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

    Geschlechterkonstruktion in der Trendsportart (Military-) Hindernislauf

    Perlinger, J. & Todzi, O., 2024, Abstractband SORRY OUT OF GENDER - THE FUTURE IS DIVERS: Intersektional und Identitätskritisch. 28. Jahrestagung der DVS-Kommission Geschlechter- und Diversitätsforschung. Günter, S. (ed.). Hannover, p. 26-27 2 p.

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

  2. Published
  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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