Alphabetical Projects Overview

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A

Abitur nach 12 oder 13 Schuljahren:
A-levels after 12 or 13 school years, scientific research accompanying the school trial in North Rhine-Westphalia, joint project with the Chair of School Research and School Education (Prof. Dr. Bellenberg) of the Ruhr-University Bochum, 2011-2013, contact person in Essen: Svenja Kühn, Isabell van Ackeren

Auslandsschulen (Eng: schools abroad)
Funded by the Mercartor Research Center Ruhr; 2012-2013; contact: Svenja Kühn

B

Begabtenförderung: (Eng: Promotion of gifted people)
External evaluation of the boarding school ‘Schloss Hansenberg’; 1st promotional phase (Hessian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, 2008-2009, in Cooperation with the University Mainz, Franz Hamburger, Katharina Heil, Margarete Imhof, Cathrin Neßler, Heiner Ullrich, Uwe Schmidt; Contact in Essen: Isabell van Ackeren)

Begabtenförderung: (Eng: Promotion of gifted people)
External evaluation of the boarding school ‘Schloss Hansenberg’, Module Teaching and Learning, 2nd promotional phase (Hessian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, 2010-2011; Heike Wegner, Jörg Weingarten; Marten Clausen, Isabell van Ackeren)

Bildungsberichterstattung: (Eng: education report)
Educational report for the Metropole Ruhr (metropoleruhr, 2009, in charge: Institution for school development research, TU Dortmund; contact in Essen: Isabell van Ackeren, Susanne Strunck)

Bildungsstandards: (Eng: educational standards)
Control effect of educational standards on the quality and comparability of examination requirements for obtaining a middle school diploma (DFG, 2011-2012, Svenja Kühn)

D

Digitale Schulentwicklung in Netzwerken "DigiSchulNet": (Eng: Digital school development in networks)
Successful conditions for inter-school cooperation in digital transformation. (BMBF in the funding line “Digitalization in education – fundamental questions and conditions of success”, 2019-2021)
Contact: Prof. Dr. Isabell van Ackeren, Dr. Marco Hasselkuß, Dr. Manuela Endberg
Applicant: Dr. Nina Bremm, Dr. Kathrin Racherbäumer (AG bifo) Prof. Dr. Michael Kerres, Lisa Gageik (LearningLab) 

E

Evidenzbasierte Schulentwicklung: (Eng: evidence-based school development)
EviS: evidence-based action in the multilevel school system – conditions, processes and effects (BMBF, joint project with the University of Mainz, 20 103, Contact in Essen: Denise Demski; Marten Clausen, Isabell van Ackeren)

F

ForUSE-digi
The research project ‘Training and support systems for school development in the context of digitization’ (ForUSE-digi) is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the meta-project ‘Digitalization in Education’ and implemented by the Education Research working group. The project is funded by BMBF under the funding line ‘Digitalization in Education – Principal Questions and Conditions of Success’ (2019-2021; in cooperation with LearningLab/ UDE, the IAQ/ UDE, the IWM/ Tübingen, the DIPF/ Frankfurt and the DIE/ Bonn.

I

Improving Schools:
Strategies für quality development of schools in difficult circumstances (BMBF, 2010-2013; Isabell van Ackeren, Christina Funke)

indive:
Individualising of learning processes, differences in teaching, networking of theory and practice (Mercator foundation, 2006-2010, continued by the faculty of educational science; Anke Liegmann, Kathrin Racherbäumer)

Individuelle Förderung: (Eng: individual promotion)
Individualised teaching in school transition periods (Kathrin Raucherbäumer)

Individuelle Förderung: (Eng: individual promotion)
Individual advancement and central examinations – opposite or two sides of the same coin? (ongoing project, Kathrin Raucherbäumer, Svenja Kühn)

Individuelle Förderung: (Eng: individual promotion)
Application and use of material and human resources for the optimal design of ‘individual support’ in teaching-learning processes (University Internal Research Promotion; University of Duisburg-Essen, 2010-2011; Anke Liegmann)

ISA:
Information System for Choice of Study and Labour Market (ongoing project; Michael Weegen)

K

KoPiP:
Context-sensitive professionalisation in the practical semester

L

Leadership und Schulentwicklung im Kontext: (Eng: Leadership and school development in context)
Funded by the German Research Council, contact: Dr. Esther Dominique Klein, Hanna Bronnert-Härle

M

Metavorhaben Digi-EBF (Teilvorhaben A): (Eng: meta plan Digi-EBF)
Funded by BMBF under the funding line “Digitisation in the education sector – fundamental questions and conditions for success” (duration: 2019-2021; in cooperation with the LearningLab/UDE, the IAQ/UDE, the IWM/Tübingen, the DIPF/Frankfurt and the DIE/Bonn)

P

Potenziale entwickeln – Schulen stärken (Eng: Developing Potentials – Enhancing Schools)
is a joint project of Stiftung Mercator, the Institute for School Development Research at the TU Dortmund University (Prof. Dr. Heinz Günter Holtappels, Project Coordination Dr. Annika Hillebrandt) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (Prof. Dr. Isabell van Ackeren, Project Coordination Dr. Nina Bremm) and is carried out in cooperation with the Quality and Support Agency - State Institute for School NRW

S

Schulinspektion: (Eng: school inspection)
External School Evaluation as a Building Block of School Quality Development in Rhineland-Palatinate: Explorative Analysis of Cross-Institutional Goals and Processes (MBWJK Rhineland-Palatinate, 2010-2011, in cooperation with the University of Mainz, Center for Research on Education and Higher Education, Frauke Choi; contact person in Essen: Isabell van Ackeren)

Schulleitungsmonitor: (Eng: school administration monitoring)
Supported by the Wübben foundation; contact: Dr. Jasmin Schwanenberg, Dr. Esther Dominique Klein. You can find the project report on the Schulleitungsmonitor here.

Schulversuch Talentschulen: (Eng: School experiment Talent schools)
Scientific accompanying research of the ‘Schulversuch Talentschulen’ of the University of Duisburg-Essen (Prof. Dr. Isabell van Ackeren, Dr. Sabrina Rutter, Laura Beckmann), funded by the Ministry for School and Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, in cooperation with the University of Siegen (Prof. Dr. Kathrin Racherbäumer, Isabel Dean), the Zurich University of Education (Prof. Dr. Nina Bremm) and the University of Innsbruck (Prof. Dr. Dominique Klein).

SKILL – "Soziale Kompetenzen von Lehrkräften zur Entwicklung von Bildungschancen für Kinder in besonderen Lebenslagen"
(Eng: SKILL – Social competences of teachers for creating education opportunities for children in special living conditions)
funded by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research (MIWF), in the context of the funding programme "Educational Research in Teacher Education", a cooperation project of ZeB and ZLB (duration: 7/2014 - 12/2017; contact: Dr. Stephan Drucks)

"Sprachsensible Schulentwicklung": (Eng: Language-sensitive school development)
Scientific study on the conditions, processes and effects of a school development programme to promote the educational language, sponsored by the Mercator foundation (contact: Isabell van Ackeren, Denise Demski and Kathrin Racherbäumer)

Standardisierte Leistungsbewertung: (Eng: standardised performance evaluations)
Configuration and professional use of criteria in central statutory audits (DFG, 2014-2016, Contact person: Svenja Kühn)

"Starke Schule": (Eng: strong school)
Scientific monitoring (Hertie Foundation, 2008-2010, in cooperation with the University of Mainz, Centre for Research on Education and Higher Education, Katharina Hombach, Frauke Choi; contact persons in Essen: Susanne Strunck, Isabell van Ackeren)

"Starke Schule": (Eng: strong school)
Scientific evaluation of the elements of the network, 2010-2012, on behalf of the Hertie Foundation in cooperation with the University of Mainz, Centre for Quality Assurance and Development; Uwe Schmidt, Simone Herrlinger; contact person in Essen: Isabell van Ackeren)

StiPS: Studienprojekte im Praxissemester (Eng: StiPS: study projects in the practical semester)
Reconstruction of in-situ processes into professionalization possibilities in the practical semester. Cooperation project of the University of Cologne (Prof. Dr. Petra Herzmann, Dr. Michaela Artmann) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (Dr. Anke B. Liegmann) (10/2016-10/2018)

Studienseminarprogramme (Eng: study seminar programmes)
Scientific evaluation of the educational science parts of the study seminar programmes in NRW (MSW Düsseldorf, 2009-2010; Maike Neu-Clausen, Denise Demski; Isabell van Ackeren)

U

UDIN:
Teaching development in secondary level I digital and inclusive through Research Learning Communities (UDIN), funded by the BMBF in the funding line "Design of educational processes under the conditions of digital change (digitization II)" (duration: 2020-2023; joint project with the University of Siegen), contact persons in Essen: Anke B. Liegmann, René Breiwe

Z

Zentrale Prüfungen: (Eng: central examinations)
Conditions and effects of decentralised and centralised final examinations in science teaching, 2. Funding phase (DFG, 2009-2011, in cooperation with Hans E. Fischer, Didactics of Physics; Dominique Klein, Mirko Krüger; Isabell van Ackeren, Svenja Kühn)

Zentrale Prüfungen: (Eng: central examinations)
Conditions and effects of decentralised and centralised final examinations in science teaching, 1. Funding phase (DFG, 2006-2009; Isabell van Ackeren, Rainer Block, Dominique Klein, Svenja Kühn)