Dirk Richter

LIFE Faculty & Alumnus

Universität Potsdam

Educational Science

External LIFE Fellow from 2007 to 2009, MPI for Human Development, Berlin

Dr. phil.

Dissertation completed in February 2011

Lebenslanges Lernen von Lehrkräften: Die Bedeutung von Mentoren im Vorbereitungsdienst und die Nutzung beruflicher Lerngelegenheiten [Lifelong learning of teachers: The role of mentor teachers during the induction phase and the uptake of professional learning opportunities]

(Advisors: Mareike Kunter & Jürgen Baumert)

Selected Publications

Richter, D., Kleinknecht, M., & Gröschner, A. (2019). What motivates teachers to participate in professional development? An empirical investigation of motivational orientations and the uptake of formal learning opportunities. Teaching and Teacher Education, 86, Article 102929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.102929

Klusmann, U., Richter, D., & Lüdtke, O. (2016). Teachers’ emotional exhaustion is negatively related to students’ achievement: Evidence from a large-scale assessment study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 108(8), 1193–1203. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000125

Richter, D., Kunter, M., Klusmann, U., Lüdtke, O. & Baumert, J. (2011). Professional development across the teaching career: Teachers’ uptake of formal and informal learning opportunities. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27(1), 116–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2010.07.008