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

    The impact of distributed leadership on teacher commitment: The mediation role of teacher workload stress and teacher well-being

    Bellibaş, M. Ş., Gümüş, S. & Chen, J., 04.2024, In: British Educational Research Journal. 50, 2, p. 814-836 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Open Innovation in Schools: A new imperative for organising innovation in education?

    Pietsch, M., Cramer, C., Brown, C., Aydin, B. & Witthöft, J., 06.2024, In: Technology, Knowledge and Learning. 29, 2, p. 1051-1077 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The eTIMSS and TIMSS Measurement Invariance Study: Multigroup Factor Analyses and Differential Item Functioning Analyses with the 2019 Cycle

    Yalçınkaya, M., Atılgan, H., Daşcıoğlu, S. & Aydın, B., 30.06.2024, In: Journal of Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology. 15, 2, p. 94-119 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Digitized Evaluation of Academic Opportunities to Learn (OTLs) Concerning Linguistically Responsive Teaching (LRT): Descriptive Results from Nine Universities

    Lemmrich, S., Spiekermeier Gimenes, S. & Ehmke, T., 07.2024, In: Education Sciences. 14, 7, 18 p., 729.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Inclusive education for refugee students from Ukraine—An exploration of differentiated instruction in German schools

    Letzel-Alt, V. & Pozas, M., 07.2024, In: Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs. 24, 3, p. 855-865 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Empirische Arbeit: Belastungserleben im Praxissemester: Wie erleben Lehramtsstudierende praktikumsinhärente Belastungsfaktoren?

    Homann, H.-S., Ehmke, T. & Beckmann, T., 01.07.2024, In: Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht. 71, 3, p. 144-162 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Accepted/In press

    A safe space and leadership matter for innovation: Exploring the role of psychological safety in the relationship between transformational leadership and innovation radicalness in Kyrgyz classrooms

    Bellibaş, M. Ş., Ryskulueva, F., Levin, J. & Pietsch, M., 23.07.2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Educational Management Administration and Leadership. 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Reality-based tasks for competency-based education: The need for an integrated analysis of subject-specific, linguistic, and contextual task features

    Leiss, D., Ehmke, T. & Heine, L., 01.08.2024, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 114, 15 p., 102518.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. E-pub ahead of print

    Leading digital innovation in schools: the role of the open innovation mindset

    Witthöft, J., Aydin, B. & Pietsch, M., 10.09.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Research on Technology in Education. 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Künstliche Intelligenz und Bildung in Deutschland: Erkenntnisse aus dem KI-Bildung Workshop 2024

    Schleiss, J., Egloffstein, M. & Mah, D.-K., 10.2024, Workshopband der 22. Fachtagung Bildungstechnolgien (DELFI): 9.-11. September 2024 Fulda, Deutschland. Kiesler, N. & Schulz, S. (eds.). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 137-145 9 p. ( Lecture notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings; vol. P-356).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  12. E-pub ahead of print

    Promoting leadership for learning in Nigeria: The interplay of leadership mastery experience and leader self-efficacy

    Ugwuanyi, C. & Pietsch, M., 15.10.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Management, Administration & Leadership. 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Do connectives improve the level of understandability in mathematical reality-based tasks?

    Dammann, L., Heine, L., Leiss, D. & Ehmke, T., 11.2024, In: International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education. 19, 4, 12 p., em0791.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Performance-oriented measurement of teachers’ competence in linguistically responsive teaching, relevant learning opportunities and beliefs

    Lemmrich, S. & Ehmke, T., 11.2024, In: Cogent Education. 11, 1, 17 p., 2352267.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    School Leaders’ Self-efficacy and its Impact on Innovation: Findings of a Repeated Measurement Study

    Röhl, S., Pietsch, M. & Cramer, C., 01.11.2024, In: Educational Management Administration and Leadership. 52, 6, p. 1477-1496 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    How Does Pre-Service Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Relate to the Fulfilment of Basic Psychological Needs During Teaching Practicum?

    Depping, D., Ehmke, T., Besser, M. & Leiss, D., 29.11.2024, In: Education Sciences. 14, 12, 15 p., 1312.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published
  18. Published

    Leading Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation in Schools: The Moderating Role of Teachers' Open Innovation Mindset

    Özdemir, N., Çoban, Ö., Buyukgoze, H., Gümüş, S. & Pietsch, M., 12.2024, In: Educational Administration Quarterly. 60, 5, p. 668-717 50 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Der Weg ist das Ziel? Bedarfe und Herausforderungen der Qualitätsentwicklung von Grundschulen in herausfordernden Lagen.

    Marx, A., Yendell, O., Ringler, J., Neuber, K. & Karst, K., 03.12.2024, In: Die Grundschulzeitschrift. 38, 348, p. 20-23 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  20. E-pub ahead of print

    School leaders’ innovation-related self-efficacy: professional development and learning networks make a difference

    Syvertsen, I. M., Röhl, S., Pietsch, M. & Cramer, C., 06.12.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Professional Development in Education. 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. 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

  22. Published
  23. 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

  24. 2025
  25. Published
  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Published

    Schulleitung und schulinterne Steuerung

    Pietsch, M., Tulowitzki, P. & Krein, U., 01.2025, Studienbuch Bildungswissenschaften 2: Unterricht und Schule gestalten . Syring, M., Bohl, T., Gröschner, A. & Scheunpflug, A. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 279-294 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  32. Published

    Innovative approaches in mathematical modeling: Harnessing technology for teaching second degree equations to Future Mathematics Educators in Türkiye

    Kandemir, M. A. & Eryilmaz, N., 01.01.2025, In: Social Sciences and Humanities Open. 11, 17 p., 101281.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Research on teaching of linguistically and culturally diverse students in Germany

    Ehmke, T. & Lemmrich, S., 01.01.2025, Innovative Teaching and Classroom Processes: Research Perspectives from Germany and China. Ehmke, T. & Chi-Kin lee, J. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 211-220 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  34. Published
  35. Published

    Effort–reward imbalance and burnout among German school leaders. Representative study findings and implications for an underserved occupational group

    Groß, N., Dadaczynsky, K. & Pietsch, M., 01.02.2025, In: European Journal of Public Health. 35, 1, p. 79-84 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published
  37. Published

    Putting the Instructional Leadership-Student Achievement Relation in Context: A meta-analytical big data study across cultures and time

    Pietsch, M., Aydin, B. & Gümüş, S., 03.2025, In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 47, 1, p. 29-64 36 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. E-pub ahead of print

    Revealing Entrepreneurial Acting and Thinking Among School Leaders in the K-12 Setting – A Scoping Review

    Frentz, J., Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz, S., Bellibas, M. Ş., Pashiardis, P. & Pietsch, M., 03.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Leadership and Policy in Schools. 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Investigating the situational impact of academic language demands on university students’ boredom with an instructional video

    Wirth, L., Aydin, B., Ehmke, T., Retelsdorf, J. & Kuhl, P., 10.03.2025, In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 40, 1, 22 p., 50.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Perspectives of academic staff on artificial intelligence in higher education: exploring areas of relevance

    Mah, D.-K., Knoth, N. & Egloffstein, M., 26.03.2025, In: Frontiers in Education. 10, 13 p., 1484904.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. E-pub ahead of print

    Fostering inclusive teaching competences: Concrete practice-oriented suggestions for teachers to deal with diverse learning groups in inclusive settings

    Letzel-Alt, V. & Pozas, M., 27.03.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Special Education. 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Leading the AI transformation in schools: it starts with a digital mindset

    Pietsch, M. & Mah, D.-K., 04.2025, In: Educational Technology Research and Development. 73, 2, p. 1043-1069 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  43. Accepted/In press

    The role of openness to experience in innovating teaching and instruction through leader-member exchange and teacher creativity

    Adams, D., Bellibaş, M. Ş., Muniandy, V. & Pietsch, M., 01.09.2025, In: Thinking Skills and Creativity. 57, 16 p., 101834.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  44. Published
  45. Published

    How Do AI Educators Use Open Educational Resources? A Cross-Sectoral Case Study on OER for AI Education

    Rampelt, F., Ruppert, R., Schleiss, J., Mah, D.-K., Bata, K. & Egloffstein, M., 15.04.2025, In: Open Praxis. 17, 1, p. 46-63 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    EDUCATION FUNDING AS A DETERMINANT OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM'S EFFECTIVENESS AND SOCIETAL PERFORMANCE

    Londar, S., Bosenko, O., Londar, L. & Pietsch, M., 30.04.2025, In: Financial and Credit Activity: Problems of Theory and Practice. 2, 61, p. 513-528 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Managing Stress During Long-Term Internships: What Coping Strategies Matter and Can a Workbook Help?

    Homann, H.-S. & Ehmke, T., 05.2025, In: Education Sciences. 15, 5, 26 p., 532.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  48. E-pub ahead of print

    From attitudes to self-efficacy: identifying teachers profiles to understand their differentiated instructional practice

    Pozas, M., Jordan, G. & Letzel-Alt, V., 05.05.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Special Needs Education. 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Opening the black box of teacher leader development: An investigation of teachers’ motivation to lead

    Pietsch, M., Röhl, S., Syvertsen, I. M. & Cramer, C., 06.05.2025, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 132, 15 p., 102632.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Formative assessment in inclusive mathematics education in secondary schools: A systematic review

    Töllner, F., Kuhl, P. & Besser, M., 07.05.2025, In: Education Science. 15, 5, 20 p., 577.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  51. Published

    Adaptive learning support as a key element of innovative teaching in Germany

    Lemmrich, S., Ehmke, T. & Reusser, K., 29.05.2025, Innovative Teaching and Classroom Processes: Research Perspectives from Germany and China. Ehmke, T. & Chi-Kin Lee, J. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 13-22 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  52. Published

    German and Chinese perspectives on innovative teaching and classroom processes: An introduction

    Ehmke, T. & Lee, J. C. K., 29.05.2025, Innovative Teaching and Classroom Processes: Research Perspectives from Germany and China. Ehmke, T. & Chi-Kin Lee, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-9 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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  1. Susanne Braun