Learning and Development in Schools

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Classrooms and schools are powerful learning and developmental environments for children and adolescents. The research program Learning and Development in Schools examines how classroom interactions with teachers and peers contribute to students’ learning and development. In addition to subject-specific competencies, the focus lies on transversal competencies such as critical thinking, dialogic and collaborative skills, self-regulation, and social learning. Through developmentally oriented intervention studies, practice-based curricula and coaching formats are designed and evaluated to support teachers in effectively fostering learning and developmental processes. In doing so, the research program's work strengthens children’s and adolescents’ adaptive functioning in an increasingly complex and diverse society.

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Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation
Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation
Doktorandin
Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation
Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation
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Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation

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Promoting social perspective-taking performance in late childhood through literary discussions

Frei, Anna; Gasser, Luciano; Egger, Sara; Dammert, Yvonne; Preisig, David; Murphy, P. Karen; Hascher, Tina (2026). Promoting social perspective-taking performance in late childhood through literary discussions. International Journal of Educational Research, 139, S. 1-14 Elsevier. 10.1016/j.ijer.2026.103056

Improving children's collective and individual moral reasoning through small-group discussions about narrative fiction

Gasser, Luciano; Preisig, David; Dammert, Yvonne; Frei, Anna; Egger, Sara; Murphy, P. Karen (2026). Improving children's collective and individual moral reasoning through small-group discussions about narrative fiction. Child Development, S. 1-16 Oxford University Press. 10.1093/chidev/aacag089

Effects of a literary intervention on teachers’ monologic and dialogic practices and the quality of students’ contributions

Dammert, Yvonne; Gasser, Luciano; Murphy, P. Karen (2026). Effects of a literary intervention on teachers’ monologic and dialogic practices and the quality of students’ contributions. Instructional Science, 54 (57), S. 1-33 Springer. 10.1007/s11251-026-09809-z

Valutazione nazionale PTI – Rapporto finale: l’essenziale in breve, bilancio e prospettive. Commissionata dalla Segreteria di Stato della migrazione (SEM)

Stalder, Barbara E. (2025). Valutazione nazionale PTI – Rapporto finale: l’essenziale in breve, bilancio e prospettive. Commissionata dalla Segreteria di Stato della migrazione (SEM). PHBern. 10.5281/zenodo.17385031

Autor/-innen: 
Prof. Dr. Barbara E. Stalder Dr. Marie-Theres Schönbächler

The challenges of doing research on migrants' inclusion and pathways into VET and employment

Stalder, Barbara E.; Kammermann, Marlise; Kersh, Natasha; Laczik, Andrea; Moreno Herrera, Lázaro; Osman, Ali; Teräs, Marianne (2025). The challenges of doing research on migrants' inclusion and pathways into VET and employment. In: Trends in vocational education and training research 8 (S. 351-359). VETNET/OAPublishing 10.21240/vetcon/2025/ecer/48

Autor/-innen: 
Prof. Dr. Barbara E. Stalder Dr. Marlise Kammermann

Stimulating career planning reflection in students' works through an online intervention

Wyss, Annika; Weich, Miriam; Nägele, Christof (2025). Stimulating career planning reflection in students' works through an online intervention. In: Nägele, Christof; Stalder, Barbara E.; Kaiser, Franz; Malloch, Marg; Kersh, Natasha (Hg.) Trends in vocational education and training research. 8 (S. 308-314). VETNET/OAPublishing

Research on sustainability in vocational education and training (VET): A research workshop proposal

Mozo-Diez, Monica; Nardi, Paolo; Ramsarup, Presha; Stalder, Barbara E. (2025). Research on sustainability in vocational education and training (VET): A research workshop proposal. In: Trends in vocational education and training research. Trends in vocational education and training research: Vol. 8 (S. 338-349). VETNET/OAPublishing 10.21240/vetcon/2025/ecer/47

Promoting children's social reasoning about immigration-based exclusion and bystander behavior through literary discussions

Egger, Sara; Gasser, Luciano; Frei, Anna; Preisig, David; Beissert, Hanna; Dammert, Yvonne (2025). Promoting children's social reasoning about immigration-based exclusion and bystander behavior through literary discussions. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, S. 1549126. 10.3389/fdpys.2025.1549126