. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19372-0_22-1 (accessed 08.03.2021)

Fischer, M. (2018): Work process knowledge. In: F. Rauner; P. Grollmann (eds.): Handbook of vocational training research. 3rd edition. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann, pp. 413-420

Fischer, M.; Reimann, D. (2018): Didactics of vocational orientation and vocational preparation. In: T. Tramm; M. Casper; T. Schlömer (eds.): Didactics of vocational education and training - self-image, future prospects and innovation priorities. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann, pp. 217-236

Fischer, M. (2016): Experience. In: M. Dick; W. Marotzki; H. Mieg (eds.): Handbook of professional development. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt, pp. 181-192

Fischer, M.; Zimpelmann, E. (2015): Problems of "vocational orientation" of university degree programs: The example of German vocational teacher training. In: I. Langemeyer; M. Fischer; M. Pfadenhauer (eds.): Epistemic and Learning Cultures. Where universities are heading. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa, pp. 228-249

Fischer, M.; Ziegler, M.; Gaylor, C.; Kohl, M.; Kretschmer, S.; Reimann, D.; Barkholz, S. (2014): A framework concept for the assessment and development of VET quality. In: M. Fischer (ed.): Quality in vocational education and training - aspiration and reality. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann, pp. 147-174

Decker, M.; Dillmann, R.; Dreier, T.; Fischer, M.; Gutmann, M.; Ott, I; Spiecker called Döhmann, I. (2011): Service robotics: do you know your new companion? Framing an interdisciplinary technology assessment. In: Poiesis & Praxis, No. 8, Berlin et al.: Springer, pp. 25-44. Online: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10202-011-0098-6 (accessed 15.11.2017)

Fischer, M.; Röben, P. (2011): Collective competence - a little considered dimension of occupational competence diagnostics. In: M. Fischer; M. Becker; G. Spöttl (eds.): Competence diagnostics in vocational education and training - problems and perspectives. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, pp. 204-230

Fischer, M.; Röben, P. (2004): Work process knowledge in the focus of individual and organizational learning. Results from large companies in four European countries. In: Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, Issue 2, Weinheim: Beltz, pp. 182-201

Fischer, M. (2000): From work experience to work process knowledge. Computer-supported skilled work in the context of vocational learning. (Habilitation thesis). Opladen: Leske + Budrich; reprint Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien

Fischer, M. (1995): Technological understanding of skilled workers in the field of tension between vocational training and work experience. Bremen: Donat

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