Conference on the development of all-day schools

The conference will start with the keynote address by Professor Dr. Ludwig Stecher from Justus Liebig University Giessen, one of the main authors of the study. He not only outlines central findings of the StEG research, but also addresses open questions. The content of his presentation is then discussed by the entire plenary, which is made up of stakeholders from educational policy, school practice and academia. The lead researchers summarize the StEG assessment as follows: "The development of all-day schools in Germany has made enormous progress over the past 15 years. This applies in particular to the quantitative expansion and, for a large number of schools, also to the pedagogical quality, although ambivalent findings are evident here. At the same time, the potential of all-day schools still needs to be better exploited."

In the further course of the conference, workshops will present the first results of the current scientific work of the study. Since 2016, the focus of these subprojects has been on developing approaches for improving the individual support of students in all-day programs. To this end, the four projects have also worked with schools to develop and test measures - for example, in the area of reading promotion or homework supervision.

Subsequently, four forums will deal with topics that are controversial in the debate about all-day schools. These include the questions of the extent to which the expansion of all-day schools contributes to greater social participation of all students and how the cooperation of different pedagogical professions can succeed in the context of all-day schools. The event will conclude with an outlook in the form of a panel discussion. The focus will be on how research can further support the development of all-day schools in the future.

The conference program at a glance: https://projekt-steg.de/news/steg-tagung-2019

The nationwide study on the development of all-day schools (StEG) is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Central responsibility for the study lies with a consortium consisting of senior researchers from four research institutions: the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Human Development and Educational Information (coordinating the study), the German Youth Institute (DJI), the Institute for School Development Research at the Technical University of Dortmund (IFS), and the Justus Liebig University of Giessen (JLU). StEG is conducted in cooperation with the University of Kassel, the Philipps University of Marburg, and the Freiburg University of Education.

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Natalie Fischer
University of Kassel
Tel: +49 (0)561 804-3628
E-Mail: natalie.fischer[at]uni-kassel[dot]de