Area 1

Institute for weekly planning

During the Christianization of the (Old High) German-speaking area, the missionaries were anxious to enforce, if possible, weekday names that did not remind of pagan (Roman or Germanic) gods. This becomes clear on the one hand with Wednesday, where with the designation of the day in the weekly schedule the actually expected name Wotan (cf. English Wednesday) was bypassed. The other example is the naming of the day before Sunday: Satertag, borrowed from Latin (Saturni dies), extends into English (Saturday), but is more and more displaced in the German-speaking world by two other terms - a neutral Sonnabend and a Christian-influenced Samstag. Satertag/Saterdag survives only in Low German and today even there only in dialect.

Event	Goal	Brief description	Topic examples
Basiscurriculum	Provision of basic qualifications for scientific work	The Basiscurriculum takes place every winter semester and is designed for doctoral students in the initial phase. It introduces basic topics of scientific practice and the theory of science.	"Scientific Meetings & Presentations," "Scientific Writing & Presenting," "Modules & Approaches to Interactive Teaching."
Advanced curriculum	Imparting in-depth methodological knowledge	The advanced curriculum is aimed at advanced doctoral students and postdocs. In the seminars, which usually take place every summer semester, in-depth methodological knowledge is imparted by internal and external experts.	"Multilevel models with Mplus," "Videography in the classroom: data collection, processing, and evaluation strategies," "Longitudinal studies."
Seminar Current Findings of Empirical Educational Research	Annual presentation and discussion of the content of the doctoral project	During the seminar, doctoral students present the current status of their dissertation. Students, the research assistants and the professors of the IFS participate in the seminar every semester. In addition to a general discussion of the presentation, doctoral students benefit from additional feedback from a doctoral staff member selected in advance.	Dissertation topics
Doctoral Conference (PromoKon)	Discussion and support of the structural progress and monitoring of the dissertation project process	In small groups consisting of one professor, one doctoral student and up to six doctoral students, the doctoral students present the structural status in the context of the course of their doctoral project by means of a portfolio as well as an orientation sheet and can communicate specific support needs. This event is held at the end of each semester and is attended by all doctoral students.	Current status of the dissertation projects
Lecture Series	Expert input and exchange on relevant and current topics in Empirical Educational Research	Within the framework of the lecture series, renowned national and international scientists from the respective subject area present their current research on a weekly basis. The event takes place every summer semester. All members of the institute as well as students of the faculty participate and discuss current research findings and perspectives for empirical educational research with the experts.	"Civic Literacy", "Empirical Educational Research in the Ruhr Metropolitan Region", "Schulen in herausfordernden Lagen/Schools in Challenging Circumstances".