Organization
Speaker
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Prof. Dr. Florian Schmiedek Is head of the unit Cognitive Development at the Department "Education and Human Development" at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education. |
Co-Speaker
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Prof. Dr. Ilonca Hardy Is Professor of Educational Science with a focus on Elementary School Pedagogy and Empirical Educational Research |
Coordination
The coordination is conducted by the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in the department "Education and Development".
Contact: Theresa Linkhorst, Annett Wilde
Email: grade-education@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Current Board Members
| » Prof. Dr. Florian Schmiedek DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education; IDeA-Zentrum |
| » Prof. Dr. Ilonca Hardy Faculty of Educational Sciences; IDeA-Zentrum; ABL |
| » Prof. Dr. Holger Horz Faculty of Psychology and Sports Sciences; ABL |
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» Prof. Dr. Susanne Schnell
Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics; ABL
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» Prof Dr. Britta Viebrock
Faculty of Modern Philologies; ABL
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» Dr. Sarah Schmidt (Postdoc representative)
Faculty of Educational Sciences
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» Dr. Lena Wieland (Deputy of the postdocs)
DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education |
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» Melinda Aldemir (Representative of the PhD students)
Faculty of Educational Sciences
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» Charlotte Schell (Deputy of the PhD students)
DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
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Membership
We welcome junior researchers—PhD candidates and Postdocs—located at Goethe University who work on research projects in the fields of educational sciences and subject specific pedagogies (didactics) and who have registered with the university’s “Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers“ (GRADE).
Three simple steps to become a member:
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Admission to one of Goethe University’s facultiesAs a PhD candidate, you have been admitted by one of Goethe University’s faculties. Alternatively, you are affiliated with one of the faculties to work on your habilitation project. |
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Application to GRADEYou have registered with the “Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers“ (GRADE). When filling out the GRADE registration form you indicated your interest in becoming a member of the GRADE Center Education. The registration form is available at our media libary. |
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Affiliation with GRADE EducationGRADE forwards the information on your interest to become a member of the GRADE Center Education to us. We will then contact you via e-mail and ask you to fill out a form in which you tell us about the thematic focus of your research project as well as your interests with regard to research contents and methods. If you are registered with GRADE already, please contact the Center Education directly. |

As part of the project "The Next Level - Lehrerbildung vernetzt entwickeln", the "GRADE Center Education" is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework of the “Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung“—an initiative to enhance the quality of teaching at universities which is jointly funded by the Federal Government and the German federal states.
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