Franziska Widmer, PhD

Activities in FHNW

Research Associate at the Center for Research on Teachers' Professional Development, Institute for Research and Development, PH FHNW.

since 2022	Research associate, center for Research on Teachers’ Professional Development, Institute for Research and Development, PH FHNW
2017 - 2021	Lecturer at School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies, Kent State University, Ohio, USA: 'Life Span Motor Development' 'Fundamental Movement Gymnastics and Dance' 'Reading and Writing in Adolescence' 'Intercultural Dimensions of Education'
2017 - 2021	Research assistant to Jennifer Walton-Fisette and Douglas Ellison at School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
2016 - 2021	PhD student / candidate Curriculum and Instruction at School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
2011 - 2012	Co-Principal, Bruderholz, Basel-City
2008 - 2012	Kindergarten teacher and Educator for movement, Department of Education, Basel-City
2004 - 2011	Health and Personal Coach
1999 - 2002	Kindergarten teacher, Neftenbach, Zürich

A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Method Research Study of Teachers' Perceptions and Perspectives of High Quality Movement in the Classroom, Dissertation Project, Franziska Widmer, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Teaching Sustainability, Sense of Purpose, and Testing of Questionnaires in High-Poverty Schools, Douglas Ellison, Franziska Widmer, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Development of Cultural Exchange through Literacy, Reading, and Writing Joanne Dowdy, Franziska Widmer, Kent State University, Ohio, USA

2016 - 2021	Doctoral Program Curriculum and Instruction, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
2013 - 2015	Master of Arts in Educational Administration, Ursuline College, Ohio, USA
2003 - 2007	Movement pedagogy training, Bildungszentrum Bewegung und Gesundheit, Basel-City
1996 - 1999	Kindergarten teacher training, Kindergarten Teacher Seminar, St. Gallen