BIOSKETCH
Thorsten Scheiner is a Research Fellow in Mathematics Education in the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education at ACU Brisbane. Prior to this appointment, he has been a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland. His research focuses on two research areas: mathematical cognition and teacher cognition. In mathematical cognition, he investigates emergent processes involved in knowing, learning, and sense-making of advanced mathematics. In teacher cognition, he studies interdependencies of teacher knowing and teacher noticing.
Before doing a Joint Ph.D. at the University of Hamburg and Macquarie University, Thorsten Scheiner received his B.Sc. and M.Ed. from the Leibniz University of Hannover. He has been a visiting researcher and visiting scholar at Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education in San Diego. Thorsten Scheiner taught undergraduate courses in mathematics as well as undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematics education at different universities, including the University of Auckland, Macquarie University, the University of Hamburg, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, and the Humboldt University of Berlin. He also worked as a part-time teacher at the German International School Sydney and has been a teaching assistant and instructor both in a local school in Germany and in the German International Schools in Cape Town and Dubai.
Thorsten Scheiner is the founder and director of the International Community of Emerging Researchers in Mathematics Education and has been the chairperson of three national working groups of the Foundation of German Business. He received the Studienkolleg Fellowship from the Foundation of German Business and the Robert Bosch Foundation; the Klaus Murmann Fellowship from the Foundation of German Business; and the Research Excellence Scholarship from Macquarie University. Recently, he has has been a recipient of the Karl H. Ditze Award of the University of Hamburg.
PROFESSIONAL
APPOINTMENTS
Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education, Australia
Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Jan 2019-present
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Aug 2017-Dec 2018
EDUCATION
Ph.D. I University of Hamburg, Germany & Macquarie University, Australia
Mathematics Education, Apr 2018
Title of thesis: Toward theory advancement in mathematical cognition and teacher cognition
Master of Education I Gottfried W. Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Major in Mathematics, Aug 2013
Title of thesis: Linking general theories of teacher education with theories of mathematics education
Bachelor of Science I Gottfried W. Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Major in Mathematics, Jul 2011
Title of thesis: Comparative analysis of teacher education studies
(in German: Vergleichende Analyse von Lehrerbildungsstudien)
INSTITUTIONAL
RELATIONS
Macquarie University, Australia
Joint-Ph.D. Studies, Department of Educational Studies, Feb 2016-Apr 2018
Lecturer/Instructor, Department of Educational Studies, Feb-May 2017
University of Hamburg, Germany
Ph.D. Studies, Faculty of Education, Dec 2013-Apr 2018
Lecturer/Instructor, Faculty of Education, Apr 2014-Jul 2015
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Research Visit, Department of Mathematics, Nov-Dec 2017; Nov 2013
Stanford University, USA
Research Visit, Graduate School of Education, Apr-Jun 2016
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Lecturer/Instructor, Faculty of Education, Oct 2015-Feb 2016
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Lecturer/Instructor, Faculty of Engineering & Computer Science, Sep 2015-Sep 2016
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Research Visit, Department of Curriculum Studies, Apr-May 2015
University of California at Berkeley, USA
Research Visit, Graduate School of Education, Jul-Sep 2014; Oct 2012-Mar 2013
Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education San Diego, USA
Visiting Scholar, Department of Mathematics, San Diego State University, Feb-Apr 2014
The University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Research Visit, Institute of Education, Sep 2012
Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Instructor, Faculty of Mathematics, 2009-2013
OTHER
RELATIONS
German International School Sydney, Australia
Teacher, Feb-Jun 2017
Foundation of German Business, Germany
Fellow, Klaus Murmann Fellowship, Dec 2013-Oct 2016
Fellow, Studienkolleg Fellowship, Nov 2009-Aug 2013
German International School Dubai, VAE
Teaching Assistant, Aug-Oct 2011
German International School Cape Town, South Africa
Teaching Assistant, Feb-May 2011