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Dr. (phil.) Peter Kossack

Dr. Peter Kossack - akademischer Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl Schulentwicklung

Academic associate

Academic associate

 

Campus Golm
Building 24 - Room 2.75
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24 - 25
14476 Potsdam

 

consulting hours
after arrangement

Academic and occupational background:

since 04/2023

Staff Scientist/Lecturer at the professorship for school development, University of Potsdam

10/2019-03/2023

Staff Scientist/Lecturer at the Professorship of Inclusion and Organizational Development, University of Potsdam

04/2017-09/2019

Substitute professor for educational and socialization processes, University of Potsdam

04/2015-03/2017

Substitute Professor for applied research of teaching and learning, University of Potsdam

04/2013-03/2015

Substitute Professor for education with a focus on adult education/further education, TU Darmstadt

2008-2013

Researcher at the professorship for adult education, further education and media education, University of Potsdam

2007-2008

Researcher at the professorship for adult education, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg

2006

Doctoral degree in Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin, "Learning and Guidance - A deconstructive analysis of the discourse of further education"

2003-2006

Research Assistant at the professorship for further education, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen

2000-2003

Research Assistant at the professorship for adult education, Freie Universität Berlin

02/1998

Diploma in Education, PH Freiburg

Research Interests:

  • Deconstruction as an educational theoretical perspective
  • Theories of learning and pedagogical counseling
  • Inclusion
     

Selected publications:

  • Kossack, P. (2021). On the critique of the political economy of adult education. Reading Dirk Axmacher's “Adult Education in Capitalism”. In K. Büchter & T. Höhne (Eds.), Vocational and further training under pressure. Economization processes in work, occupation and qualification (pp. 197-227). Basel; Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
  • Kossack, P. (2018). On the possibility of selftransformation of  subjects. Education, lifelong learning and competence (development). In C. Hof & H. Rosenberg (Eds.), Learning over the Life Course (pp. 163–179). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-19953-1_9
  • Kossack, P. (2016). The pedagogical internal structure of the consultation. In W. Gieseke & D. Nittel (Eds.), Handbook of Educational Counseling over the Lifespan (pp. 122–130). Weinheim: Beltz.
  • Kossack, P. (2014). Appeals to a theory of pedagogical action. Pädagogische Rundschau, 3, 263-271.

 

Selected conference presentations:

Kossack, P. (2019, November 4-5). Competence and attitude: Can a care work workers attitude be taught and learned? [Keynote] Symposium of the Federal Working Group on Remedial Education, Potsdam, Germany.

Kossack, P. (2019, September 24-26). On the critique of the political economy of adult education. Annual conference of the DGfE adult education section, Halle, Germany.

Kossack, P. (2017, November, 9). Student-centered teaching - A practical report. Day of Teaching, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.

Kossack, P. (2015, November 25-26). Governing Lifelong Learning. The right to education, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

Kossack, P. (2015, November, 17). Discourse-analytical stakes on learning over the course of a life. Lecture series »Learning over the course of  life«, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.

 

Teaching:

Courses of the current semester can be found in the course catalog on PULS.