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IFS in a nutshell
The Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS) at the TU Dortmund University is committed to all areas of education research – from the description, explanation, and improvement of the organization and management of schools and the school system, to the analysis of educational processes and educational outcomes of students of different age groups in different contexts. Not limited to students, the research takes into account parents, teachers, school administration, and institutional frameworks. A special focus is research into the reform and development processes of schools and the school system, as well as the necessary conditions for these processes and their outcomes.
Research areas at IFS
Empirical Educational Research with a Focus on Teaching and Learning (Team McElvany)
Empirical Educational Research with a Focus on Individual Developmental Trajectories and Institutional Contexts (Team Becker)
Educational Data Science (Team Gaspard)
Empirical Educational Research in Primary and Secondary Education (Team Heppt)
Empirical Educational Research with a Focus on School and Classroom Research (Team Deputy Professor Naumann)
Latest news from the IFS
Article in Frontiers in Education published
This article examines pre-service teachers' competences for digital collaboration.
IFS participates in the raising of DGPs co-operation grant
Dr. Justine Stang-Rabrig and her research colleagues successfully raise a cooperation grant from the Educational Psychology Section of the DGPs.
Tuesdays for Education 5.11. – Conditions for reading literacy
To improve reading skills, vocabulary and decoding skills must be promoted and family-related differences must be compensated for more effectively.
IFS at the TU Dortmund University Open Day on November 9, 2025
IFS takes part in TU Dortmund University's Open Day with a simulation game on the research process – educational research that you can touch!
Current events at the IFS
Save the Date – IFS Virtual Keynote Series 13th and 20th January 2025: „Language and learning in multilingual families and classrooms“
