News at the IFS

12/08/2023

Education Day - School performance studies provide indispensable information

On "Education Day", IFS emphasizes the importance of international school performance studies as a central cornerstone of evaluating the education…

12/05/2023

PISA report underlines PIRLS results: Strengthening basic skills

Reducing the link between social background and educational success and overcoming the education crisis requires a strengthening of basic skills.

11/30/2023

IFS Alumni Meeting – Focus on career paths

At the IFS alumni meeting, former and current IFS employees exchanged views on career paths outside the university.

11/24/2023

International exchange on self-regulated learning

Professor Charlotte Dignath's team discussed self-regulated learning with experts from the University of Stavanger.

11/22/2023

Article published in Social Psychology of Education

This study examines the association and connection of teachers’ prosociality with their well-being by engagement in family–school partnerships.

11/17/2023

6th volume of the "IFS Educational Dialogues" series published

The 6th volume of the IFS Education Dialogues series deals with the topic of "Learning in and for schools in the age of digitality".

11/17/2023

IFS on the nationwide reading day at WDR Morgenecho

To mark the nationwide Read Aloud Day, Dr. Ulrich Ludewig spoke to Thomas Schaaf on WDR Morgenecho about pupils' reading performance.

11/14/2023

Together for better education: Tuesdays for Education

Tuesdays for Education explores the question of how digital media are used in primary school lessons in an international comparison.

11/08/2023

Professor Nele McElvany gives input lecture at parliamentary breakfast

Focus on democracy and political education – Professor Nele McElvany gives input lecture at parliamentary breakfast.

10/30/2023

Hands-on school research: Open Day on 28.10.2023

On the open day of the TU Dortmund, interested people could inform themselves about school and educational research at the IFS.

10/27/2023

Hanna Gaspard represents professorship for empirical educational research in the context of societal heterogeneity

As of November 1, 2020, PD Dr. Hanna Gaspard has taken over the professorship for empirical educational research in the context of societal…

10/26/2023

IFS welcomes substitute professor Dr. Alexander Naumann

Dr. Alexander Naumann is filling in for the Educational Data Science professorship from October 2023 to September 2024.