The Journal of Curriculum Studies has recently published a special issue on the topic of "Teacher Education Effectiveness, featuring several contributions from the Emerging Group: Proving the Effectiveness of Teacher Education. More information and access to the articles can be found here.

Sample contributions:

• König, J., Heine, S., Kramer, C., Weyers, J., Becker-Mrotzek, M., Großschedl, J., Hanisch, Ch., Hanke, P., Hennemann, Th., Jost, J., Kaspar, K. Rott, B., & Strauß, S. (2023). Teacher education effectiveness as an emerging research paradigm: a synthesis of reviews of empirical studies published over three decades (1993–2023). Journal of Curriculum Studies, 56(4), 371–391. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2023.2268702
• Rauterkus, H., Hennemann, T., Hagen, T., Krull, J., Nitz, J., Eiben, K., Kulawiak, P. R., Verbeck, L., & Hanisch, C. (2024). Teachers’ ability to regulate their emotions predicts their levels of stress in primary schools in Germany. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 56(4), 468–479. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2024.2312391
• Weyers, J., Ligtvoet, R., & König, J. (2024). How does pre-service teachers’ general pedagogical knowledge develop during university teacher education? Examining the impact of learning opportunities and entry characteristics over five time points using longitudinal models. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 56(4), 448–467. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2024.2355923

You can find a report on IZeF and the 10th anniversary of the center in the current issue of the Kölner Universitätsmagazin.

On the occasion of IZeF's 10th anniversary, it is time for a summary of core results from various research projects. The anniversary volume provides an overview of what has been achieved, analyses examples in greater depth and at the same time highlights the IZeF's key development prospects for the coming years. The thematic focus of the IZeF lies in the areas of competence measurement and effectiveness of teacher education, media and digitalisation, language education, persistence and change in schools, teaching and the teaching profession as well as mental health in educational institutions. Two research projects from each of these five areas are presented as examples in this volume. Two further chapters reflect and summarise the interdisciplinary research carried out by the IZeF to date from a special educational and didactic perspective.

König, J., Hanisch, C.,  Hanke, P.,  Hennemann, T.,  Kaspar,  K., Martens, M., & Strauß, S. (Hrsg.) (2024). Auf die Lehrperson und ihren Unterricht kommt es an. Zehn Jahre empirische Professions- und Unterrichtsforschung im IZeF der Universität zu Köln. Münster: Waxmann. Download

Under the motto “Education as the key to social challenges: Interdisciplinary Contributions from Educational Research”, the 12th GEBF Conference will take place in Mannheim next year from January 27-29.

The IZeF will be represented with the symposium “Effectiveness of interventions in teacher training - curricular and methodological innovations” and the following four presentations:

König et al: Interventions in teacher education: synthesis of 27 literature reviews
Kaiser & Melzer et al: Intervention study on competencies of (prospective) teachers in inclusive mathematics education - first results from the longitudinal study TEDS-IME
Großschedl & Sommerer et al: Theory-practice integration through research-based learning in teacher training: a learning opportunity to improve the ability to reflect
Strauß et al: CLEVER - Classroom Management Video Intervention - From intervention to implementation of a video-based course to promote classroom management skills in student teachers

The date of the symposium will be announced in December and we will inform you here.

The latest IZeF Newsletter has been published and is available for download here.

During the practical semester, students can obtain digitally supported, criteria-based feedback on the quality of their pupils' teaching. The feedback can be used for the further development of the lessons, for the study project or the final examination as well as for the assessment and perspective discussion.

You can find more information here and the CAP publication here.