Research at the Faculty of Education

Education as a modern empirical science follows rigorous methodological criteria and ethical research standards. The diversity both of research topics and of empirical approaches is as wide as the diversity of our two dozen Chairs.

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Research in focus

TUD-Sylber

The package of measures 'Synergetic Teacher Training in an Excellent Framework' (TUD-Sylber) was also successful in the second round of the 'Quality Campaign for Teacher Training' (BMBF). In terms of funding, teacher training at the TU Dresden is ranked 7th in Germany and 1st in eastern Germany. Several colleagues from the Faculty of Education are also involved in the current second round of research with their own sub-projects.

Universitätsschule Dresden

Innovative forms of teaching, learning and living together are being developed, trialled and scientifically evaluated at the University School Dresden, which is currently being founded. The university school offers an opportunity to think about the school of the future and to test it under scientific supervision. It will be a research institution of the TU Dresden.

OptLA - Option to study for a technical teaching degree

OptLA is a project for the realization of a new study path with the career goal of becoming a teacher at vocational schools. To this end, in cooperation with the TU Dresden, courses in engineering pedagogy with a Bachelor's degree are being implemented at Saxon universities of applied sciences, which enable graduates to enter the teacher training course at the TU Dresden more easily. The project is responsible for the structure and implementation of the Bachelor's degree course as well as the organization of the transition to the teacher training course.

Diversity of topics and empirical approaches

Given the variety of educational topics and phenomena, in order to meet the complexity of the subject, psychological and sociological aspects always have to be analysed as well.

Culture and Societal Change
This is the name of one of the trans-faculty Research Priority Areas (RPA) of Technische Universität Dresden (Research Priority Area 5). These key words, moreover, create a meta-theoretical framework. Research at the Faculty of Education is therefore not limited to the obvious teaching and learning research. Our research topics originate in education spheres of the complete lifespan, at all times embedded in most diverse social systems. The focus of research is thus both on education at school and outside school, on training and counselling, the promotion of pedagogical and socio-pedagogical employment, as well as on continuing and vocational education research.

Which projects are currently in focus?
The focal points of research and current projects are presented where the research is conducted – at the Chairs. It is envisaged to regularly present projects on this site as well, to outline our research strategy, and to discuss methodical and ethical questions of research. In order to optimise our work, for the term 2018-2021, a Dean of Research is reinforcing our Dean’s Office. Since January 2019, Prof Dr Stephan Abele is our Vice-Dean of Research.

The Research Information System of TU Dresden
Our research projects are documented in a browser-based data base application with a public search interface (projects, publications, dissertations, masters' theses). In the context of the Excellence Initiative, a completely new research information system based on PURE (Elsevier) is under implementation. This will provide a better and real-time representation particularly of research and transfer at the Faculty of Education, further professionalising documentation and public and effective reporting of research.