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Friedrich Barnikel

Friedrich Barnikel works at a high school in Munich, Germany, where he teaches Geography, History and English. In addition, he serves as an Educational Coordinator for Geography for the municipal schools in Munich. In 2003 he obtained his PhD for his studies on natural hazards in the Alps. He has edited several books with teaching units for Geography and numerous papers on natural hazards, spatial orientation and didactics. Since 2002 he is also a member of the Education Committee of EGU.

Friedrich Barnikel reflects on the final Geoscience Information For Teachers workshop in Cape Town

Friedrich Barnikel and Simon Clark October 18, 2024

The final edition of the capacity building Geoscience Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop was held this year in Cape Town, South Africa. This three-year programme, an initiative by the EGU Education Committee, brought together local teachers and scientists to build a sustainable, long-term workshop series and network for teacher training in geoscience education. The 2024 theme was “Exploring ...[Read More]

Bringing scientists and teachers together for the Cape Town GIFT workshop

Friedrich Barnikel February 2, 2024

Hands-on action at the Two Oceans Aquarium in GIFT Cape Town, 2023

Many teachers follow path writ by a particular diction, which reads “lifelong learning”. There is no other way, actually, to keep track of all of these fast changing issues and challenges of today’s world, which, in many ways, touch geoscientific topics (climate change, food security, geopolitics, to name but a few). Consequently many teachers are eager to learn from science as much as they can in ...[Read More]