Professorship for Primary School Didactics in General Sciences Education with special Focus on Natural Sciences and Technology

Based on a project request from the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture, staff from the primary school didactics department general education and crafts are currently working on the project "Climate Schools in Saxony".

Designing practice digitally in Saxony. Sub-project EddnaS: Development and testing of digitally enriched science-related general education teaching in digital teaching-learning laboratories and university classrooms (BMBF Quality Offensive Teacher Training: PraxisdigitaliS).

The importance of teachers' professional knowledge has also emerged as a robust finding in teaching-learning research on general sciences education in recent years.

The importance of basic science education in primary school is undisputed today, both nationally and internationally. One aspect of basic science education is the concept of the nature of science.

Development of pupils' perceptions of science lessons in the transition phase from primary to secondary school and correlations with the development of motivational and self-related target areas (PLUS - longitudinal study).

In order to record and promote the model competence of primary school pupils, diagnostic instruments and treatments in the primary school classroom will be developed within the framework of the research project.

Conceptualisation and empirical recording of educational language in physics-related genearal education, connections between subject and language learning and the importance of teachers' support measures.