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
1. Trainingsprogramm „Unterricht beobachten, einschätzen und Feedback geben“ für Lehrkräfte in Studienleitung, Fortbildung und Evaluation des Instituts für Qualitätsentwicklung an Schulen in Schleswig-Holstein (IQSH)
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → 01.04.20
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Äquivalenz der Kompetenzmessung in Mathematik in der Primarstufe zwischen NEPS, TIMSS und dem Ländervergleich
Nissen, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.11 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Ästhetische Bildung
Dietrich, C. (Project manager, academic) & Friedberger, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.14 → 30.11.17
Project: Dissertation project
Boundary-Crossing II: A Transdisciplinary Evaluation Framework for the Assessment of Integration in Boundary-Crossing Collaborations in Teacher Education
Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
08.12.20 → 30.06.21
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
"beatboxing" als Sprachförderung? Evaluation eines Projektes in hamburger Kindertagesstätten in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Verein Crossover e. V.
Dietrich, C. (Project manager, academic) & Foerster, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.12 → 30.06.13
Project: Research
BiDI: Bildung im Kontext digitaler Medien unter Berücksichtigung von Inklusion (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur)
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic), Süßenbach, J. (Project manager, academic), Lilje, J. (Project staff) & Schwedler-Diesener, A. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.19 → 31.12.22
Project: Teaching
Bildungs-Landschaften in strukturschwachen Gebieten
Dietrich, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → …
Project: Teaching
BIGEDIB: Bildungsteilhabe Geflüchteter im Kontext digitalisierter Bildungsarrangements
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic), Kutscher, N. (Project manager, academic) & Lemke, F. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.02.19 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
Case-based learning with classroom videos in teacher education. A intervention study on effects of instructional conditions on students’ analysis of practice
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Bohl, T. (Project manager, academic), Kuntze, S. (Project manager, academic) & Rehm, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.11 → 01.04.14
Project: Research
TM 1.5 Case Study Streaming: Case Study 10 "Streaming schulischer und betrieblicher Gesundheitsförderung"
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Holder, S. (Project staff), Voigt, E. (Project staff) & Fedder, K. (Project manager, academic)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.08.12 → 31.01.16
Project: Practical Project
Didok: Chancen und Herausforderungen digitaler Dokumentation in Kindertagesstätten
Schönborn, H. (Project staff) & Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.17 → 01.10.20
Project: Dissertation project
Chancen und Potenziale digitaler Medien zur Umsetzung des Bildungsauftrags in Kindertageseinrichtungen
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project staff), Meister, D. (Project manager, academic), Keller, K. (Project staff) & Pielsticker, A. (Project staff)
01.10.11 → 30.06.12
Project: Research
CANDOR: Changing the Attitude of Teachers through Normal and Distance Learning for Open Human Relationships
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Petzel, T. (Project staff), Benko, Z. (Project manager, academic) & Heathcote, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.02 → 01.10.05
Project: Research
Cognitive Activation in German Hauptschule (lower secondary track schools)
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Bohl, T. (Project manager, academic), Leuders, T. (Project manager, academic) & Trautwein, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.10 → 01.04.13
Project: Research
CODIP: Competences for Digital-Enhanced Individualized Practice
Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic), Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Herzog, C. (Coordination), Altenburger, L. (Project staff), Diekhoff, H. (Project staff), Hase, A. K. (Project staff), Kahnbach, L. (Project staff), Wendt, C. (Project staff), Wucherpfennig, S. (Project staff), Horst de Cuestas, K. (Project staff) & Neumann, A. (Partner)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.03.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Computerspielnutzung aus der Sicht von Eltern
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic), Gross, F. V. (Project manager, academic), Sander, U. (Project manager, academic) & Herde, K. (Project staff)
01.07.13 → 31.07.14
Project: Research
Developing good schools with mental health
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic) & Dadaczynski, K. (Project manager, academic)
15.10.10 → 10.07.13
Project: Research
HEPS: Development and Implementation of a National Policy for Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Schools in Europe (HEPS schoolkit)
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic) & Dadaczynski, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.08 → 17.07.15
Project: Research
DGS-Korpus Projekt
Hanke, T. (Project manager, academic), Rathmann, C. (Project manager, academic) & Groß, N. (Project staff)
01.01.09 → 31.12.23
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
Die Bedeutung digitaler Medien für junge Geflüchtete - Eine explorative qualitative Studie mit Geflüchteten und Pädagog_innen in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, F.-M. (Project staff)
01.10.16 → …
Project: Research
Die Darstellung des Themas Flucht in den Medien im Kontext von formaler, nonformaler und informeller Bildung
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic) & Gross, F. V. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.16 → 31.08.16
Project: Research
SNAKE: Die Entwicklung einer naturwissenschaftlichen Perspektive auf die Welt - Der Einfluss naturwissenschaftlicher Lernumgebungen im Elementarbereich
Lankes, E.-M. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.09 → 30.09.10
Project: Research
Die normale Schülerin: Die Etablierung einer schulspezifischen Wissensordnung zwischen Homo- und Heterogenese
Dietrich, C. (Project manager, academic) & Tacke, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.13 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
DigiTaL - Subproject 02: Development of digital video-based learning environments for authentic simulation and collaborative reflection of core practices of teaching and coaching
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic) & Anders, D. (Project staff)
01.08.21 → 31.12.25
Project: Teaching
Dissertationsprojekt "Zeitbewusstsein als Bildungsprozess. Die Bedeutung von Zeit, Zeitbewusstsein und Zeitmanagement für die Pädagogik"
Schmidt, M. (Project manager, academic)
20.10.08 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Educational Innovation Study
Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.21 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
Educational Leadership and Innovation: Systematising the Evidence
Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.23 → 31.10.26
Project: Research
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
Effects and interaction of linguistic and subject-specific requirements in school-related assessment tasks
Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Dammann, L. (Project staff), Knabbe, A. (Project staff), Wienecke, L.-M. (Project staff), Höttecke, D. (Project manager, academic), Schwippert, K. (Project manager, academic) & Heine, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.19 → 31.08.23
Project: Research
Ein Computer in der Kita?! Habitusformationen angehender Erzieher/innen im Kontext von Medienerziehung in Kindertagesstätten
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.11 → 08.06.15
Project: Dissertation project
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 06 Pflege: Einfach gute Pflege finden
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Gölitz, D. (Project staff), Japsen, A. (Project staff) & Trenkamp, C. M. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
15.10.11 → 31.12.14
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
E-LANE: E-Learning in der Lehrerfortbildung: Angebote, Nutzung und Erträge - Teilvorhaben
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Richter, D. (Project manager, academic), Obst, K. (Project staff) & Meyer, A. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.19 → 30.03.22
Project: Research
Empirischen Evaluation des Lehramtsstudiengangs aus der Sicht der Studierenden
Wellenreuther, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.03 → 31.12.03
Project: Other
EIPTE: Entrepreneurship in initial primary teacher education
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.17 → 31.01.22
Project: Teaching
Entwicklungsverbund zur Lehrerbildung "Recruiting, Assessment, Support" im Rahmen des Gesamt-Projektes "MINT-Lehrerbildung"
Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic) & Besser, M. (Project staff)
01.10.14 → 31.08.18
Project: Research
Erwerb von Professionswissen anhand eigener und fremder Unterrichtsvideos
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Bohl, T. (Project manager, academic) & Leuders, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → 01.04.16
Project: Research
Sommerakademie : Evaluation der Leuphana Sommerakademie 2011
Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Czerwenka, K. (Project manager, academic) & Odau, S. (Project staff)
01.01.11 → 31.12.12
Project: Research
EvaFa: Evaluation derSprachförderung im Fachunterricht der Sekundarstufe I im BiSS-Programm (EvaFa)
Neumann, A. (Coordination), Entrich, S.-C. (Project staff), Weber, A. (Project staff), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Plath, J. (Project staff), Schwippert, K. (Project manager, academic) & Groß, N. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.12.15 → 30.11.18
Project: Research
JIB-Evaluation: Evaluation des Transferzirkels "Jede(r) ist besonders"
Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, U. B. (Project staff)
01.06.17 → 30.11.20
Project: Research
Eva-Prim: Evaluation im Primarbereich: Sprachförderung in alltäglichen und fachlichen Kontexten
Merkert, A. (Project staff), Rank, A. (Project manager, academic) & Krauss, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.15 → 31.08.18
Project: Research
Evaluationsstudie des Projekts „Medienkompetenzförderung in nordrhein-westfälischen Kindertagesstätten"
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project staff), Meister, D. (Project manager, academic), Hester, T. (Project staff) & Temps, T. T. (Project staff)
06.06.10 → 30.06.11
Project: Research
Expertise "Aufklärung Kinder und Werbung" bzgl. der Förderung der Werbekompetenzförderung von Kindern
Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project staff), Kröger, S. (Project staff), Sander, U. (Project manager, academic) & Meister, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.10 → 31.12.12
Project: Research
Förderung des subjektiven Wohlbefindens in Schulen durch Gamification
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic), Tolks, D. (Project staff) & Thiele, A. (Project staff)
01.09.19 → 31.07.21
Project: Research
Förderung psychischer Gesundheit an Schulen (Mindmatters 3)
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic) & Nieskens, B. (Coordination)
01.01.13 → 31.12.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
NEPS-Mathematik: Forschungskooperation Leuphana-IPN Kiel zur Untersuchung der Äquivalenz mathematischer Kompetenzmessungen in TIMSS, den länderübergreifenden Bildungsstandards und dem Nationalen Bildungspanel (NEPS) an einer Stichprobe von SINUS-Schulen
Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Köller, O. (Project manager, academic) & Nissen, A. (Project staff)
01.05.11 → 12.03.15
Project: Research
GenAI-Natives: GenAI-Natives - Educating (the next generation of) teachers on usage of generative artificial intelligence
Mah, D.-K. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.25 → 30.06.27
Project: Teaching
Gesundheitsmanagement
Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic)
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport
08.06.07 → 04.02.14
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
GHR 300. Entwicklung und Konzeption des 4-semestrigen Masterstudiengangs Lehramt an Grund-, Haupt- und Realschulen.
Dietrich, C. (Project manager, academic), Landwehr, B. (Project manager, academic) & Beckmann, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.12 → 30.11.14
Project: Teaching