Rolf Roew teaches ethics, philosophy, physical education, and English at Gymnasium Weilheim. After heading the ethics department at the ISB (State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research) in Munich he has been working for the Bavarian Ministry of Education as their senior advisor for ethics at Bavarian gymnasiums since 2006. In this capacity he trains teachers, gives lectures and serves as head or member of committees and project groups. He has co-authored an introduction into the teaching of ethics (Einführung in die Fachdidaktik des Ethikunterrichts) and has published a number of articles regarding the teaching of ethics and philosophy. His current focus is on competence- and action-oriented methods of teaching, in particular on the basis of recent social-psychological research.