Institute of Educational Sciences
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior professorship for Digital Teaching and Learning
- Junior professorship for Educational Sciences, in particular Education with Digital Media
- Professorship for Educational Research, in particular Emperical Educational Scienes
- Professorship for Educational Science, in particular Educational Management and Quality Development
- Professorship for Teacher Education and School Development
- Professorship of primary school pedagogic
Organisation profile
In our research and teaching, we focus on prerequisites, processes and effects of education, especially in the area of teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools.
In teacher education, we are responsible for pre-service teachers‘ acquisition of pedagogical knowledge in the area of teaching, diagnostics, upbringing and innovation. Throughout the entire Bachelor's and Master's program, we provide students with a competence-, research- and practice-oriented education.
Main research areas
Research Activities
Educational Science, in particular Educational Management and Quality Development
Educational Sciences, in particular Education with Digital Media
Digital Teaching and Learning
Educational Research, in particular Emperical Educational Scienes
Primary school pedagogic
Teacher Education and School Development
Leading Educational Innovation and Change - Kazakhstan
Baisultanova, S. (Project manager, academic) & Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.23 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Leading Educational Innovation and Change - Nigeria
Ugwuanyi, C. (Project manager, academic) & Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.23 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Regain Potential - Potenzial zurückgewinnen
Lenske, G. (Project manager, academic) & Merkert, A. (Project staff)
01.01.23 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
TrICo Subprojekt: Community School Improvement and Leadership
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic), Marsch, S. (Project staff), Frentz, J. (Project manager, academic), Schellig, H. (Project staff), Hofmann, L. (Project staff) & List, F. (Project staff)
01.01.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Humboldt Stipendium
Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.23 → 30.09.25
Project: Individual grant
Educational Management in Wartime Ukraine: Key Factors to Ensure Continuity of the Education Process
Londar, L. (Project manager, academic) & Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.23 → 30.06.24
Project: Research
Die Bedeutung des Konstrukts der organisationalen Identifikation für Faktoren des professionellen Lernens und Kooperierens an Schulen
Tulowitzki, P. (Project manager, academic) & Pietsch, M. (Partner)
01.09.23 → 31.10.26
Project: Research
Grundschule voraus - gemeinsam.gestalten.lernen
Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic), Schellig, H. (Project manager, academic) & Witthöft, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.23 → 31.12.26
Project: Research
Educational Leadership and Innovation: Systematising the Evidence
Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.23 → 31.10.26
Project: Research
IBIS: Inklusive Bildung in der Schulpraxis
Letzel-Alt, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.24 → 01.02.26
Project: Research