The department analyses individual and differential developmental processes in both formal and non-formal learning environments, adding an individual perspective to the DIPF’s scope of research.
About
The department focuses on the individual development of children in educational contexts such as the family and daycare settings. In the area of basic research, individual prerequisites and conditions for successful learning are examined, as well as familial and institutional frameworks, such as the quality of interactions and the professional competencies of pedagogical staff.
In addition to the basic research of the department, practical applications focus on individual diagnostics and support in daycare center and school: Diagnostic procedures are developed and standardised for assessing individual learning dispositions and learning disorders. Existing approaches to integrated, everyday education and individual support (e.g. acquistion of reading skills) and prevention of educational failure (e.g. language training) are evaluated. Part of our practical research is also designing and validating own approaches as well as the scientific monitoring of pilot and model projects. Another important aspect is the potential of digital media to support learning and educational processes, as well as the development of quality.
The overall objective is to obtain theoretically and empirically based foundations for designing educational processes in their educational contexts across the lifespan – with focus on early education – so that deeper insights can be gained into the potentials for development and the possibilities for changing individual behaviour and experiences.
Important activities in infrastructure and networking are brought together in the department:
- the coordination and laboratories of the Center for Research on Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA)
- support for the accompanying scientific evaluation of the Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development (BRISE) with two subprojects
- the participation in the joint initiative LONDI – The development of an online platform for diagnosis and remediation of children with learning disabilities
Units
Cognitive Development
For the development of learning, change processes at different time levels play a crucial role. Our lab investigates the multivariate dynamics of such processes with empirical studies on the intraindividual variability of cognitive performance and emotional wellbeing, as well as relevant determinants, in everyday and school contexts.
Development of Successful Learning
Particular difficulties in acquiring written language and mathematics increase the risk of children's educational failure. The diagnosis, prevention and overcoming of such learning and performance difficulties, e.g. through individual support, is a central part of the research in this department unit.
Early Education and Child Development
Influences and potential effects of familial and institutional conditions on the individual development of children in the first six years of life are examined. The aim is to (further) develop effective support approaches for various educational contexts, such as the family and daycare settings.
IDeA Labs
The IDeA Labs are part of the IDeA Centre, where the development of children with educational risks is empirically investigated. The lab structure includes facilities, testing equipment, as well as personnel and serves to support researchers in conducting behavior-based and neuroscientific studies.
IDeA-Coordination
At the IDeA Centre, the development and learning of children with educational risks is studied interdisciplinarily. The coordination is responsible for networking, public relations, events, membership promotion and administration of the centre and serves as a unit of the Scientific Board.
Individualised Interventions
We develop psychological interventions that improve children’s educational prospects. To this end, we research how children acquire knowledge and how this process can be promoted. And we develop technologies that help integrate interventions into everyday life and promote self-regulated learning.
Management
Prof. Dr. Yvonne AndersContact
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- BALU – Belief Revision through Autonomous Learning in Ugandan School Children
- BRISE – Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development
- BiPra-Text – Bilingual Practices for Text Comprehension and Production
- BiSS-Transfer – Education Through Language and Writing
- CERES – Connecting the EdTech Research EcoSystem
- CIDER IV – College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research
- CLaB – Child Language Brokering: Perspectives of Teachers and Learners on a Translingual Everyday Practice
- Campus Schools Frankfurt
- DYNAMIC – Dynamic Network Approach of Mental Health in Children and Adolescents
- FLINK – How to Read Fluently: Individual Intervention of Reading Competencies
- GamA – Gamified Assessment
- Hector – Scientific Support for the Hector Children's Academies in Baden-Württemberg
- IDeA Taskforce Recruitment – Participation in Research Projects of the IDeA Centre
- INCLASS – Inclusion of Children on the Autism Spectrum in School
- InSel – Recognise Internalising Symptoms and Respond Professionally
- LONDI 2 – Implementation and Evaluation of the LONDI Platform for Diagnosis and Remediation of Learning Disorders
- Mental Health in School
- MotivO – Reading Motivation and Reading Achievement across Orthographies
- PREDICT – Prediction Generation as a Tool to Activate Children’s Prior Knowledge and Improve Learning
- PRISMA – Putting Dyadic Teacher-Child Relationships under the Microscope
- PROM3THEUS – Practical Orientation, Methodology, and Theory Development in Educational Research
- PROMPT – Optimizing Self-Regulated Learning Processes With Digital Prompts
- Rocket – The Role of Orthographic Knowledge in Reading and Spelling Development
- SchuMaS - Schule macht stark
- zEbra – Social Belonging in the Real and Digital World
Online Resources
- BiSS-Tool-Database – Tools for Linguistic Education
- FLINK – How to Read Fluently
- INCLASS Learning Platform
- LONDI – Online Platform for the Diagnosis and Remediation of Learning Disorders
- PROMPT Learning Planner App
Staff
- Rebecca Aissa, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Development of Successful Learning
- PD Dr. Katrin Arens, Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Friederike Blume, Post-doc Researcher, Cognitive Development
- Dr. Jasmin Breitwieser, Academic Staff, Individualised Interventions
- Prof. Dr. Garvin Brod, Professor, Individualised Interventions
- Dr. Nina Brück, Coordinator, Development of Successful Learning
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Büttner, Associated Researcher, Development of Successful Learning
- Verena Diel, Dipl.-Psych., Officer
- Prof. Dr. Jan-Henning Ehm, Associated Researcher
- Dr. Anne Fischbach, Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Elena Galeano Weber, Academic Staff
- Zoe Gallagher, Coordinator, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Sabrina Geyer, Associated Researcher, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Anne Grünert, Associated Researcher, Cognitive Development
- Prof. Dr. Marcus Hasselhorn, Head of Unit, Development of Successful Learning
- Elfriede Holstein, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Individualised Interventions
- Dr. Andrea Irmer, Academic Staff, Cognitive Development
- Dr. Fenke Kachisi, Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Sebastian Korinth, Academic Staff, IDeA Labs
- Ann-Kathrin Krause, Doctoral Candidate, Individualised Interventions
- Theresa Linkhorst, Assistant, IDeA-Coordination
- Dr. Lucas Lörch, Academic Staff, Individualised Interventions
- Dr. Patrick Lösche, Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Jelena Marković, Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Katharina Merz, Assistant, IDeA-Coordination
- Leonie Mouret, Associated Researcher, Cognitive Development
- PD Dr. Telse Nagler, Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Gabriele Naumann-Dietzsch, Assistant, Cognitive Development
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Neubauer, Associated Researcher, Cognitive Development
- Lea Nobbe, Associated Researcher, Individualised Interventions
- Katharina Ochs, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Cognitive Development
- Dr. Björn Rump, Head of Unit, IDeA Labs
- Marisa Rüsenberg, M.Ed., Doctoral Candidate, Development of Successful Learning
- Aamir Sajjad, Software Engineer, IDeA Labs
- Mirijam Schaaf, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Individualised Interventions
- Dr. Martin Schastak, Academic Staff, Cognitive Development
- Prof. Dr. Florian Schmiedek, Professor, Cognitive Development, IDeA-Coordination
- Theresa Serratore, Doctoral Candidate, Cognitive Development
- Carolyn Seybel, M.A., Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Rebecca Silva von Heesen, Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Somphop Sukjaitham, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Individualised Interventions
- Prof. Dr. Maria Theobald, Associated Researcher, Individualised Interventions
- Dr. Kathleen Thomas, Academic Staff, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Cora Titz, Academic Staff
- Dr. Linda Visser, Associated Researcher, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Carlo Vreden, Academic Staff, Individualised Interventions
- Leonie Weindorf, M.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, Development of Successful Learning
- Joana Wende, Assistant, Cognitive Development, Individualised Interventions
- Dr. Lena Wieland, Junior Research Group Leader, Cognitive Development
- Meret Wiemer, Doctoral Candidate, Development of Successful Learning
- Dr. Annett Wilde, Coordinator, IDeA Labs, IDeA-Coordination
