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Im November 2023 findet die gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft Singapur (ERAS) und der World Education Research Association (WERA) statt. Sie bietet eine einzigartige Möglichkeit, die eigene Forschung im asiatischen Raum bekanntzumachen. Thematisch fokussiert die Tagung auf Zusammenhänge zwischen neuen Technologien und Bildung. Der "Call for Papers" ist hier zu finden.
An international study about the impact of the COVID19-pandemic on education worldwide has been conducted. Find out more in the Educational Disruption Survey (REDS).
WERA Secretary General Elections Results, 2021: Associate Prof Dr Rocío García-Carrión has been elected to serve as Secretary General of the World Education Research Association (WERA) for a four year term (1 July 2022 – 30 June 2026). WERA’s new officer assumes her position on 1 June 2022 and will shadow as Incoming Secretary General from 1 March 2021-31 May 2022. Please read here the notification about the election on the WERA-Website.
The Japan Educational Research Association (JERA) conducted a webinar series on “Pandemic and Education: What should be done to support learning?” in June and July 2020.
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Table of Contents Alert: British Educational Research Journal, Vol. 46, No. 4, August 2020:
Ethical Questions in Educational Research - please see that link.
Raising the "Anneliese-Meier research award" of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation for Prof. Dr. Ingrid Piller, Macquarie University Sydney. Topic of the project: The chances of multilingualism.
Here you get more information on the foundation.
Concerning Prof. Ingrid Piller's work there's a link of the Reading Challenge proclaimed by 'Language on the Move'.
New DFG team researching on the topic "Emerging Grammars in Language Contact Situations: A Comparative Approach" at the University of Potsdam.
Why, when and how are pupils supposed to learn different languages? You will get answers in this publication of Eurydice. Click here for further information
Goethe Institute
The Goethe Institute engaged well-known researchers in providing a "Position Paper on Learning and Teaching of German as a Foreign Language". The topic of multilingualism is addressed as well. Authors include Hans-Joachim Althaus, Jannis Androutsopoulos, Christian Fandrych, Ingrid Gogolin, Georges Lüdi, Udo Ohm, Claudia Riemer and Michaela Sambanis. Their contributions can be found here.
Intervies with Neville Alexander - The Power of Languages against the Language of Power
Professor Dr. Neville Alexander, intellectual, researcher, teacher, and political activist in South Africa died in 2012. He left behind a profound work, in which the connections between language and power are disentangled. In 2014, the book "Interviews with Neville Alexander - The Power of Languages against the Language of Power" appeared, This biographical reconstruction speaks of his strong conviction that multilingualism holds the potential to enable participation in society for those whose current participation is excluded , due to their linguistic background and circumstances.
Information Portal International Affairs
Here you can find information on international cooperation and teaching at Universität Hamburg. See here for Faculty of Education.