ITM: About the project

During the last years the process to implement inclusion has been driven forward in Europe. Especially, the situation in different parts of the education systems has been improved for example in education policy, school practice and on an academic level. Therefore, new trainings for teachers and models for inclusive didactics has been developed as well as a general discussion about the meaning of an inclusive school has started and already led to some changes.

In contrast, no consideration is found on the level of inclusive teaching materials that can be used in inclusive school settings. Both, publications of good inclusive materials that are based on academic research and criteria to assess the quality and usefulness of inclusive teaching material easily are lacking.

The fundament of the project is an international study which collects and compares inclusive teaching materials as well as assessment criteria with a focus on primary education in the countries mentioned. Therefore, regular meetings with all project partners will be arranged.

Project aims

Project partners

Prof. Dr. Michaela Vogt's research focuses on theory and history of inclusion and inclusive schooling, inclusive teaching materials, historical educational research and Comparative educational research between Germany, Canada and New Zealand.

J´Prof. Dr. Michaela Vogt

Project leader

Bielefeld University

Prof. Dr. Anette Bagger is Associate Senior Lecturer at the School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Örebro University. Anette Bagger has a background as a primary school teacher in Science and Mathematics in grades 3-9, special education teacher and counselor at the Special Education School Authority (SPSM). Interests and focus areas have been school development and promoting equity in the opportunities to learn for all students.

Prof. Dr. Anette Bagger

Örebro University

We cooperate with the Grundschulsprengel Bozen, represented by Annemarie Ardemagni, her experience in inclusive learning settings and devlopment of inclusive teaching materials is of great importance for the project.

Annemarie Ardemagni

Grundschulsprengel Bozen

Katharina Krenig is the Headmaster of the Bildungs- und Generationszentrum Arnstein. The school has profound experience in the development of high quality inclusive teaching material.

Katharina Krenig

Bildungs- & Generationszentrum

Arnstein

Christoph Bierschwale's research focuses on inclusive teaching materials, inclusive school development, inclusive didactics and on inclusive teacher trainings.

Christoph Bierschwale

Project coordination

Bielefeld University

Prof. Dr. Katja Andersen is Associate Professor in Primary Science Education at the Faculty for Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education at the University of Luxembourg. Her research focuses on primary science learning and teaching, inquiry-based science education, STEM competencies, and science learning in multilingual contexts.

Prof. Dr. Katja Andersen

University of Luxemburg

Prof. Dr. Vanessa Macchia's research focuses on inclusive didactics and the theory of inclusion.

Prof. Dr. Vanessa Macchia

University of Bozen

The "staatliche Schulamt Main-Spessart" is represented by the director Doris Grimm developed inclusive teacher trainings.

Doris Grimm

Schulamt Main-Spessart

Cooperation partners

We are thankful for the expertise from the following institutions and scientists

Bielefeld School of Education (BiSEd)
Represented by Dr. Renate Schüssler and Nadine Auer. The BiSEd has great experience and knowledge about inclusive teacher trainings.

Die Laborschule Bielefeld
The Laborschule (literally: “laboratory school”) in Bielefeld is the state experimental school in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Lernwerkstatt, Bielefeld University
Represented by Dr. Brigitte Kottmann. Has a broad collection of inclusive teaching material, especially for primary Education and provides a learning environment for students and teachers.

Prof. Dr. Annette Textor leads the scientific institute of the laboratory school. Her research is focused on inclusive schol development and inclusice didactics.

Prof. Dr. Susanne Miller is Professor of primary eduaction at Bielefeld University. Prof. Millers research is focused on heterogenous learning environments.

Prof. Dr. Annemarie Augschöll Blasbichler from the free University of Bozen. Her research focuses on historical education studies.

We are thankful for the cooperation with the StiEL Project, represented by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bauer, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro, Sandra Kirchhoff and Frau Sanja Markovic at Bielefeld University.