Ingrid Plath

Curriculum vitae

• University of  Stellenbosch, South Africa (BA: majors – psychology, statistics; subsidiary subjects – sociology, economics, English; Hons.-B.A.: psychology)
• University of Frankfurt: Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), Philosophy
• Doctorate: University of Tübingen
• Memberships: International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP); American Psychological Association (APA); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs); Berufsverband deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen (BDP); Gesellschaft zur Förderung Pädagogischer Forschung (GFPF)
• Languages: active: English, German, Afrikaans

Current activities and fields of research

• Research integration, in particular meta-analyses, and issues related to imparting educational and psychological knowledge to teachers during pre- and in-service training
• Culture-bound nature of educationally relevant scientific theories, methods and findings
• subjective theories (ethno-theories, theory of mind)
  

Current projects

• Teaching and learning as cultural encounter (meeting of minds)
• Documentation of the situation of pupils with migration experiences in Frankfurt's schools
• Critical reflection of the culture-bound nature of educationally relevant theories, methods and results of psychology