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)