University-Society Tuesday: Who is actually failing here? The students or the education system?
10. Feb
Talk by Prof. Dr. Simone Abels followed by a discussion
About
‘German pupils are performing worse than ever’ – headlines like this regularly dominate public debate, often in connection with PISA results. This quickly creates the impression that individual pupils or entire year groups have failed. But is this conclusion really valid? International school performance studies do not measure individual ability, but rather the performance of an education system.
Prof. Dr. Simone Abels' lecture addresses precisely this point. She highlights how often the individual and systemic levels are conflated in education debates – with far-reaching consequences for teaching, school development and education policy. This problem is particularly evident in key future areas such as inclusion and education for sustainable development, where structural conditions are crucial to the success of educational processes.
Using selected examples, Simone Abels, Professor of Natural Science Education and Vice-President for Graduate School, Scientific Qualification and Teacher Education, among other things, shows why it is essential to look at the system as a whole. The lecture invites us to question common attributions of blame and to rethink educational success – in a differentiated, systemic and future-oriented way.
Background
The Leuphana University Society Lüneburg e.V. aims to promote dialogue between Leuphana University and the Lüneburg region through its work. To this end, it creates opportunities for encounters, exchange and understanding between members of the university, citizens, public institutions, interest groups, companies, politicians and administrators.
During the lecture period, University Society Tuesday provides a weekly opportunity to exchange ideas on research topics with scientists from the university.