Qualification work
Qualification theses are regularly advertised as part of the projects linked to the IZeF. This includes Bachelor's and Master's theses for students as well as topics and project opportunities for doctoral theses (including habilitations). In 2020/21, for example, a total of 77 qualification theses were written, including one dissertation, 31 Bachelor's theses and 45 Master's theses (you can read more details in the current IZeF biennial report ). Through the connection to the research projects at IZeF, current topics from the field of teacher and teaching research are announced and made available for qualification theses. This enables the treatment of relevant research questions and the processing of important research desiderata with a close connection and supervision within the framework of the projects as well as other offers of the participating professorships, such as colloquia.
Due to the large number of projects, a wide range of topics can be offered, from relevant issues to specific research methodological questions.
Below you will find 1. publications from the area of promoting young researchers and 2. information on writing theses in the Empirical School Research department with a focus on quantitative methods.
Current calls
We would like to draw your attention to three new publications (open access) in the field of promoting young researchers.
Structuring the lesson: An empirical investigation of pre-service teacher decision-making during the planning of a demonstration lesson
Krepf, M., & König, J. (2022). Structuring the lesson: An empirical investigation of pre-service teacher decision-making during the planning of a demonstration lesson. Journal of Education for Teaching. DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2022.2151877. Download
In the study, structuring was measured as an aspect of the situation-specific ability of (prospective) teachers' lesson planning skills.
Structuring as a planning aspect can be understood as a clear, recognisable division of the lesson into individual phases, in which the teacher gradually builds up the complexity of the content to be learnt and ensures that the lesson runs smoothly through appropriate sequencing. A standardised (content-analytical) procedure for analysing written lesson plans was developed to measure this. In terms of content, two subscales (contextualisation and phasing) could be empirically separated, which could be hierarchised in terms of their degree of explication (naming, justifying, linking). In addition, it was shown that there was an increase in measured planning competence in the aspect of structuring over the course of the traineeship.
Dr. Matthias Krepf
Qualification objective: The focus of the habilitation is on modelling, measuring and validating the instructional planning skills of (prospective) teachers. The habilitation procedure is expected to be completed in 2024.
Measuring teacher noticing: A scoping review of standardized instruments
Weyers, J., König, J., Santagata, R., Scheiner, Th., & Kaiser, G. (2023). Measuring teacher noticing: A scoping review of standardized instruments. Teaching and Teacher Education. DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2022.103970. Download
The article provides an overview of the standardised assessment of teacher noticing, presenting 22 existing instruments and discussing in particular the validation approaches and the relationship between conceptualisation and standardised assessment.
Teacher noticing is increasingly accepted as a relevant competence facet of teachers, which means that there is also a growing concern to record this construct in a standardised way. This review presents 22 measurement instruments - identified in a systematic literature search. Teacher noticing is usually conceptualised in terms of different processing methods (e.g. perceiving and interpreting). The measurement approaches generally combine short instructional videos with different response formats. With regard to test quality, the article also discusses validation approaches that have been little used to date, such as correlations with teaching quality and professional knowledge.
Jonas Weyers
Qualification objective: Doctoral project on the video-based assessment of teacher competence, expected completion 2023
2. Theses in the field of empirical school research with a focus on quantitative methods
Bachelor and Master theses
Would you like to write a Bachelor's or Master's thesis in the field of Empirical School Research with a focus on quantitative methods? Here you can find out more about your options and current offers to participate in a thesis.
