Profile
Professional career
- 04/2020 - 12/2023
- since 08/2018
- 10/2017 - 03/2020
- 07/2016 - 11/2016
- 03/2015 - 09/2017
Education
- 09/2023 - 05/2025
PhD at the Faculty of Education, Leipzig University - 10/2012 - 03/2015
Master of Education - Special Needs Education - 10/2009 - 09/2012
Bachelor of Science - Special Needs Education
Main areas of work and research interests:
Inclusive school development and social space orientation, inclusion-sensitive university development, participatory research and teaching, educational equity and AI, ableism-critical school and university development.
- Inclusion in Social Space - School Development by Participatory, Democratic and Children-Rights-Based Student-Oriented ResearchSchuppener, SaskiaDuration: 04/2020 – 12/2023Funded by: SMWK Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und TourismusInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Pädagogik im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung
- Inklusionsorientierte Hochschulentwicklung: Qualifizierung von Bildungsfachkräften in Sachsen (QuaBiS)Schuppener, SaskiaDuration: 08/2018 – 12/2022Funded by: SMWK Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und TourismusInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Pädagogik im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung
- Leonhardt, N.; Kruschel, R.; Schuppener, S.; Hauser, M. (Eds.)Menschenrechte im interdisziplinären Diskurs: Perspektiven auf Diskriminierungsstrukturen und pädagogische HandlungsmöglichkeitenWeinheim & Basel: Beltz. 2022.ISBN: 978-3779964162
- Leonhardt, N.; Goldbach, A.; Staib, L. M.; Schuppener, S. (Eds.)Macht in der Schule. Wissen – Sichtweisen – Erfahrungen. Texte in Leichter Sprache, Einfacher Sprache und FachspracheBad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt. 2023.
- Leonhardt, N.; Kruschel, R.; Schuppener, S.Über den Schulhof hinaus. Praxishandbuch für inklusive und sozialraumorientierte Bildung in herausfordernder Lage.Weinheim: Beltz. 2024.
- Leonhardt, N. (Ed.)Praxisbuch Ableismus in der Schule. Für einen neuen Umgang mit Behinderung und FähigkeitenWeinheim & Basel: Beltz Pädagogik. 2024.
- Leonhardt, N.; Björnsdóttir, K.; Goldbach, A.; Smára, R.; Martick, S.; Schlothauer, B.The Diversity of Voices in Universities: A Critical Reflection on Representation Based on Two University Projects in Iceland and GermanyBritish Journal of Learning Disabilities. 2024.
- Pädagogik im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung‚Partizipative Lehre und Inklusive Bildung im international vergleichenden Kontext‘ (Projektkooperation mit Universidad National de Cordobá/Argentinien)Start Date of Collaboration: 26/06/2024External participating organisations: Universidad National de Cordobá (Cordobá, Argentina)Involved persons: Leonhardt, Nico; Ortuzar, Silvia; Giovine, Manuel
- Fachtag"Inklusive Praxis in Leipzig und Umgebung" 2.0Pädagogik im Förderschwerpunkt geistige EntwicklungEvent Organiser: Leonhardt, Nico; Kruschel, Robert; Schuppener, Saskia; Klein, Damaris; Leipold, Claudia; Braunreuther, Antje11/03/2020
- VeranstaltungsreiheMenschenrechte - Diskriminierung - DemokratisierungPädagogik im Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung; Erziehungswissenschaftliche FakultätEvent Organiser: Schuppener, Saskia; Leonhardt, Nico; Kruschel, Robert; Hauser, Mandy; Zehle, Jana25/04/2019 – 04/12/2019
- FachtagInklusive Praxis in Leipzig und Umgebung. Schulen auf dem WegPädagogik im Förderschwerpunkt geistige EntwicklungEvent Organiser: Leonhardt, Nico; Kruschel, Robert; Schuppener, Saskia; Klein, Damaris; Leipold, Claudia; Braunreuther, Antje13/03/2019
- OnlinetagungInclusive education internationally – Comparing the Education Systems of Germany and IcelandPädagogik im Förderschwerpunkt geistige EntwicklungEvent Organiser: Leonhardt, Nico; Kruschel, Robert19/02/2021 – 20/02/2021
Topics in teaching (especially within the QuaBIS/FriLeFT project):
Inclusive higher education, participatory research & teaching, inclusive practice,
social space orientation, inclusive school development, power in schools, participation
and work, self-determination, empowerment, disability studies,
ableism, heterogeneity/dimensions of heterogeneity, easy and simple
language, disability caused by the disability support system, participation of
students, intersectionality, classism, educational inequality, technology and ableism, social media and assisted communication, etc.
2017 - 2020 Teaching at wAL/ Special Education Department on the following topics:
Inclusion/integration; inclusive school development; history of special education; easy language; participatory research; inclusion-sensitive higher education; international developments in the field of inclusion; history, forms and developments of inclusive education; cooperative learning; Syndrome-specific approaches and discussions (including Down syndrome & complex impairments); basic concepts of school pedagogy; working with parents; children's rights in schools; democracy education.
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Inclusive Education for All in a District with Special Development Needs – Challenges and Opportunities from the Perspective of Local Stakeholders
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Inclusion in the social space - Education for all in a district with special development needs
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03/2018 Helping to shape lifelong educational processes of people with complex disabilities - Research workshop to develop action-leading ideas
Workshop together with Prof. Annett Thiele at the conference of the Leben Pur Foundation "Participation and Sharing - People with complex disabilities enrich our society