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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)

Empirical Educational Research in Primary and Secondary Education (Team Heppt)

Empirical Educational Research with a focus on Attitudes, Motivation and Well-being (Team Stang-Rabrig)

Educational Data Science (Team Deputy Professor Wu)
Latest news from the IFS
Successful VKS on “Well-being in the Educational Context”

beVinuS.nrw: Findings on the use of digital mathematics learning resources

Tuesdays for Education on January 20 – Political Education

DFG research project CIVIC investigates civic literacy among young people






