Funded by:
as part of the funding priority "Student success and dropout" from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration:
04/2017 - 03/2020

Project leader:
Prof Dr Michael Feldhaus (University of Oldenburg)
Prof Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)

Research assistants:
Tim Baalmann
Ana Brömmelhaus

Project description:
In view of the high demand for academic specialists in the wake of demographic change on the one hand and high dropout rates in individual subjects on the other, empirical analyses of the tendency to drop out and the dropout rates of students are of great importance. National and international studies point to a variety of causes for academic success, a tendency to drop out and dropout. They make it clear that cross-sectional, monocausal and cross-disciplinary analyses are not sufficient. Instead, integrative and longitudinal approaches to analyses are needed, taking into account different subject cultures. The LAST research project uses a longitudinal approach based on life course theory to determine the causes of academic success, the tendency to drop out and dropout in selected subject cultures. The special feature here is that the causal research is not only focussed on higher education, but also comprehensively includes other contexts such as family, partnerships and peer groups. The aim is to clarify the significance of different influencing factors on academic success, the tendency to drop out of university and dropout and which approaches can be effective in recognising dropouts at an early stage and reacting accordingly. To answer this research question, BA students from the STEM subjects and the humanities at two universities will be surveyed several times during their studies and after dropping out using a standardised prospective longitudinal study. The project results should serve to determine more precisely which situational conditions from the respective contexts (university, family, partnership, circles of friends) form the prerequisites for concrete prevention and intervention measures and where, for example, private life situations clearly stand in the way of this. Conclusions are to be drawn from the findings with regard to the tendency to drop out of university and dropout in order to counter the tendency to drop out at an earlier stage and in a more targeted manner.

Previous publications:

A joint research project of the Open University in Hagen, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Dortmund University of Technology and the CHE Centre for Higher Education Development

Funded by:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration:
03/2016 - 12/2020

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Eva Cendon (Open University of Hagen)
Prof. Dr Uwe Elsholz (Open University of Hagen)
Prof. Dr Ada Pellert (Open University of Hagen)
Prof. Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)
Prof. Dr Annika Maschwitz (Bremen University of Applied Sciences)
Prof. Dr Uwe Wilkesmann (TU Dortmund University)
Dr Sigrun Nickel (CHE Centre for Higher Education Development)

Research associates:
Dr Katrin Brinkmann

Further links:
offene-hochschulen.de/start/start.html

Duration:
12/2016 - 12/2017

Funded by:
Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Equal Opportunities
Klosterkammer Hannover
Lower Saxony State Chancellery

Duration:
01/2015 - 07/2016

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)

Research assistant:
Alexander Langerfeldt, M.A.

Student assistant:
Jana Burs, B.A.
Sabrina Frohn, B.A.

Project description:
The aim of the project is to clarify how the structure of existing qualification measures for volunteers in Lower Saxony is characterised, how these are assessed and what needs there are for further qualification measures for volunteers in Lower Saxony. Furthermore, recommendations for qualification programmes for volunteers in Lower Saxony will be developed.

Significance and benefits: Volunteers carry out demanding and responsible tasks in many areas of society. An important task of the research project is therefore to expand the level of knowledge about qualification programmes. In addition, the aim is to determine which quality standards and recommendations already exist for relevant stakeholders. The project is designed to be participatory in order to offer training providers, volunteer coordination and assignment centres as well as interested associations and organisations the opportunity to contribute their skills and experience to the implementation of the research project.

Objectives: The research project has three objectives: Firstly, to take stock of existing qualification programmes in Lower Saxony; secondly, to obtain re-registering students' feedback on existing qualification programmes in Lower Saxony; and thirdly, to determine the need for further qualification programmes in Lower Saxony. Based on this, quality standards and recommendations for the qualification of volunteers in Lower Saxony will be formulated together with the training providers, coordination and assignment centres and interested associations and organisations.

Transfer of the results: The re-registration of the results will take place at the end of the project in the form of a research report, a practical brochure and a symposium. This will be followed by the development and formulation of quality standards and recommendations for the qualification of volunteers in Lower Saxony together with the stakeholders involved on the basis of the results obtained.

Results:
Dear volunteer, dear volunteer, dear interested person,
We are delighted that you have accessed our project page. You can access the results of the study in the form of an online practical brochure at the following link:
www.paedagogik.uni-oldenburg.de/qualifizierung-ehrenamt-2017/html5.html
It is also possible to download the brochure directly as a PDF:
www.paedagogik.uni-oldenburg.de/qualifizierung-ehrenamt-2017-pdf/
We hope you enjoy reading it.
If you have any questions about the project, please contact us on 0441-7982851 or send an email to

Research project of the University of Oldenburg in cooperation with the German Children and Youth Foundation (DKJS) and the Federal Association for Cultural Education for Children and Young People (BKJ)

Funded by:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Duration:
07/2014 - 06/2017

Project leader:
Prof Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)

Research assistants:
Kathrin Hohmaier, M. A. (since 08/2015)
Dr Oxana Ivanova-Chessex (08/2014-04/2015)

Student assistants:
Lena Cording
Uje Hashagen
former: Thao Nguyen, Birte Stockem

Project description:
The joint project involves the development, testing, evaluation and transfer of a modular, pedagogical further education programme based on educational science, which is aimed at artists and cultural professionals from all disciplines. Through this further education course, the participating arts and culture professionals are qualified over three sessions in a modularised training programme, in particular for methodological, didactic and interprofessional work with children and young people in cultural co-operation projects at all-day schools and in local educational landscapes.
The competence course is organised by the two project partners DKJS and BKJ. The University of Oldenburg provides a scientific basis for the procedure and evaluates the advanced scientific training formatively and summatively. The scientific support and evaluation by the University of Oldenburg contributes to the overarching objective of developing a theoretically sound, scientifically evaluated and sustainable further training concept for arts and culture professionals in all-day schools and local educational landscapes.
The University of Oldenburg implements this by applying a needs analysis of arts and culture professionals and educational specialists prior to curriculum development, longitudinal repeat surveys, participant observation, problem-centred interviews and group discussions with the participants. This is based on a) a subject-scientific and b) a user-theoretical approach, both of which are well suited to the characteristics of the targeted further education programme.

Further links and material:
kompetenzkurs.de/

POSTER Research design.pdf

Poster_Evaluation.pdf

Funding organisation:
WGZ BANK and Aktive Bürgerschaft e.V.

Duration:
06/2011 - 04/2013)

Funding organisation:
Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Social Affairs

Duration:
01/2009 - 10/2012

Funding organisation:
Ministry of Social Affairs of the State of Saxony-Anhalt

Project leader:
Prof Dr Thomas Olk (University of Halle)
Prof Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)

Duration:
01/2009 - 10/2012

Research assistants:
Thomas Stimpel

Project description:
In 2004, Saxony-Anhalt had one of the highest rates of pupils leaving school without a lower secondary school leaving certificate in Germany, with a school dropout rate of 12%. Boys and young people with a migration background are particularly affected. The state of Saxony-Anhalt has set itself the goal of reducing the school dropout rate to 8.6% by 2013 and the rate of grade repetition by 50%, as well as securing this reduction in the long term and sustainably with the help of preventative and interventive measures. In this context, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs have developed the ESF programme "Preventing school failure and reducing early school leaving" in co-operation for the new EU structural fund period 2007/2013. With a volume of approx. 59 million euros, a complex package of measures is to be implemented to reduce the number of pupils who fail to meet the requirements of school. In the meantime, on 7 July 2008, the directive on the granting of subsidies for the ESF programme "Projects to prevent school failure and reduce early school leaving" was published in a joint circular by the MS and MK. The programme started on 01.01.2009 and will continue until 2013.

A formative and summative scientific monitoring of the ESF project is being carried out for the detailed design and management of this project, which relates to all three basic modules of the ESF programme. The focus is on an evaluation of the objectives and effects, their efficiency and an analysis of the quality of the programme. Concrete conditions for successful co-operation between the actors involved to achieve the programme's objectives beyond 2013 are to be identified. In addition, the aim is to secure the quality development process to be initiated for this programme by means of a scientific report.

Funding organisation:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration:
09/2010 - 05/2011

Project leader:
Prof Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)
Prof Dr Thomas Olk (University of Potsdam)

Funding body:
Society for Consumer and Social Counselling

Duration:
07/2009 - 6/2011

Funded by:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Wilfried Schubarth (University of Potsdam)
Prof. Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)
Dr Andreas Seidel (University of Potsdam)

Research assistants :

Dipl.-Psych. Lea Sarrar (Woldt) 01/2009 - 10/2011
Dipl.-Psych. Merle Kleinfeld
Cooperation partner at the Centre for Teacher Training (ZfL):
Dipl.-Psych. Mirko Wendland

Student assistant:
Laura Bastian
Caroline Kamm
Saskia Niproschke
Lascha Sochadse

Project description:
The aim of the project is to contribute to the professionalisation of practical phases in non-university places of learning by systematically and comparatively examining the quality and effectiveness of practical concepts in different disciplines and drawing conclusions for the optimisation of vocational training. To this end, comparative studies will be carried out at four selected universities in the Potsdam/Berlin region. In detail, it is planned to 1) an analysis of practical concepts in different subject disciplines by means of a document analysis, 2) a multi-perspective, empirical-comparative survey of their organisational implementation and 3) the acquisition of knowledge about the acquisition of career-orientated skills by students and about conducive or obstructive conditions by means of longitudinal studies. The findings will be used to improve the curricular and formal-organisational design of the practical phases. The effects of the modified practical phases will in turn be empirically tested. The project thus investigates the connection between formal-organisational and curricular design aspects of the practical phases (including supervision, support and co-operation) and the acquisition of skills by the students. Based on the control knowledge gained, conclusions are to be drawn for the professionalisation of university teaching with regard to the practical phases. Close co-operation with the Brandenburg University Didactics Network is planned.

Funding provider:
Society for Consumer and Social Counselling Berlin

Project leader:
Holger Backhaus Maul (University of Halle)
Prof Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)

Duration:
07/2009 - 06/2011

Research assistants:
Martin Kunze

Project description:
The scientific study focuses on professionalisation and organisational development in debt counselling. The starting point of the study are model projects of the non-profit organisation Gesellschaft für Verbraucher- und Sozialberatung mbH (Berlin). In two regions of Berlin, i.e. Neukölln-Nord and Lichtenberg-Fennpfuhl, these model counselling centres are to be used as examples to test how the increasing indebtedness and over-indebtedness of private households can be effectively and permanently countered with modified concepts, professional procedures and organisational precautions.
The research project examines the contextual conditions, the organisational and working methods and the potential impact of new approaches in debt counselling. Particular attention will be paid to the cooperation between private commercial companies providing basic services and non-profit social work organisations.

Funding organisation:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration:
11/2008-10/2011

Funding organisation:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research Further information

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)
Holger-Backhaus-Maul (University of Halle)

Duration:
01/2009 - 08/2010

Research assistants:
Dipl.-Päd. Maud Krohn

Student assistant:
Anna-Maria Kulicke
Karsten Mühle

Project description:
As part of the research project, the framework conditions, self-image, community involvement, tasks and services as well as the developments and effects of intermediary organisations of civil society involvement are to be examined in more detail. The nationwide study focuses on local volunteer agencies, volunteer exchanges and volunteer centres in Germany. The following three research questions are of interest: 1. how have the self-image, local integration, tasks and services of intermediary organisations for civic engagement developed in recent years (self-image and profile question)? 2. what impact do the intermediary organisations achieve from the perspective of different stakeholder groups (impact question)? 3. what expectations do the intermediary organisations of civil society engagement and political decision-makers have of umbrella organisations and associations and how is their work assessed (support question)? To answer the research questions, a quantitative survey of responsible managers of intermediary organisations for civil society engagement in Germany, qualitative case studies in selected municipalities and supplementary qualitative interviews with selected experts at federal, state and municipal level are planned.

Firstly, the study is intended to provide reliable findings on intermediary organisations for civil society engagement in Germany. Secondly, it should enable a differentiated presentation of the strengths, weaknesses and potential of intermediary organisations of civil society engagement. Thirdly, criteria and standards for successful local intermediary organisations for civil society engagement and engagement policy strategies for local authorities are to be developed.

Funding organisation:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration:
04/2010 - 08/2010

Project leader:
Prof Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)
Prof Dr Thomas Olk (University of Potsdam)

Commissioned by:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research Further information

Project leader:
Prof Dr Karsten Speck (University of Oldenburg)
Prof Dr Thomas Olk (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

Duration:
01/2008 - 3/2010

Research assistants:
Nico Michalsky (University of Potsdam)
Thomas Stimpel (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Michaela Frohberg (University of Potsdam)

Student assistants:
Korinna Sievert (University of Potsdam)
Neli Aleksieva (University of Potsdam)
Franziska Käsmarker (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Ivanka Somborski (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

National cooperation partners:
Prof Dr Wilfried Schubarth (University of Potsdam)
Prof Dr Marianne Horstkemper (University of Potsdam)
Prof Dr Werner Helsper (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
Prof Dr Sabine Reh/Dr Betinna Fritzsche (TU Berlin)
Dr Till-Sebastian Idel (University of Main)
Prof Dr Andreas Wernet (Leibnitz University Hannover)

International cooperation partners:
Prof. Dr Zenon Jasinski (University of Opole, Poland)
Prof. Dr Grazyna Mikowska-Olejniczak (University of Zielona Góra, Poland)
Dr Lech Salacinski (University of Zielona Góra, Poland)
Dr Magdalena Piorunek (University of Adam Mickiewicz Poznañ, Poland)
Dr Irina Gutnik (Pedagogical Sciences) Irina Gutnik (St. Petersburg Pedagogical University, Russia)
Dr Elena Piskunova (St. Petersburg Pedagogical University, Russia)
Prof. Dr Jeanne Marsh (School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, USA)

Project description:
The research project aims to investigate co-operation at all-day schools in two Federal States (Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt) on the basis of preliminary considerations relating to professional and co-operation theory and using a total of ten qualitative, school-related case studies. The focus of interest is on the (professionally) specific cooperation ideas of the cooperation partners at all-day schools, the characteristics of cooperation practice at all-day schools, the effects of the all-day specific requirements on the academic appointments and actions of the cooperation partners as well as the success of cooperation at all-day schools from the perspective of the participants. The following questions will be answered:

1. what (professionally) specific ideas of cooperation do the school-based as well as the in-school and out-of-school cooperation partners at all-day schools have?

2. what are the characteristics of co-operation practice at all-day schools?

3. what effects of the requirements specific to all-day schools on the academic appointments and actions of the various cooperation partners can be reconstructed and how is the success of cooperation at all-day schools assessed from the subjective perspective of various cooperation partners?

The results of the research project will be used to draw conclusions about the conditions for success and failure of co-operation at all-day schools and for the implementation, realisation and further development of all-day programmes.

Commissioned by:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research Further information

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Karsten Speck
Prof. Dr Wilfried Schubarth
Dr Seidel

Duration:
04/2008 - 03/2010

Research assistants:
Nico Michalsky

Student assistants:
Kathrin Wegmann
Marlen Wodke
Silva Engel

Cooperation partners:
Prof. Dr Thomas Olk (Martin Luther University Halle)
Dr Georg Breidenstein (Martin Luther University Halle)
Dr Elena Piskunova (St. Petersburg Pedagogical University, Russia)

Project description:
The research project is part of the joint project "Professional co-operation between different professional cultures at all-day schools" as sub-project 3. The joint project is being carried out jointly by the University of Potsdam and the University of Halle-Wittenberg (Prof Dr Thomas Olk). Sub-project 3 will use qualitative surveys in the state of Lower Saxony to crystallise a) the educational ideas and understanding of those involved in all-day education, b) the concrete development and coordination of all-day educational provision and c) the educational success of the co-operation from the perspective of those involved in all-day education. Firstly, it is important to what extent schools and youth welfare organisations and, where applicable, other institutions and individuals in the social environment succeed in planning, implementing and further developing a joint all-day programme with formal, non-formal and informal educational components and arrangements for and with children and young people at local authority level. Secondly, it is of interest which interactions exist between school quality on the one hand and co-operation with other educational institutions in all-day education on the other. Thirdly, the extent to which co-operation between all-day schools and other educational institutions leads to school development will be investigated. The research project is theoretically orientated - in addition to concepts of professional and cooperation theory - on the findings of school research on the autonomy, quality and further development of schools (e.g. Rolff 2001, Fend 2006, Solzbacher 2007) as well as concepts of all-day education (Coelen 2002, 2004) and municipal educational landscapes (cf. BMFSFJ 2005).

Funding body:
"Großes Waisenhaus zu Potsdam" foundation

Client:
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg(www.mbjs.brandenburg.de)

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Wilfried Schubarth (University of Potsdam)
Dr Karsten Speck (University of Potsdam)

Duration:
04/2008 - 12/2009

Research assistants:
Diplom Sozialwissenschaftlerin Julia Barth (University of Potsdam)

Student assistant:
Susanne Hamann (University of Potsdam)

Project description:
At the centre of the research interest is the participation and value formation of disadvantaged young people. By focussing the research project on rural regions, the special features of participation and value formation in rural areas of Brandenburg are to be adequately taken into account and the specifics, potentials and challenges there are to be crystallised, not least in view of demographic change and its effects on rural areas. To this end, following a state-wide survey, an in-depth analysis is planned in two to three selected rural regions. Based on this, the research project will provide transferable knowledge for youth welfare, schools and state and local politics. The research project has three specific objectives:

Objective 1: State-wide inventory: systematic recording, processing and publication of participation and value formation approaches in rural areas of the state of Brandenburg with a focus on disadvantaged young people.
Objective 2: Local stocktaking: Recording the perceptions and strategies for participation and value formation of (disadvantaged) young people on the one hand and youth and education experts on the other in two to three selected rural regions of the state of Brandenburg (e.g. youth welfare offices, authorities, mayors, those responsible for participation, independent youth welfare organisations, associations, representatives of local alliances).
Objective 3: State-wide and local recommendations for action: Formulation and transfer of recommendations for action for youth welfare, schools and state and local politics to promote the participation and value formation of (disadvantaged) young people in rural regions of Brandenburg.

The research project will be carried out in three stages: Stage 1: Preparation of the inventory as part of a preliminary study by means of a teaching-research project (April to September 2008), Stage 2: State-wide inventory as part of a first main study (October 2008 to March 2009), Stage 3: Local inventory as part of a second main study and formulation of recommendations for action (April 2009 to December 2009).

Client:
German Children and Youth Foundation
Service Agency "Ganztägig Lernen" Saxony-Anhalt

Project leader:
Dr Karsten Speck (University of Potsdam)

Duration:
09/2008 - 1/2009

Student assistant:
Caroline Kamm (University of Potsdam)
Karsten Mühle (University of Potsdam)

Project description:
The evaluation study aims to answer three questions: 1. to what extent were the service agency's intended goals achieved? 2. how effective are the service agency's programmes for all-day schools from the perspective of the various participants? 3. how do the schools rate the service agency and what do they want from it? The study will focus on the impact of the service agency's work on school development.

Funding provider:
City of Templin
BMFSFJ (further information)
Funded as part of the federal programme "VIELFALT TUT GUT. Youth for Diversity, Tolerance and Democracy" programme (further information)

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Wilfried Schubarth (University of Potsdam)
Dr Karsten Speck (University of Potsdam)

Duration:
06/2009-04/2010

Research assistant:
Ms Astrid Peters

Project description:
P.p. and in coordination with the city of Templin, a social space analysis is being carried out in the city of Templin: The social space analysis includes a context analysis on the one hand and a qualitative survey of stakeholders from different age groups, including experts from various institutions, on the other. The analysis focuses on a) the understanding of participation and values of the Templin residents surveyed, b) the civic and democracy-promoting participation and value formation programmes available in Templin and c) the experience of and involvement in shaping civic structures in the town of Templin. The social space analysis is designed as a participatory process of empirical enquiry. In addition to the results of the analysis, the planned final report will also formulate recommendations for action strategies to promote civil society in the city of Templin.

Commissioned by:
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg(www.mbjs.brandenburg.de)
Landeskooperationsstelle Schule-Jugendhilfe im Land Brandenburg
(www.kobranet.de)

Project leader:
Dr Karsten Speck (University of Potsdam)
Prof. Dr Wilfried Schubarth (University of Potsdam)

Duration:
06/2007 - 01/2008

Research assistant:
Nicole Vogel

Student assistant:
Susanne Hamann

Project description:
The diversity and dynamics in the area of co-operation between schools and youth welfare services described in the specialist literature and the current changes in the state of Brandenburg formed the starting point for the research project on the co-operation models of youth welfare services and schools. The research project pursued the following four objectives using a qualitative approach:
Firstly, the cooperation models implemented or aimed for between schools and youth welfare services in selected districts or municipalities in the state of Brandenburg were to be recorded, including the associated objectives.
Secondly, the strengths and weaknesses of the various co-operation models between schools and youth welfare services in selected districts and municipalities in the state of Brandenburg were to be compared with the expected results.
Thirdly, the importance of school social work within the various cooperation models between schools and youth welfare services in selected districts and municipalities in the state of Brandenburg was to be determined.
Fourthly, recommendations for action for decision-makers at state and local authority level were to be derived from the results of the study.

In addition to analysing documents, interviews were conducted with 21 experts from schools and youth welfare services in four regions of Brandenburg during the project period. Two groups of experts were of particular importance in the regions: the management level (school authorities, youth welfare office) and the action level (social workers, school social workers, school management).

Commissioned by:
German Children and Youth Foundation(www.dkjs.de)

Project leader:
Dr Karsten Speck (University of Potsdam)
Holger Backhaus-Maul (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

Duration:
10/2006 - 05/2007

Research assistant:
Jan Reichenau (Berlin/Halle)

Project description:
The scientific evaluation related to the teaching and learning concept Service Learning, which has been used by a volunteer agency at schools in the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2003 as part of the DKJS-funded programme. The aim of the evaluation was to analyse the experiences of the various participants using qualitative participatory survey instruments and procedures. In addition, findings were to be generated that related to the achievement of objectives, the effects and the cooperation interfaces of the programme and thus made an overall assessment possible in the first place. Specifically, the following questions were clarified:

1.) What individual and collective experiences have students, teachers, cooperation partners, project leaders and funders had with the Service Learning programme and how is the programme assessed by these actors in terms of subjective and conceptual objectives?
2) What development processes took place during the programme and - above all - how did the co-operation between the different groups of actors, in particular between teachers and project staff, develop?
3) To what extent was it possible to use the potential of service learning for school programme development in the sense of an "institutional opening" with the help of different forms of offer?
4) What supportive and hindering factors emerge with regard to the conceptual, structural and process quality of the programme and where is there a need for change and support?

Using the data collected and the analysis of the "Service Learning - Schule gestaltet Gemeinwesen" programme, conclusions were formulated for the implementation of the programme and the promotion of civic engagement in schools.

Client:
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg(www.mbjs.brandenburg.de)

Project leader:
Prof. Dr Wilfried Schubarth (University of Potsdam)
Dr Karsten Speck (deputy project leader, University of Potsdam)

Duration:
08/2004 - 12/2006

Research assistants:
Dr Andreas Seidel (University of Potsdam)
Ulrike Gladasch (University of Potsdam)
Dr Charlotte Gemsa (University of Potsdam)
Daniela Kunze (University of Potsdam)

Student assistants:
Daniele Schultz
Nicole Vogel
Sina Abraham

Project description:
In view of the ongoing nationwide debate on the reform of teacher training, the first aim of the research project was to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the second phase of teacher training (preparatory service) in the state of Brandenburg from the perspective of teacher candidates, seminar leaders, training teachers and head teachers. Secondly, comparisons were to be drawn between the perspectives of all four groups of interviewees and similarities and differences identified. Thirdly, the intention was to record and develop reform proposals and recommendations for training in the preparatory service and to obtain assessments of existing reform proposals. The study was also particularly interested in how intensively certain competences were taught during training and how competent the teacher candidates are with regard to these competences.

Literature:
Schubarth, Wilfried/Speck, Karsten/Seidel, Andreas (eds.) 2007: Endlich Praxis! The second phase of teacher training. Potsdamer Studien zum Referendariat, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag
Schubarth, Wilfried/ Speck, Karsten/ Gladasch, Ulrike/ Seidel, Andreas 2006: Ausbildungsprozess und Kompetenzen. Results of the Potsdam Teacher Candidate Study 2004/05, In: Seifried, Jürgen/ Abel, Jürgen (eds.): Empirische Lehrerbildungsforschung. Status and Perspectives, Münster, pp. 161-180

Client:
Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin(www.paritaet-berlin.de)

Project leader:
Holger Backhaus-Maul (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Dr Karsten Speck (University of Potsdam)

Duration:
10/2004-5/2005

Project description:
The research project consisted of a quantitative and a qualitative research approach. The aim of the quantitative study of the facilities and services of the member organisations of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin was primarily to take stock of civic involvement. In particular, the focus was on the significance and scope of volunteering in the member organisations. The qualitative research approach was used to crystallise the organisational knowledge of civic engagement in the leadership and management of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin and how they control and manage civic engagement in their institutions and services. Last but not least, the focus was on the perspectives, options and strategies for the further development of engagement in the institutions and services of the member organisations of the Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband.

Literature:

Backhaus-Maul, H./Speck, K. 2005: Bürgerschaftliches Engagement 2005. Eine empirische Untersuchung zum bürgerschaftlichen Engagement in den Mitgliedsorganisationen des Paritätischen Wohlfahrtsverbandes Berlin, final report. Berlin.

Backhaus-Maul, Holger/ Speck, Karsten 2006: Engagement as a resource. In the independent welfare sector, commitment is being rediscovered and re-located in the organisations, In: Blätter der Wohlfahrtspflege, 153. vol. 6, pp. 203-208.

- Jugend und Jugendforschung: Eine Erkundungsstudie in Brandenburg
- wissenschaftliche Begleitung von Xenos-Projekten
- Jugendliche in peripheren Regionen Brandenburgs (Eigenmittel)
- Soziale Probleme Jugendlicher in Deutschland, Polen, und Russland (DAAD)
- Qualität und Evaluation in der Schulsozialarbeit (Eigenmittel)
- Evaluation interkultureller Moderation in sozialen Brennpunkten (Kiez e.V. Berlin)
- Evaluation of extracurricular political education (Werftpfuhl educational centre)
- Stocktaking in family education in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and development of funding contracts in family education in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (together with Prof. Dr. Olk). with Prof. Dr Olk) (05/2002-12/2002)
- Research project on quality development in extracurricular child and youth education in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (with Prof. Dr Olk) (11/2000 - 12/2001)
- Scientific support for the development and testing of grant contracts in child and youth education in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (with Prof. Dr Olk) (11/2000 - 12/2001) with Prof. Dr. Olk) (01/2002 - 12/2003)
- Evaluation of the implementation of the state programme Cooperation between schools and youth welfare - school social work in Saxony-Anhalt (10/1998 - 07/2003)