Projects of Specialization I: Literacy in Life Trajectories

Specialization 1 "Language Education in Life Trajectories" examines the development of language skills in the context of diversity across different phases of life. The focus is on the language skills required for social participation and the role of multilingualism in an immigration society. The projects address aspects such as childhood, youth, and professional integration and evaluate both individual and social factors influencing language acquisition.

Find out more about Specialization 1 “Language Education in the Course of Life”.

Projects

• KomPri - Competence Developments in Primary Education: Educational pathways and conditions for achieving educational standards (Retelsdorf)
• The research program "MARE - Multiliteracy as a Labor Market Resource" develops empirical knowledge about multiliteracy as a labor market resource
• “Multilingual Development: A Longitudinal Perspective (MEZ)” and the follow-up study MEZ-2
• "So lonely? Loneliness and Social Isolation Despite Digitalization" (Grotlüschen)
• "Structural Approaches to Adult Literacy from the Perspective of Teachers" (Grotlüschen, Müller)
• “Level-One-Survey LEO” and the follow-up LEO Study 2018 - Living with Low Literacy
• LFF Project Under Pressure (Sturm)
• Under Pressure: Literacy and Discrimination (Grotlüschen)
• Astro Project (Head: Astrid Müller) (Cruz Neri)
• "Under Pressure: Literacy and Dis_Ability Concepts in Policy and Practice in Primary Education" (Mersmann)
• Multiliteracy as a Labor Market Resource "MARE" (Usanova, Schnoor, Zastrow)
• Under Pressure - Sub-project University (Bohndick)
• Invisibility of Older Women with a Migration History in Urban Areas: An analysis of learning and literacy spaces of a little-considered target group (Kulmus)
• Financial Everyday Practices of Adults (Buddeberg)
• Linguistic Structures and Economic Behavior (Beblo)
• Under Pressure - Literacy and Discrimination; Literacy and Ageism in Older Age: Invisibility of Older Migrant Women (Gensch)
• Under Pressure: Literacy and Linguicism (Grotlüschen)
• PIAAC Level One: A Closer Look (Grotlüschen)
• MEDIAAC - Media Coverage of PIAAC (Grotlüschen)
• "Brandmauern im Bildungswesen: Literacy Acquisition under Pressure from the Right" (Buddeberg, Cafantaris, Grotlüschen)
• Literacy Promptathon: AI in Basic Education (Grotlüschen)
• AI in Care Counseling: AI Literacy & AI for Counseling in Education, Labor Market, and the Lifecourse (Grotlüschen)