School and Learning in Germany

In Germany several hundred thousand children are considered to be highly gifted. This however does not automatically mean they are academic high-flyers.More ...

Surveys of educational opportunities for young people of migrant origin often arrive at different conclusions.More ...

Five libraries and four schools in Oldenburg are taking systematic steps to improve reading skills and information literacy among pupils – accompanying them throughout their school careers.More ...

Since 2010, the G8 reform has been gradually shortening the time at grammar schools from nine to eight years. Yet the switch has provoked protest.More ...

The controversy over the right school system for Germany reveals just how divided German society is.More ...

Four, five or six years? In Germany politicians and educators are arguing over the duration of the period for primary school. Opponents of reform fear the demise of the “good old” grammar school.More ...

What do German children learn about Islam at school? Which picture do Russian history books paint of the Stalin era? Answers can be found at the Georg Eckert Institute.More ...

They are called “Reading Lilli” or “Antolin”. Behind these names are web-based reading promotion programmes. Children are motivated to browse and to learn to deal with the computer.More ...

As far as the emotional development of young people is concerned, all-day schools are clearly superior to half-day schools, suggests the study “Peers in Networks” (PIN).More ...

In view of the massive expansion of all-day schools, clubs are facing unprecedented problems. While some seek the solution in cooperation with the schools, looking to recruit the young there, others have not yet really realized their situation.More ...

Ten percent of schoolchildren in Germany come from migrant families, yet not even one percent of the country’s 900,000 teachers do. Education policy is now promoting teachers and teacher training students of multinational origin.More ...

No other medium communicates its contents with such precision to hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren. In an attempt to do away with historical half-truths and omissions, experts are pushing for the use of bilateral works.More ...

In Germany, the filmmaking business, cultural institutions and educational establishments are campaigning for film education to become a subject in its own right in school syllabi.More ...