Classroom Research Doctoral Research Group
Classroom research focuses on the analysis and evaluation of teaching and learning processes that are planned and implemented by trained teaching professionals and take place in institutions within a regulated framework. Research into teaching and learning processes explores on the one hand institutional and staffing conditions such as the type of school or knowledge of the teaching staff. It also considers the learning outcomes such as the performance and motivation of the learners in the analysis and evaluation of teaching and learning processes.
Doctoral Degree
The respective faculty confers the following doctoral degree: Doctorate in Philosophy (Dr. phil.)
Members of the Doctoral Research Group
Doctoral Candidates and their Topics
(1) Subject-specific classroom research in social sciences and humanities
Elaheh Nosratirad
Individual differences: the effect of sex and native culture on EFL apologies.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anne Barron
Insa Wippermann
The influence of motivation on the acquisition of pragmatic competence in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anne Barron
(2) Subject-specific classroom resarch in the arts and humanities
Emily Jane Black
Understanding what is not said: Exploring L2 comprehension of indirect meaning.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anne Barron
Carolyn Blume
Playing School; Acceptance and Efficacy of Digital Gaming Among Pre-Service Teachers Candidates.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Torben Schmidt
Joannis Kaliampos
Web 2.0 - Enhanced CLIL - An Explorative Mixed - Methods Study on the U.S. Embassy Election 2012 School Project.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Torben Schmidt
Christina Kielwein
Inclusion and TBLL / A perfect match? Complex learning tasks and their potential to promote inclusive education in the EFL classroom. An empirical study based on textbook tasks designed for grade 5.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Torben Schmidt