Dr. Neli Heidari

Research Area: Geographiedidaktik
Position: Lector
Room: GW2 B1045
Phone: 0421-218-67111
E-Mail: nheidariprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

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Heidari
  • Digital literacy in the context of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

  • Resilience to misinformation and disinformation about climate change

  • Nature of Science

  • (Multilingual) language education in the subject

 

 

 

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Sprenger, S., Leininger-Frézal, C., Gallardo, M., Heidari, N., de Lázaro Torres, M. L., Michalik, K., […] Rodríguez Domenech, M. ?. (2025). Virtual field trips: an analysis of their characteristics, elements, and approaches. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1–16. doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2025.2560326

Heidari, N., & Heuzeroth, J. (2025). Multilingualism as a Learning Resource in Map-Based Geography Lessons. European Journal of Geography, 16(2), 211-24. doi.org/10.48088/ejg.n.hei.16.2.211.224.

Heidari, N., Cruz Neri, N., Schwippert, K., & Sprenger, S. (2024). Metacognition and Lexical Complexity in Sketch Mapping – A Secondary Analysis of Think-Aloud Protocols and Sketch Maps.European Journal of Geography, 15 (3), 177–89. doi.org/10.48088/ejg.n.hei.15.3.177.189.

Heidari, N., Schwippert, K., & Sprenger, S. (2024). Thinking. Speaking. Producing. Maps: linking cartographic concepts and cartography-specific language use.International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 1–23. doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2024.2363633

Heidari, N., Feser, M.-S., Scholten, N., Schwippert, K., & Sprenger, S. (2024). Language Learning in Geography Education: Secondary Analysis of a Systematic Literature Review to Identify Further Blind Spots.Journal of Research and Didactics in Geography (J-Reading), 13(1), 5–22.

Leininger-Frézal , C., Sprenger, S., de Lázaro Torres, M. L., Rodríguez Domenech, M. ?ngeles, Heidari, N. ., Pigaki, M., Naudet, C., Lecomte, A., & Gallardo, M. (2023). Global Change Challenge in the Higher Education Curriculum on the approach of Blended Learning. European Journal of Geography, 14(2), 1–14. doi.org/10.48088/ejg.c.lei.14.2.001.014

Heidari, N., Feser, M.-S., Scholten, N., Schwippert, K., & Sprenger, S. (2022). Language in primary and secondary geography education: a systematic literature review of empirical geography education research, International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 32(3), 234–251. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2022.2154964

 

Further articles

Heidari, N., Michalik, K. & Weddehage, K. (accepted). Fostering Nature of Science in Primary Geography Education: An Inquiry-based Approach. In The key challenges in geography. Springer.

Schlamelcher, M. S., Heidari, N. & Schmid, P. (2025). Klimawandelleugnung in der geographischen Bildung begegnen: Konzepte, Strategien und Professionalisierungsans?tze [Addressing Climate Change Denial in Geography Education: Concepts, Strategies, and Approaches to Professional Development]. In D. Pijetlovic, J. von Au & Virtuelle Akademie Nachhaltigkeit (VAN) (Hrsg.), Klimawandel und Bildung. Konzepte, Methoden und Perspektiven transformativer Klimabildung (S. 271–297), München: oekom. https://www.oekom.de/buch/klimawandel-und-bildung-9783987261824

Schlamelcher, M. S., Heidari, N. & Schmid, P. (2025). ?Nun sag‘, wie hast du‘s mit dem Klimawandel?“  ["Now tell me, how do you feel about climate change?" Climate change denial in the classroom]. Klimawandelleugnung im Unterricht. Geographische Rundschau 77(10), 54–55.

Heidari, N. & Schlamelcher, M. S. (2025). Von Daten zu Karten. Mit Excel Fl?chenkartogramme zur Bev?lkerungsverteilung in Deutschland erstellen. [From Data to Maps: Creating Maps of Germany’s Population Distribution Using Excel]. Praxis Geographie 55(9), 16–18.

Schlamelcher, M. S., Heidari, N. & Bickes, C. (2025). Stadt, Land, Wortschatz. Fachbegriffe verstehen durch sprachsensibles-sinnentnehmendes Rezipieren von Sachtexten. [City, Country, Vocabulary: Understanding Technical Terms through Language-Sensitive and Meaning-Oriented Reading of Informational Texts]. Praxis Geographie 55(9), 29–33

Schlamelcher, M. S., & Heidari, N. (2025). Zukunftsf?higer Mais? Grüne Gentechnik in den USA. [Sustainable Maize? Green Genetic Engineering in the USA]. Praxis Geographie, 55(7-8), 50–54.

Heidari, N. & Heuzeroth, J. (2025). Sprachbewusst mit Karten arbeiten. Basisartikel [Language-Aware Map Work: An Introductory Article]. In N. Heidari & J. Heuzeroth (eds.), Diercke Methodenband Sprachbewusst mit Karten arbeiten (S. 4–9). Westermann Verlag.

Schlamelcher, M. S. & Heidari, N. (2025). Es muss nicht immer eine Fernreise sein! Lineares kartenbasiertes Argumentieren im Schriftlichen am Beispiel der Tourismuskarte Deutschlands [t Doesn't Always Have to Be a Long-Distance Trip! Linear Map-Based Argumentation in Writing Using the Example of the Tourism Map of Germany]. In N. Heidari & J. Heuzeroth (eds.), Diercke Methodenband Sprachbewusst mit Karten arbeiten (S. 10–24). Westermann Verlag.

Akkoc, T., Heidari, N. & Heuzeroth, J. (2025). Weltweite Migration. Sprachbewusstheit und fachliches Lernen durch sprachliche Differenzierung f?rdern [Global Migration: Promoting Language Awareness and Subject Learning through Linguistic Differentiation]. In N. Heidari & J. Heuzeroth (eds.), Diercke Methodenband Sprachbewusst mit Karten arbeiten (S. 97–115). Westermann Verlag.

Heidari, N. & Sprenger, S. (2025). Kartenarbeit und KI: Verbesserung der Schreibkompetenz durch KI-generierte Satzbausteine [Map Work and AI: Improving Writing Skills through AI-Generated Sentence Components]. In N. Heidari & J. Heuzeroth (eds.), Diercke Methodenband Sprachbewusst mit Karten arbeiten (S. 150–151). Westermann Verlag.

Heidari, N., Fraedrich, W. & Reuschenbach, M. (2025). Glaziallandschaften lesen und verstehen. Glaziallandschaften mit Storymaps virtuell erkunden. [Reading and Understanding Glacial Landscapes. Exploring Glacial Landscapes Virtually with StoryMaps]. Geographie heute 45(372).

Heidari, N. (2024). Kippelemente der Erde untersuchen. Eine interaktive Simulationskarte zu den irreparablen regionalen Ver?nderungen durch den Klimawandel. [Investigating Earth's Tipping Elements. An Interactive Simulation Map on Irreversible Regional Changes Caused by Climate Change]. Geographie heute 45(371), 63.

Schlamelcher, M., & Heidari, N. (2024). From 'original' to 'sustainable' – fostering sustainability at A levelTeaching Geography 49(3), 120-122.

Heidari, N. & Schlamelcher, M. S. (2024). Migration in und nach Europa als Bedrohung? Kritisch-reflexiver Umgang mit Kartendarstellungen [Migration to and within Europe as a threat? A critical-reflective approach to map representations]. Geographie heute 45(370).

Heidari, N. (2024). Die Kinder Indiens in Schatten und Licht. Kritisch-reflexiver Umgang mit Armutindizes [The children of India in shadow and light. A critical and reflective approach to poverty indices]. Geographie heute 45(367), 59-68.

Schlamelcher, M. S. & Heidari, N. (2024). Der Urban-Content-Walk am Beispiel nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung [Urban-Content-Walk to discover sustainable urban development]. Praxis Geographie 2(54), 48-49.

Heidari, N. & Fraedrich, W. (2022). Wenn die Kontinente nicht 澳门皇冠_皇冠足球比分-劲爆体育 genug hergeben [When continents don't have enough to give] . Geographie heute 43(357), 17-21.

Heidari, N. (2021). Malawi – abh?ngig vom Tabak? [Malawi - addicted to tobacco?]. Geographie heute 42(353), 44-47.

Heidari, N. (2017). Nordatlantische Oszillation – Luftdruckschaukel steuert Niederschlagsvariabilit?t [North Atlantic Oscillation air pressure pattern controls precipitation variability]. Geographie heute 38(332), 38-41.

Fraedrich, W. & N. Heidari (2016). El Ni?o und La Ni?a – Pr?gende Wetterereignisse in der pazifischen Region [El Ni?o and La Ni?a - Formative weather events in the Pacific region]. Geographie heute 27(330).

Heidari, N. (2014). Gebirge in Deutschland – Topographie, Morphologie und Geologie vergleichen [Mountains in Germany - Compare topographical, morphological and geological representation in maps]. Geographie heute 25(320), 28-31.

 

Book

Fraedrich, W. & N. Heidari (2019). Iceland from the West to the South. GeoGuide Springer International Publishing. doi 10.1007/978-3-319-90863-2.

 

 

 

Teaching

Summer Semester 2021: Accompanying Seminar in Geography Didactics

Winter Semester 2021/22: Geography and Language

Winter Semester 2022/23: Virtual Field Trips

Winter Semester 2023/24: International Digital Cooperation in Geography Teacher Education

Winter Semester 2025/26: Language-Sensitive Geography or Social Studies Teaching

Winter Semester 2025/26: AI in Geography Education

Winter Semester 2025/26: Geography for History and Political Science Students

Winter Semester 2025/26: Geography for Primary Education Students

Winter Semester 2025/26: Planning Geography Lessons – Theory and Practice

 

Teacher Training

Heidari, N. (2025, 27 September). Language-Aware Use of Maps. Online Geography Conference. https://www.westermann.de/veranstaltung/195505/Online-Fachtag-Geographie

Leininger-Frézal, C., Sprenger, S., Heidari, N., Ferol, K. & Chopin, C. (2025, 16 May). AI in Geography Education: Opportunities, Practical Applications and Critical Perspective. EUROGEO, Skopje.

Heidari, N. & Schlamelcher, M. (2025, 10 May). Critical and Reflective Use of Maps Using Migration as an Example. Landesfachtag Geographie, IQSH, Kiel.

Heidari, N. & Sprenger, S. (2025, 25 February). (Des-)Informationen im Kontext Klimawandel erkennen und begegnen [Identifying and Addressing (Mis-)Information in the Context of Climate Change]. Fortbildungsreihe ?Klimaschutz kurz & knapp“. Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung und Schulentwicklung, Hamburg.

Heuzeroth, J., & Heidari, N. (2024, 30-02 October). Mehrsprachigkeit – als Ressource geographischer Bildung und Werkzeug geographischen Denkens? [Multilingualism – A Resource for Geography Education and a Tool for Geographic Thinking?]. Symposium "Geographie unterrichten – Zusammenh?nge verstehen – Zukunft gestalten" des Hochschulverbands für Geographiedidaktik (HGD), Karlsruhe, Germany. https://www.conftool.net/hgd-symposium-2024/index.php page=browseSessions&path=adminSessions&print=yes&doprint=yes&form_session=27

Sprenger, S., & Heidari, N. (2024, 13 June). Diversity in the curriculum: Dimensions of diversity. Example: Gender in textbooks. EUGLOH for future Teachers. https://www.eugloh.eu/events/eugloh-workshop-diversity-in-education/Program_WS%20Diversity_EUGLOH.pdf

Heidari, N., & Sprenger, S. (2024, 4 June). Virtual Field Trips in Geography Education. Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung und Schulentwicklung [Teacher Training Institute], Hamburg.

Heidari, N. (2023, 1 November). Language Education in the Subjects, Comprehensive School Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg.

 

 

 

Memberships

  • Member of Faculty Research Center "Literacy in Diversity Settings"
  • Member of American Education Research Association (AERA)
  • Member of European Association of Geographers (EUROGEO)
  • Member of Association of American Geographers (AAG)
  • Member of University Association for Geography Education (HGD)

 

Reviewer for

  • Computers and Education
  • Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • European Journal of Geography
  • IRGEE
  • Journal of Geoscience Education
  • Springer ESERA book series

     

 

 

since 01/10/25In charge of the Geography Education Lectorate, University of Bremen
21/11/24 – 29/0925Postdoc in geography education at the Faculty of Education, Universit?t Hamburg
since 21/11/24Doctorate (Dr. phil.) awarded with summa cum laude
since 01/10/22Member of the examination board for the bachelor's degree program in educational science within the teaching profession
since 01/10/22Speaker of the board of the faculty graduate school
since 01/02/21Research associate in the field of geography education supervised by Prof. Dr. Sandra Sprenger and Prof. Dr. Knut Schwippert at the Faculty of Education, Universit?t Hamburg
since 01/02/21Teacher (civil servant) at Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hamburg with the subjects of geography and English
01/08/19 – 31/01/21Teacher training at Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hamburg
29/01/19Master of Education at Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t Kiel
Additional qualification: German as a second language
01/09/15 – 30/06/18Research assistant at the Institute for Coastal Risk and Sea-level Rise lead by Prof. Dr. Vafeidis at the Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t Kiel
02/11/14 – 22/05/15Ambassador to the UK-German Connection
01/10/14 – 22/05/15Foreign Language Assistant in the UK
2011 – 2019Academic education of the subjects Geography and English/North American Studies at the Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t Kiel