News at the IFS
IFS lecture series with Prof. Bryony Hoskins: democratic education and the reproduction of social inequalities
Professor Dr. Bryony Hoskins from Roehampton University in London was a virtual guest at the start of the IFS lecture series "Political and Civic…

IFS lecture series "political and civic education"
This summer semester, the IFS lecture series is dedicated to the topic of "political and civic education". Every week, renowned national and…

Teaching during the coronavirus pandemic: nationwide survey for teachers
The IFS starts a nationwide survey for teachers dealing with teaching during the coronavirus pandemic. How do teachers deal with it? How do teaching…

Practical findings concerning educated and everyday vocabulary
Educated and everyday vocabulary are needed in many situations; thus, school helps to improve and to develop the knowledge. Education should therefore…

NEPS meeting
Two important days for the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) in Germany: The scientific heads of the educational stages in the life course,…

Strengthening international cooperation: Nele McElvany as a Visiting Researcher at UCLA
Since February, Nele McElvany has been a Visiting Researcher at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing…

Out now: Latest issue of the Journal for Educational Research Online
Multiprofessional collaboration at all-day schools and co-determination of students under consideration of individual and school context…

Professor Michael Becker starts at the IFS
The IFS welcomes Michael Becker! With the beginning of March, he has taken up one of the professorships at the IFS. His research group “Empirical…

Start of the second survey stage in the project Stereotype Threat
The project Stereotype Threat starts its second survey stage. The project examines the effect of stereotypes on vocabulary acquisition of learners in…

International Mother Language Day
The International Mother Language Day celebrates and encourages the linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. On occasion of this day,…

Dortmund Master Plan Science 2.0: Opening session of the panel “excellence and network”
The IFS took part in the opening session of the panel “excellence and network” as part of the Dortmund Master Plan Science 2.0. The scientific…

Robotic groups in schools stimulate interest in STEM
Together with the Center for Higher Education (zhb), the IFS conducted a research concerning the benefits of robotic groups in schools. The study…
