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. 2025
  2. Published

    How school leadership and innovation shape instructional pathways to student achievement across nations: Evidence from multilevel structural equation modeling and decision tree analysis

    Aydın, B., Fokkema, M., Eryilmaz, N., Muijs, D., Scherer, R. & Pietsch, M., 01.12.2025, In: Studies in Educational Evaluation. 87, 12 p., 101521.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    A critical evaluation of alignment optimization for improving cross- national comparability in international large-scale assessments

    Sandoval-Hernández, A., Carrasco, D. & Eryilmaz, N., 12.2025, In: Studies in Educational Evaluation. 87, 13 p., 101519.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Generative AI in teacher education: Educators’ perceptions of transformative potentials and the triadic nature of AI literacy explored through AI-enhanced methods

    Prilop, C. N., Mah, D.-K., Jacobsen, L. J., Hansen, R. R., Weber, K. E. & Hoya, F., 12.2025, In: Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. 9, 15 p., 100471.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published
  6. Published

    Unpacking the microfoundations of educational innovation and change: a multi-level study of ambidexterity, commitment, and trust using Coleman’s bathtub model

    Pietsch, M., Buyukgoze, H., Gümüş, S., Çoban, Ö. & Özdemir, N., 15.11.2025, In: Public Management Review. p. 1-40

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Identity formation in minority education in the Danish-German border region

    Perlinger, J. & Wischmann, A., 12.11.2025, In: European Educational Research Journal. p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Microfoundations of open innovation in schools: overcoming teachers’ not-invented-here syndrome with transformational leadership and leader-member-exchange

    Witthöft, J., Adams, D., Aydin, B., Muniandy, V. & Pietsch, M., 05.11.2025, In: School Leadership and Management. p. 1-25 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published
  10. Published

    Automated scoring in the era of artificial intelligence: An empirical study with Turkish essays

    Aydın, B., Kışla, T., Elmas, N. T. & Bulut, O., 10.2025, In: System. 133, 12 p., 103784.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  11. Published

    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

  12. E-pub ahead of print

    Outdoor education in school curricula: a Norwegian–German comparative analysis

    Perlinger, J., 22.08.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education. 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. 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

  14. E-pub ahead of print

    Instructional Leadership Moderating the Impact of (In)Congruency Between Peer and Individual Student SES on Achievement

    Bellibaş, M. Ş., Aydın, B., Bowers, A., Perry, L. & Pietsch, M., 20.08.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Leadership and Policy in Schools. 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    A Co-Creative Approach for AI-Enhanced Instructional Design: Combining Generative Artificial Intelligence and Learning Analytics

    Mah, D.-K. & Egloffstein, M., 07.08.2025, In: The Journal of Applied Instructional Design. 2025

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. E-pub ahead of print

    From theory to practice: Exploring Nigerian student teachers' experiences of managing learners with special needs in inclusive classrooms

    Nwosu, K. C., Letzel-Alt, V. & Pozas, M., 31.07.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Special Education. 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. E-pub ahead of print

    Leader-Member Exchange and Teacher Creativity in Nigerian Schools: The Mediating Role of Paradox Mindset and Individual Ambidexterity

    Ugwuanyi, C. S., Bellibaş, M. Ş. & Pietsch, M., 31.07.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Leadership and Policy in Schools. 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. E-pub ahead of print
  19. 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

  20. E-pub ahead of print

    ICT knowledge absorptive capacity: A critical factor for technology integration in schools

    Fischer‐Schöneborn, S., Brown, C., Aydin, B., MacGregor, S. & Pietsch, M., 13.06.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Educational Technology. 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Die Zukunft aktiv gestalten: Digitale Transformation und Künstliche Intelligenz in Bildung und Wissenschaft

    Mah, D.-K., 12.06.2025, Zukunftsgestalter Deutschlands: Pioniergeschichten aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Politik und Zivilgesellschaft. Weissenberger-Eibl, M. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Gabler, p. 153-166 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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