Lifelong learning
# Barbara Schmidt
Education:
I graduated from the University of Education in Vienna and, at the end of my studies, I dealt with the topic of giftedness in my diploma thesis. Thereby I studied highly gifted children in an international context and looked at various types of intelligences.
Immediately after the completion of my degree, I started teaching German at a Viennese language school. At the same time, I attended the University course "German as a foreign and second language". Teaching German as a second language was a challenge and I particularly enjoyed it.
I taught German at the Alpha Sprachinstitut in the heart of Vienna for a few very happy years. Along the way, I studied educational science at the University of Vienna. In my second thesis, I examined the topic of serious games. I researched the relevance of the fun factor in learning.
In 2013 our son was born and we spent a few years abroad.
Since 2017 I have been teaching German at the University of Klagenfurt and meanwhile I completed my Master of Education and my Doctorate in Educational Sciences with Em. Univ.Prof. Dr. Werner Lenz in Graz. My dissertation focused on learning and teaching German as a foreign and second language.
With Campus Deutsch I can combine my passion for teaching with my profound experience and pass it on to you.
# Amir Schmidt
Education:
Having passed my high school diploma, I moved to Vienna to start my studies there. For me there was no orientation phase or doubts about the decision to study biology. My diploma studies (even before the decisions of the Bologna process were implemented) gave me the opportunity and freedom I needed to already pursue my interests within the framework of my studies.
I was able to study a very broad range of subjects and gain experience in many areas that benefit me today.
At the end of my studies I was offered a position as a research assistant at the University of Vienna and wrote my diploma thesis in the field of "Microbial Ecology" with the title "Morphological and molecular analysis of Laxus oneistus juveniles and their bacterial ectosymbiont". Laxus oneistus are free-living marine nematodes, which are sandworms that form symbiotic relationships with bacteria, i.e., to benefit from each other. These bacteria bring scientific knowledge that could also be useful for the human organism. I completed my Master´s examination in oceanography and ultrastructure.
After graduation, I worked as a scientist at IUCN in the Maldives. The work was very diverse, involving lecturing at the university, publishing internationally, organizing workshops for marine biologists and organizing a research expedition in which I also participated. Moreover I gained practical experience as a manager of a safari boat in the Maldives.
Until recently I was the head of a laboratory, today I am the owner of a travel agency.
In addition, I am in charge of a project in the Maldives and as a consultant I support Campus Deutsch in
scientific matters.