Activities and news from the Scientific Area of Expertise (WKF) "Research on Education and Schooling"
Under the umbrella of the Scientific Area of Expertise (WKF) "Research on Education and Schooling", its members carry out a variety of projects with partners from within and outside the WKF. News about the various activities resulting from this work, such as project progress and completion, publications, events and lectures, can be found here.
Sustainable learning and a new examination culture
Sustainable education for global crisis: Beutel, Geweke and Lau on the responsibility of schools in empowering students to tackle global challenges
Tuesdays for Education continues – focus on reading promotion
The successful Tuesdays for Education programme series will be continued in 2024/25 with four events on reading promotion.
Practical guide for teaching civic literacy published
The EPKO project has published a practical handout for lessons on the topic of civic literacy – political knowledge of students.
Jahrbuch Demokratiepädagogik & Demokratiebildung
Presentation of the Jahrbuch Demokratiepädagogik & Demokratiebildung by Professor Beutel at the Frankfurt Book Fair
New publication: Silvia-Iris Beutel / Hans Anand Pant – Learning without grades
Beutel, S.-I. & Pant, H. A. (2024). Learning without grades. Alternative concepts of performance assessment (2nd, revised ed.). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Article in School Effectiveness and School Improvement published
This article examines if primary school students' ratings of teaching differentiate between subjects and teachers.
Visiting scientist for civic education at the IFS
Dr. Corey Savage from the University of Glasgow visits IFS for an exchange on civic literacy and civic education.
IGLU/PIRLS 2026 – Coordination of the instruments for the field test
On September 12, the IGLU/PIRLS consortium met to discuss details of the field test for the next primary school reading survey “IGLU/PIRLS 2026”.
UA Ruhr-funded Civic Education Research Lab starts in October
Congratulations to IFS researchers Pascal Alscher and Elisabeth Graf and Daniel Deimel from Uni DUE for the funding of their PostdocLab.
