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.

Article in School Effectiveness and School Improvement published

This article examines if primary school students' ratings of teaching differentiate between subjects and teachers.

Journalcover von School Effectiveness and School Improvement mit dem Titel der Publikation und den beiden Autor*innen

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.

Foto einer Seminarsituation mit den Logos der TU Dortmund und Universität Glasgow

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”.

Screenshot der Zoomkonferenz mit Titelfolie der Präsentation und Bildkacheln der Teilnehmenden

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.

Jennifer Igler successfully defends her dissertation

Jennifer Igler successfully completes her doctorate on the topic “Perception of teaching quality at primary education level”.

Gruppenfoto mit Jennifer Igler im Zentrum vor der Präsentationsfolie ihrer Disputation

Innovative method for surveying books in the household

Using photos to study the impact of home libraries on children's academic achievement.

Die vier Webinarleiterinnen während des digitalen Meetings und der englische Titel Rethinking Research on Books

Focus on conditions for success for early language support in schools

At the SPEAK network meeting, IFS researchers and school representatives discussed how successful practice transfer can be achieved.

Effective promotion of reading skills: lesekids.schule is online!

The website www.lesekids.schule enables the promotion of reading skills with artificial intelligence and digital stories.

Screenshot der Webseite vom LeseKI:DS-Projekt mit der Grafik eines Kindes am Computer umgeben von einem kreisrunden Schaltkreis

IFS at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2024

The IFS presented a paper at the ECER 2024 on “Education in an Age of Uncertainty: memory and hope for the future”.