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The Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg studies educational processes from birth to old age. In order to promote longitudinal research in educational science in Germany, LIfBi provides a fundamental, supraregional and internationally significant, research-based infrastructure for empirical educational research. The core of the institute is the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), which is based at LIfBi and combines the expertise of a Germany-wide, interdisciplinary network of excellence.

2/16/2017

Vortragsreihe: PD Dr. Katrin Lindner informiert über Möglichkeiten zur Sprachstandserhebung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Fluchthintergrund

Als Referentin der Vortragsreihe „Refugees in Germany – Educational Trajectories and Social Integration” sprach PD Dr. Katrin Lindner vom Institut für Deutsche Philologie, Department I – Germanistik, Komparatistik, Nordistik, Deutsch als Fremdsprache, an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) zum Thema „Sprachstandserhebung bei vier- bis siebzehnjährigen Flüchtlingskindern“ am Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe (LIfBi).

In ihrem Vortrag gab Lindner einen Überblick über geeignete Verfahren zur Sprachstandsmessung sowohl für bilingual als auch einsprachig aufwachsende Kinder im Elementar-, Primar- und Sekundarbereich. Daneben stellte sie das Projekt „Challenges of Syrian Refugee Children in Germany: Language and Literacy” vor, das sie in Kooperation mit kanadischen Kolleginnen plant. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine Längsschnittstudie, die die Entwicklung von sprachlichen Fertigkeiten und Literacy bei Flüchtlingskindern untersucht. Berücksichtigt wird hierbei auch der Einfluss des sozio-emotionalen Befindens auf das Sprachenlernen.

Der letzte Termin der öffentlichen Veranstaltungsreihe „Refugees in Germany – Educational Trajectories and Social Integration”, die das LIfBi im Rahmen des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderten Projekts „ReGES – Refugees in the German Educational System” veranstaltet, findet am Donnerstag, 2. März 2017, statt. Claudia Lechner und Anna Huber (DJI – Deutsches Jugendinstitut) referieren hierbei zum Thema „Methodische Herausforderungen bei der Forschung mit minderjährigen Geflüchteten: Erfahrungen und erste Ergebnisse aus der Studie ‚Unbegleitete und begleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge – Lebenslagen, Bedarfe, Erfahrungen und Perspektiven aus Sicht der Jugendlichen ’“.

 

 

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NEPS | National Educational Panel Study

The National Educational Panel Study is the largest long-term educational study in Germany. By continuously interviewing and testing more than 70,000 people, an internationally significant treasure trove of data is being created and is growing, which can be used to research educational processes from birth to high adulthood. 

The NEPS combines the expertise of more than 200 scientists at more than 13 locations throughout Germany and is based at LIfBi in Bamberg.

 

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The LIfBi Lectures series forms an open scientific dialogue platform across disciplinary boundaries and institute departments. The lecture series gives young scientists in particular the opportunity to network and engage in interdisciplinary dialogue in various formats surrounding the lectures.

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In order to communicate our research results and transfer our scientific expertise, LIfBi prepares the most important topics and activities, for example in the annual report, LIfBi news and the newsletter LIfBi info. Our transfer reports present research results in a widely understandable way.

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LIfBi researchers publish numerous scientific papers. The Leibniz Institute also publishes two of its own publication series, LIfBi Working Paper and NEPS Survey Paper, as well as transfer reports on highly relevant social topics.

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Around 300 people currently work at LIfBi in the areas of research, infrastructure and administration. Our scientific staff is international and interdisciplinary - just like our research. Diversity and equal opportunities are part of our self-image at all levels. As a family-friendly employer, LIfBi supports the compatibility of family life and work.

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Our expertise as an infrastructure institution includes the development of suitable competence tests and survey instruments, the administration of large-scale educational studies, and research into scientific methods of data collection and evaluation. We make the collected and processed data available to researchers worldwide free of charge. 

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