Research and Work Focus of the Team
Research Areas
- Professionalization of teachers in the context of societal transformation
- Mechanisms and conditions for effective professional development and school improvement
- School organization, governance, and collaboration structures as foundations of effective schools
- Instructional quality and impactful teaching and learning processes
- Digital and hybrid learning environments, with a focus on virtual reality and social media in teacher education
- Challenges and opportunities of alternative certification and lateral entry into the teaching profession
- Qualitative and quantitative evaluation research on professional learning in school settings
Work Areas
- Design, implementation, and evaluation of professional development and school development processes
- Research-based support and consultation for schools and educational stakeholders in collaborative projects
- Development, implementation, and analysis of digitally supported learning formats in teacher education
- Development and refinement of instruments for assessing teachers’ professional competencies and learning processes
- Systematic integration of research, teaching, and knowledge transfer in university-based teacher education)
