Dear students,

We would like to give you some general information on the supervision of academic theses in the "Pedagogy and Didactics of Intellectual Developmental Disabilities" specialist group.

Formal organisation of your thesis

Firstly, we would like to point out that all questions regarding formalities can be answered by carefully studying the blue reader can be clarified. If questions cannot be clarified via the reader, we hereby expressly encourage you to make competent and independent decisions in this regard. We also recommend that you pay attention to the consistency of your scientific design.

Field access and data management for empirical work

If you are planning a survey in schools for your empirical thesis, please ensure that you prepare the necessary steps early on and independently. At the beginning of your work, please check whether you need or are aiming for a so-called small or large-scale procedure. It may be necessary to submit a proposal to the RLSB for a major procedure. Further information can be found at DIZ in the documents on the orientation framework.

You are also responsible for obtaining the informed consent of those involved in empirical work that does not require access to schools. You are welcome to use existing templates (e.g. declarations of consent) as a guide or modify them on your own responsibility. You can also find corresponding templates in the documents on the orientation framework (small or large procedure). You are responsible for preparing field access and data collection. The implementation and data management are the responsibility of the students. Please understand that we cannot also use the supervision time to correct your cover letters, consent forms, etc. An exception (if actually necessary) are proposals to the Ethics Committee, which can only be submitted via the first reviewer.

Counselling and consultation appointments

You are welcome to use the consultation appointments to discuss the results even after the data collection has been completed. It helps to prepare the appointments with your supervisors accordingly (you are welcome to provide us with drafts of guidelines, excerpts from your data, etc. by email in advance of the office hours) in order to concentrate on a professional exchange (not formalities, general examination matters, etc. see above). We are genuinely interested in what you have found out, which sources were informative for you and which questions, theses, theories etc. arise from your discussions.

Timing

Please refrain from requests that should motivate or urge us teachers to shorten the processing time. No matter how understandable your individual concerns and requests may be (traineeship, life planning, etc.): Calculate with the specified correction times according to the examination regulations for us supervisors and please take these into account in your individual time planning.

We look forward to your exciting theses and lively discussions!

Prof. Dr Andrea Erdélyi, Dr Sarah Laßmann, Barbara Klaus-Karwisch & Franziska Brucke - The Pedagogy and Didactics of Intellectual Development Impairments specialist group