On 28 February and 1 March 2013, the conference ‘Diagnostics for Effective Teaching’ took place in the BIS Hall at the University of Oldenburg. The conference focused on the ability to assess and support learners, which is a key component of teachers’ professional competence. Eight speakers from Germany and Switzerland explored various issues relating to assessment from theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives. The speakers came from the fields of education, psychology and various subject-specific didactics.

Conference programme

Highlights from the conference:

Speakers & the OLAW team
From left: Prof. Dr Hanna Kiper, Prof. Dr Corinna Hößle, Dr Sylvia Jahnke-Klein, Prof. Dr Yvonne Anders, Dr Brigitte Latzko, Dr Julia Michaelis, Dr Verena Niesel, Prof. Dr Rolf Dubs, Prof. Dr Norbert Meder, Assoc. Prof. Johann Sjuts, Prof. Dr Astrid Fischer, Dr Nico Schreiber, Prof. Dr Gunilla Budde, Prof. Dr Michael Komorek

Prof. Dr Corinna Hößle & Lively discussion
Monique Meier

The interested audience

The conference was very well received; with over 200 attendees, the BIS Hall was completely full on the first day. Participants came from schools (all types), teacher training colleges, teacher training centres, universities and other educational institutions. The feedback from participants and speakers was very positive; many remarked that the diversity of the presentations was particularly engaging. The conference topics will be published in the planned book *Diagnostics for Effective Teaching*, and there is already considerable interest in this book.

If you would like to be kept informed about the book’s publication (conference participants will be notified automatically), please send an email to .