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Daniel Sommerhoff’s permanent professorship heralds continuity in the IPN’s Department of Mathematics Education
The IPN’s Prof. Dr. Daniel Sommerhoff has received a lifetime professorship in mathematics education, a joint appointment by Kiel University (CAU) and the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), effective January 1, 2026.
New IPN study demonstrates how AI helps generate systematic descriptions of research literature
The sum total of human knowledge is growing all the time – and so is the volume of academic and scientific papers and articles. Researchers survey an area of academic study by producing systematic summaries of the relevant literature. Yet this is an arduous and very time-consuming task.
IPN’s Dr. Jana Kähler in radio feature on the significance of young children’s scientific learning experiences
Dr. Jana Kähler, a researcher at the IPN, is lead author of a paper, published in the journal Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, that uses data from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) to detail the extent to which children’s early experiences of science influence their learning late…
“Parents need to understand that homework is different today.”
Prof. Knut Neumann, Director of the IPN Department of Physics Education, talks to Julia André and Britta Kölling about parents’ perspectives on artificial intelligence in schools.
The Subject of Evolution in Kindergarten
What children think about basic principles of evolution
Genius or Diligence?
Ability beliefs in prospective teachers
Prof. Dr. Janice Gobert visits IPN – AI-based support for teachers and students in science education
In September, the Department of Physics Education at IPN had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Janice Gobert from Rutgers Graduate School of Education (USA) to Kiel.
“It is important to understand that external influences can affect genetic predispositions.”
Why social, political and economic factors should not be ignored in human genetics - nor in biology lessons
Between Burnout and Job Satisfaction
What role does teacher well-being play in teacher shortages, teaching quality, and student development?
Election to the German Life Sciences Association’s Biology Education Section: an IPN man takes the chair
The 2025 annual general meeting of the German Life Sciences Association’s Biology Education Section (Fachsektion Didaktik der Biologie, FDdB), which took place in Innsbruck in September, saw the election of the IPN’s Prof. Dr. Moritz Krell, deputy head of our Department of Biology Education, as its…
