Subdiscipline

Didactics

Subdiscipline

Didactics

20. November 2025
Guest article by
Veronika Wöhrer
Democracy in schools

How much participation can classrooms take?

Participation supports peer learning and promotes key skills as well as democratic awareness. Educational scientist Veronika Wöhrer explains how joint decisions can strengthen schools and democracy and why this is important.
6. November 2025
Teaching in times of change

Teaching: a job that is never finished

From digitalisation and artificial intelligence to cultural diversity – life has become increasingly complex and today’s schools reflect this. Educational scientists Nele Kampa and Susanne Schwab discuss old and new challenges in the classroom.
29. October 2025
International perspectives

Education is a reflection of society

Education researcher Barbara Schulte argues that the impact of school systems depends on the socio-political background of each nation. With extensive research and lived experience in different European countries and China, she knows that no system is perfect, but everyone can learn from each other.
22. October 2025
Learning in times of change

Future-ready learning: Can schools help build a toolkit for life?

Schools aim to prepare young people for the future. But what skills belong in the "toolkit for life" during times of extraordinary change? And how can educators learn and teach them? A family sociologist, an educational psychologist and an expert on subject didactics outline the principles of learning that can keep curiosity and motivation alive for a lifetime.
14. October 2025
Digitalisation and education

Learning in times of change: What skills do we need tomorrow?

Digitalisation is not only reshaping the workplace also learning itself. But what skills do we need to compete in a fast-moving world?