Research focus of the department
In its research work, the department investigates the professionalization of pedagogical staff in the school institution. In particular, we focus on university teacher education, but also on professional development and continuing education. The central question is to what extent the offer and use of selected learning opportunities can contribute to teachers and school administrators being able to cope with their professional tasks. The projects of the department can be divided into two main research areas:
Research on the acquisition of professional competence in education, training and professional practice of teachers and school administrators
Schule macht stark
Best educational opportunities for socially disadvantaged students: This is the goal of the federal-state initiative Schule macht stark. Together with the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), the University of Potsdam is responsible for the content cluster professionalization.
SYNERGIE
The SYNERGIE project is being carried out jointly with the Leibniz Institute for Educational Research (DIPF) and the University of Wuppertal. The aim of the project is to support and qualify teams of head teachers and other school management staff in their strategic planning and implementation of further training.
Research on the use of digital media for the professional learning of educational staff
Evaluation of the training management tool „FORMAT“ (E-FORMAT)
E-FORMAT is a research project that accompanies the implementation of the training management tool "FORMAT" and examines its contribution to the strengthening and professionalization of school personnel development.
Virtual Classroom
In this project we use a virtual classroom as part of a seminar to teach students skills in classroom management. In the seminar students can learn how to recognize and deal with classroom disorders through the use of virtual reality. The project is carried out in cooperation with the department "Complex Multimedia Application Architectures" at the University of Potsdam.
