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“Parents need to understand that homework is different today.”
Prof. Knut Neumann, Director of the IPN Department of Physics Education, talks to Julia André and Britta Kölling about parents’ perspectives on artificial intelligence in schools.
The Subject of Evolution in Kindergarten
What children think about basic principles of evolution
Genius or Diligence?
Ability beliefs in prospective teachers
Prof. Dr. Janice Gobert visits IPN – AI-based support for teachers and students in science education
In September, the Department of Physics Education at IPN had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Janice Gobert from Rutgers Graduate School of Education (USA) to Kiel.
“It is important to understand that external influences can affect genetic predispositions.”
Why social, political and economic factors should not be ignored in human genetics - nor in biology lessons
Between Burnout and Job Satisfaction
What role does teacher well-being play in teacher shortages, teaching quality, and student development?
Election to the German Life Sciences Association’s Biology Education Section: an IPN man takes the chair
The 2025 annual general meeting of the German Life Sciences Association’s Biology Education Section (Fachsektion Didaktik der Biologie, FDdB), which took place in Innsbruck in September, saw the election of the IPN’s Prof. Dr. Moritz Krell, deputy head of our Department of Biology Education, as its…
Successes at the German final of the International Junior Science Olympiad 2025, Hannover
The International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) is a competition in which young people tackle exciting challenges in science subjects. This year’s German final saw 39 school students, the best-performing of 3,800 initial participants, meeting from September 22 to 26 at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
International Exchange on student olympiads: Visiting Scholar from Malaysia at IPN
In September 2025, Syamil Ahmad Shakir from the Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia spent two weeks as a visiting scholar at the IPN. Mr. Shakir has been active in STEM talent development for many years, coordinating the Mathematics Olympiad Program in Malaysia and contributing to the National Physics …
Much to celebrate at the BundesUmweltWettbewerb: Environmental projects honored with awards
The BundesUmweltWettbewerb (BUW), a competition that honors outstanding projects related to caring for the environment, held its annual awards ceremony on September 20, 2025, at the Natur- und Umweltschutz-Akademie in Recklinghausen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. A total of four top prizes…
