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BRISE symposium on daycare centers as places of education

BRISE symposium on daycare centers as places of education

The Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development (BRISE) recently convened a symposium for specialists in this field, ranging from daycare practitioners, administrators, policymakers and academics to representatives of civil society.

How children and young people see themselves: new study explores the factors that matter

How children and young people see themselves: new study explores the factors that matter

A new meta-study provides a comprehensive overview of current research on the self-perceptions held by young people, indicating particularly close links with performance at school, motivation, support from people around them, and tailored interventions to help them gain a positive view of themselve…

ICILS 2023: Results of a comparative international study of school students’ digital literacy and skills

ICILS 2023: Results of a comparative international study of school students’ digital literacy and skills

Today, Germany’s Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in the German Länder (KMK) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) held a joint press conference, hosted by the KMK in Berlin, at which they unveiled the findings of 2023’s International…

Sixth Sino-German Didactics Dialogue Conference: IPN opens its doors for international encounters

Sixth Sino-German Didactics Dialogue Conference: IPN opens its doors for international encounters

The Leibniz-Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) is proud to have recently hosted the Sixth Sino-German Didactics Dialogue Conference, an international academic event whose realization saw the IPN teaming up with Shanghai’s East China Normal University (ECNU) and other organization…

Eco-contest: Five top prizes and 14 special prizes awarded at the BundesUmweltWettbewerb

Eco-contest: Five top prizes and 14 special prizes awarded at the BundesUmweltWettbewerb

The thirty-fourth BundesUmweltWettbewerb (BUW) competition has honored outstanding projects around helping and protecting the environment.

Report from the German national final of 2024’s International Junior Science Olympiad, Hannover

Report from the German national final of 2024’s International Junior Science Olympiad, Hannover

The International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) is a competition for bright young minds keen to tackle tricky and exciting problems from the scientific field. This year’s German national final took place between 23 and 27 September at Leibniz University Hannover, with 39 school students aged up to…

Scientific modeling processes for understanding biodiversity: IPN’s visiting professor Gonzalo Bermudez set to explore innovative teaching methods

Scientific modeling processes for understanding biodiversity: IPN’s visiting professor Gonzalo Bermudez set to explore innovative teaching methods

The IPN is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Gonzalo Bermudez of the National University of Cordoba und CONICET, Argentina, as a visiting professor. We are very excited to work with him, and wanted to know about the context of his stay and how he is anticipating his time with us.

Learning research from researchers: The profile seminar in Schleswig-Holstein's schools sees science and educators working together in close collaboration

Learning research from researchers: The profile seminar in Schleswig-Holstein's schools sees science and educators working together in close collaboration

What can be done to make complex research tangible for students, while, at the same time, enabling them to work independently on scientific topics?

New Professor for Teaching and Learning in the Digital World at CAU and IPN

New Professor for Teaching and Learning in the Digital World at CAU and IPN

Kiel University (CAU) and the Leibniz-Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) have jointly appointed Prof. Dr. Andrea Horbach to a professorship of Teaching and Learning in the Digital World, with a focal emphasis on machine learning and learning analytics.

10 steps for successful online professional development programs for teachers

10 steps for successful online professional development programs for teachers

The German Centre for Mathematics Teacher Education in (DZLM) develops and examines, among other things, digital professional development programs with self-study modules as their main component. Below we present how such digital programs can be developed. This proposal is based on findings and exp…