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. Published

    The psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Teachers’ Attitudes towards Differentiated Instructional Scale

    Alnahdi, G. H., Pozas, M., Sulaimani, M. F. & Letzel-Alt, V., 22.08.2025, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 16, 8 p., 1425152.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The role of beliefs in teacher professionalisation for multilingual classroom settings

    Schroedler, T. & Fischer, N., 03.2020, In: European Journal of Applied Linguistics . 8, 1, p. 49-72 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    The role of empathy and empathic leadership practices in schools – a scoping review

    Manke, S. N., Pietsch, M. & Freund, P. A., 19.06.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Review. 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    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

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    „The same or different?“ – Effekte von Unterrichtsanalyse und Unterrichtsreflexion auf die Veränderung kognitiver und motivationaler Merkmale professioneller Lehrkompetenz

    Lohse-Bossenz, H., Schmitt, M., Lenske, G. & Gold, B., 10.2023, In: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. 26, 5, p. 1281-1300 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Sound of Skateboarding: Aspects of a Transcultural Anthropology of Sound

    Maier, C. J., 2016, In: The Senses & Society. 11, 1, p. 24-35 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Transformation of East German Higher Education: Renewal as Adaptation, Integration and Innovation

    De Rudder, H., 07.1997, In: Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy. 35, 2, p. 99-125 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    To Show is To Preserve – figures and demonstrations: Ausstellung in der Halle für Kunst e.V. in Lüneburg, 27. September bis 18. November 2008

    Beck, M. (Editor), Birkenstock, E. (Editor), Franzbecker, J. (Editor), Hinderer, M. (Editor), Karn, H. (Editor), Loichinger, H. C. (Editor), Mayer, K. (Editor) & Schlüters, E. (Editor), 2009, Hamburg: Textem Verlag. 45 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch