Digital Lecture Series: "Educational Processes and Educational Outcomes in the Media"

A digital lecture by Prof. Dr. Petra Deger (Heidelberg University of Education).

Results of national and international school performance studies (e.g., PISA) are frequently discussed by major national newspapers in prominent positions, usually on the front page. The reporting often focuses on issues of equal opportunity and equity in the German educational system. The large differences between students who reach Competency Level 5 and those who only reach Competency Level 1 are highlighted. The close correlation between social characteristics (social background and gender) and the results achieved in the test is striking in the reporting. Using terms such as "educationally disadvantaged family", social groups are constructed in the media, which attribute the complex correlations between test performance and students to simple factors – namely those that lie outside the control of the school system. The lecture will elaborate which factors are medially foregrounded with regard to results in school performance studies – using the example of PISA.

The online-event is part of the joint interdisciplinary initiative by the Heidelberg School of Education and Teachers College (Columbia University). The lecture will take place on Tuesday, November 19th at 6 p.m. The lecture will be held in English and via Zoom; no prior registration required.

You can find more information at www.hse-heidelberg.de/cmllectures-deger.

About Heidelberg School of Education
The HSE was founded in 2015 as a joint cross-university institution of Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University of Education. It represents the institutional, strategic and ideational center of cooperative teacher education at the Heidelberg site. Their development and sustainable establishment are being funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the framework of the Quality Initiative for Teacher Education until December 31, 2018, and in a modified form until the end of 2023.