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. 2024
  2. Published

    Zur Konzeption und Durchführung eines Schulleitungsmonitorings im deutschsprachigen Bildungsraum: Chancen und Grenzen

    Groß Ophoff, J., Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz,, S., Tulowitzki, P., Pietsch, M. & Cramer, C., 11.12.2024, Blickpunkt Bildungsmonitoring: Bilanzen und Perspektiven. Albers, A. & Jude, N. (eds.). Weinheim: Waxmann Verlag, p. 61-80 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published
  4. Published

    Nutzung von Daten für die Schul- und Unterrichtsentwicklung

    Lüftenegger, M., Kampa, N. & Pietsch, M., 17.12.2024, Nationaler Bildungsbericht Österreich 2024. B. (ed.). Bundesministerium Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung, p. 513-560

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. 2025
  6. Published
  7. Published

    Changeability of pre-service teachers’ beliefs about multilingualism: a person- and transition-centered approach

    Kardel, L., Ehmke, T. & Lemmrich, S., 2025, In: Language Awareness. 34, 2, p. 495-519 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Accepted/In press

    Empathy and empathic leadership practices in schools – a scoping review

    Manke, S. N., Pietsch, M. & Freund, P. A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Educational Review.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Examining long-term impacts of a training programme to improve quality of IEP goals

    Rakap, S., Balikci, S., Kalkan, S., Coleman, H., Aydin, B. & Gulboy, E., 2025, In: European Journal of Special Needs Education. 40, 1, p. 35-52 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    School Leader Trust and Collective Teacher Innovativeness: On Individual and Organisational Ambidexterity’s Mediating Role

    Dedering, K. & Pietsch, M., 2025, In: Educational Review. 77, 2, p. 351-380 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Organizational ambidexterity and student achievement: Do knowledge exploration and exploitation in schools make a difference?

    Pietsch, M., Aydin, B., Montecinos, C. & Bellibaş, M. Ş., 01.2025, In: Journal of Innovation and Knowledge. 10, 1, 14 p., 100636.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Reality-Based Tasks with Complex-Situations: Identifying Sociodemographic and Cognitive Factors for Solution

    Knabbe, A., Leiss, D. & Ehmke, T., 01.2025, In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 23, 1, p. 97–120 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review