"And a lot more is retained" – Object-based learning from the student perspective

Based on qualitative interviews, the presentation provides an overview of object-based learning in university seminars. The focus is on the experiences and statements of students who participated in a seminar dealing with collectible objects. At the same time, an attempt is made to draw conclusions from their descriptions of the use of objects in teaching. On this basis, findings on the particular potentials of object-based teaching and learning processes as well as learning successes are presented and discussed. In addition, student statements are analyzed with regard to the purpose of inquiry-based learning and the benefits of using objects for learning academic skills.

Dr. Christiana Bers is research associate at the Institute of Educational Science with a focus on general and historical education in Göttingen since 2012.

After completing her doctorate (2018), asking how the university has been discussed between scientific mission, study and education since the beginning of the Bologareform, she focused on the question of the materiality of knowledge in her habilitation thesis (submitted in April 2024). The focus here is particularly on university knowledge processes and the communication of science through and with objects. In addition to object-based learning and teaching, she works on questions of educational research in higher education, museum education and cultural education, science studies and philosophy of education.