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.
Current IFS research presented at AERA in Philadelphia, USA
IFS researchers presented their findings at the AERA conference in Philadelphia, USA, the largest international gathering of education researchers.
![AERA 2024 Gruppenfoto von Sittipan Yotyodying, Jakob Schwerter und Justine Stang-Rabrig](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/b/b/csm_2024.04.15_AERA_Nachbericht_068f0fc776.png)
Tuesdays for Education on 9.4. on the topic of school well-being
Almost half of primary school children experience physical violence at their schools.
![TfE Pressmeldung Zwei Grundschulkinder schubsen ein weiteres Kind im Schulflur](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/d/6/csm_24.04.09_TfE_Pressemeldung_d6ec685181.png)
Edited volume of the 7th Dortmund Symposium published
The edited volume deals with the topic "Evaluation of the education system – What insights do current school performance studies provide?"
![7. Herausgeberband Cover des Herausgeberbandes des 7. Dortmunder Symposiums der Empirischen Bildungsforschung](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/e/2/csm_2024.03.22_7_SYM-Herausgeber_188984ec53.png)
Prof. Dr. Silvia-Iris Beutel visited the German School Nairobi
In February 2024, Prof. Dr. Silvia-Iris Beutel has been invited to visit the German School Nairobi.
![German School Nairobi Gruppenfoto vom Besuch von Prof. Dr. Silvia-Iris Beutel bei der German School Nairobi](/storages/wkf-sb/_processed_/5/6/csm_2024.03.21_German_School_Nairobi_2eafde5cf7.png)
IFS represented with numerous contributions at the 11th GEBF in Potsdam
Thank you very much for the exchange at the 11th conference of the Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung 2024 at the University of Potsdam.
![GEBF Gruppenfoto der IFS Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter auf der 11. GEBF-Konferenz](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/5/b/csm_2024.03.21_GEBF_Nachbericht_a47feba4ec.jpeg)
NEPS stage 5 successfully launched at the IFS
NEPS stage 5 focuses on the upper secondary school and integrates upstream and downstream transitions into its research perspective.
![NEPS Etappe 5 Foto von Sekundarschüler*innen im Gespräch miteinander](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/2/0/csm_2024.03.20_NEPS_Etappe5_f73f3635bd.png)
Nele McElvany speaks in the Family Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag
Nele McElvany speaks as an expert at the public hearing in the Family Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag on the "Children's Future Program"
![Nele McElvany im Familienausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages Nele McElvany live im Familienausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages am 18.03.2024](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/0/a/csm_Nele_McElvany_live_im_Familienausschuss_Deutscher_Bundestag_f36fb0a6f9.png)
Tuesdays for Education 12.03. "School resources and priorities"
Educational equity: Scarcer resources for schools in economically disadvantaged areas.
![Tuesdays for Education Foto einer leeren Schulklasse mit Stühlen und Tischen](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/9/9/csm_24.03.12_TfE_Pressemeldung_3b4da75134.png)
Project launched to promote reading with the help of artificial intelligence
IFS launches co-operation project to promote reading skills through artificial intelligence and digital stories “Lese-KI:DS”.
![Lese-KI:DS Foto von zwei Kindern beim Lesen am Tablet](/storages/ifs-ep/_processed_/f/e/csm_2024.03.12_Projektvorstellung_LeseKIDS_04338e2d6f.png)