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

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Published

    DaZ-Kompetenzen angehender Lehrkräfte des Faches Sachunterricht sowie der aus dem Sachunterricht hervorgehenden Fächer

    Vasylyeva, T., Ehmke, T., Gövert, A., Kassem, A. & Niederhaus, C., 01.03.2024, Mehrsprachigkeit in der Schule: Sprachbildung im und durch Sachunterricht. Blumberg, E., Niederhaus, C. & Mischendahl, A. (eds.). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, p. 310-330 21 p.

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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Entwicklung eines fachdidaktischen Kategoriensystems zur Analyse des kognitivaktivierenden Potenzials von Aufgaben – ein Beitrag zur Unterrichtsqualitätsforschung in der beruflichen Fachrichtung Pflege

    Wesselborg, B., Weyland, U. & Kleinknecht, M., 23.09.2019, Jahrbuch der berufs- und wirtschaftspädagogischen Forschung 2019. Wittmann, E., Frommberger, D. & Weyland, U. (eds.). Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 75-92 18 p. (Schriftenreihe der Sektion Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE); vol. 1).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  8. Published

    Analyse des kognitiven Potenzials von Aufgaben in der beruflichen Fachrichtung Pflege: Entwicklung und Erprobung eines fachdidaktischen Kategoriensystems

    Wesselborg, B., Kleinknecht, M., Bögemann-Grossheim, E. & Hoenen, M., 17.06.2022, Professionalisierung der Gesundheitsberufe: berufliche und hochschulische Bildung im Spiegel aktueller Forschung . Weyland, U. & Reiber, K. (eds.). Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Franz Steiner Verlag, p. 321-348 28 p. (Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik - Beihefte; vol. 33).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. 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

  10. 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