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 
- Artificial intelligence in education: Building on experiences in digital literacy to develop AI literacy for teaching. A comparative perspective from Germany and Denmark- Mah, D.-K. (Project manager, academic) - 03.02.25 → … - Project: Research 
- 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), Tiedemann, N. (Project staff), Jacobsen, L. J. (Project staff) & 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) - 01.09.24 → 31.08.27 - 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 
- Education Outside the Classroom: A German-Scandinavian Comparison- Perlinger, J. (Project manager, academic) - 30.08.25 → 28.02.26 - Project: Individual grant 
- 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) & Kuchenbuch, F. (Project staff) - 01.02.25 → 30.06.27 - Project: Teaching 
