Stefanie Marolf

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About

Lic. phil. Stefanie Marolf is a lecturer in history and civic education at PH Zurich. A certified teacher, she has many years of teaching experience at the lower and upper secondary levels and serves as a mentor in different teacher training programmes for secondary level I.

She holds a degree in history, English literature and linguistics, and film studies from the University of Zurich. Her portfolio includes teaching, professional development and research. Her research interests centre on historical educational research, with a particular focus on the history of civic education in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. She also supervises master’s theses and works as an educational author.

Focus on research, teaching, services

  • Lecturer in History and Civic Education
  • Mentor, Secondary Level I Teacher Education
  • Member of the Master’s Thesis Team, Secondary Level I
  • Supervisor of Master’s Theses

Research & Development

  • Academic Network to empower Educators for Democracy and Peace (DEM-ED): Strengthening democracy and peace education in teacher training, PH Zürich (2025–2028)
  • Doctoral Project (since 2017): The History of Civic Education in German-Speaking Switzerland, University of Zurich
  • Textbook Project (2017): History and Politics, Lower Secondary Level: “Gesellschaften im Wandel”, Zurich Educational Publishing House
  • SNSF Research Project (2013–2016): Formation and Development of History Teachers’ Professional Knowledge: An Empirical Study Based on a Video Survey (VisuHist), PH Zürich

Publications

  • Marolf, Stefanie und Jonas Dischl (2018)Repräsentativer Schulhausbau in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts – Zwei Beispiele aus der Stadt Luzern und der Stadt Zürich. Historia scholastica 4 (1): 47–58.

  • Marolf, Stefanie; Corinne Wyss (2025)Pre-service history teachers’ professional vision: Findings from a video-based longitudinal study. Teacher Professional Vision: Empirical Perspectives. Rebekka Stahnke, Andreas Gegenfurtner (Hrsg.). Routledge.

  • Marti, Hediger, Bürgler, Marolf, et. al (2017)Gesellschaften im Wandel. Lehrmittel für Geschichte und Politik. Sekundarstufe I. Lehrmittelverlag Zürich.

Projects

Teaching (training)

Extracurricular learning (GGP.S300)
Professional practice 1 (BP.Q200)
Professional Practice 2 (BP.Q300)
Introductory placement (BP.Q150)
Introductory week (BP.Q100)
Subject teaching: History 1 (GGP.S210)
Subject teaching: History 2 (GGP.S230)
General Didactics: Mentored Teacher Practice 5 (BP.Q550)
Mentored teaching practice and intervision 1 (BP.Q510)
Mentored teaching practice and intervision 2 (BP.Q520)
Mentored teaching practice and intervision 3 (BP.Q530)
Professional portfolio (BP.S610)
School, education, society (BE.S350)

Further information

Science and Social Sciences Education

  • Die Geschichte der Politischen Bildung in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz. 24. März 2022

    Referatezyklus mit Fokus Politische Bildung.

    PH Schwyz

  • Politische Bildung damals und heute. 18. November 2019

    Einführungsreferat bei «Campus für Demokratie vernetzt in Uri».

    Campus für Demokratie, Bern

  • Politische Bildung im Kanton Zürich – Wie weiter? 28. September 2019

    Vierte Jugendparlamentssitzung.

    Jugendparlament Kanton Zürich, Zürich

  • Politische Bildung startete in Uniform. 22. Februar 2019

    Beitrag in Videoserie zur Demokratie-Forschung.

    swissinfo.ch

  • Entwicklung der Politischen Bildung. 6. Oktober 2018

    Soirée Politique des Dachverbands Schweizer Jugendparlamente.

    Bern

  • Politische Bildung im Schulunterricht. 24. März 2018

    Erste Jugendparlamentssitzung.

    Jugendparlament Kanton Zürich, Zürich