Marina Elena Pfeifer, M.Sc.

Research Assistant | Doctoral Student

Psychology in the Learning Sciences

Coordinator: Digital Teaching

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Leopoldstraße 13

Room 3103

80802 Munich

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+49 89 2180-5374

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Leopoldstraße 13 | Postfach 64

80802 Munich | Germany

As coordinator for digital teaching at our Faculty of Psychology and Education, I can support you with questions regarding the use of Moodle and other digital tools in your online, face-to-face, hybrid, synchronous and asynchronous teaching.

Please send your inquiries to moodle@psyedu.lmu.de.
Further information on Moodle and digital teaching at our faculty can be found here.

Current research projects

  • Teacher emotions and behavior on their students' outcomes and vice versa
  • Factors influencing pre-service teachers' self-efficacy and emotions

Research interests

  • Emotions and well-being in education
  • Teacher stress and resilience

Background

Since Sep 2022
Doctoral Student (LMU Munich)
Coordinator for Digital Teaching
Sep 2020 until Sep 2022
M.Sc. Psychology: Learning Sciences (LMU Munich)
Thesis: "Teacher Well-Being. An Exploratory Analysis on Teaching Behaviors and Student Outcomes"
Sep 2017 until Sep 2020
Training as a Certified Systemic Coach
(CIKS; Coaching in Komplexen Systemen)
Sep 2015 until Sep 2020
First State Examination in Teacher Education (LMU Munich)
Trained School Psychologist and Teacher for Primary Schools
Thesis: "Teacher Health. How Burnout and the Reelationship to the Students are Connected"

Conference Contributions

2025

  • Pfeifer, M. E. & Frenzel, A. C. (2025, Januar). Coaching von angehenden Lehrkräften: Veränderbarkeit von Kompetenzüberzeugungen und antizipierten Unterrichtsemotionen. [Conference talk]. 12th Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Potsdam, Germany.

2024

  • Pfeifer, M. E. & Frenzel, A. C. (2024, September). Coaching in der Lehrkräfteausbildung: Wirksamkeit auf Kompetenzüberzeugungen und Unterrichtsemotionen. [Poster presentation]. 53rd Meeting of the Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.
  • Pfeifer, M. E., & Frenzel, A. C. (2024, April). Linking Teacher Emotions, Teaching Behaviors, and Student Outcomes: A Global Study. [Conference talk]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, US.
  • Stark, M., Frenzel, A. C., & Pfeifer, M. E., Lohrmann, K. (2024, März). Die Rolle von Lehrkräfte-Emotionen für die Unterrichtsqualität: Ein registrierter Bericht auf Basis von Daten aus der Global Teaching InSights Videostudie. [Poster presentation]. 11th Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Potsdam, Germany.
  • Fiedler, D., Frenzel, A. C., Hasselhorn, J., & Pfeifer, M. E. (2024, März). Misserfolgsattributionen von Lehramtsstudierenden und ihre emotionalen und kognitiven Korrelate als Ausgangspunkt musikpädagogischer Forschung. [Poster presentation]. 11th Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Potsdam, Germany.

2023

  • Pfeifer, M. E., Fiedler, D., & Frenzel, A. C. (2023, Oktober). „LMU Teacher Coaching & Training“ [Poster presentation]. Quality Compaign for Teacher Education (QLB) Closing Conference, Munich, Germany.
  • Pfeifer, M. E., Fiedler, D., Frink, S., & Frenzel, A. C. (2023, September). Wenn Lehrkräfte Studierende coachen: Zentrale Ergebnisse der Evaluation von „LMU Teacher Coaching & Training“ an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) [Conference talk]. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Schulpraktische Studien (BaSS), Munich, Germany.
  • Pfeifer, M. E., Athavale, S., & Frenzel, A. C. (2023, September). Linkages between teacher emotions and student outcomes. A multilevel modeling approach on mediational effects. [Conference talk]. 19th Meeting of the Conference of the DGPS-Section Educational Psychology (PAEPS), Kiel, Germany.
  • Pfeifer, M. E., Athavale, S., & Frenzel, A. C. (2023, Februar). Teacher emotions and their linkages with student outcomes in secondary education. A multilevel modeling approach [Poster presentation]. 10th Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Duisburg-Essen, Germany.