IFS Lecture Series with Professor Anita Schilcher

As part of the IFS lecture series, Professor Anita Schilcher (University of Regensburg) was a guest at the IFS. Professor Schilcher and her colleague Mara Rader gave a presentation on the impact of teachers’ domain-specific professional knowledge on students’ academic progress in German.

Professor Anita Schilcher holds the Chair of Didactics of German Language and Literature at the University of Regensburg. Her research focuses on key areas of German language teaching, particularly reading and writing instruction, literary learning, and the professionalism of German language teachers. A major focus is on the development and empirical investigation of approaches to promoting reading and writing, especially in elementary schools. Another focus is the study of teachers’ subject-specific professional knowledge and its significance for high-quality instruction. In this context, she is involved in larger research consortia and projects, such as those focused on measuring and promoting teacher competencies or on evidence-based reading and writing instruction. 

The IFS lecture series takes place on Thursdays from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. in Room 022 of the CDI Building. This year, the series focuses on the topic “Paths of School Development.”

Many thanks to Professor Anita Schilcher for her inspiring lecture and to all participants for their interest!