TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Richter, Dirk A1 - Marx, Alexandra T1 - Was hindert Lehrkräfte an Fortbildungen teilzunehmen? T1 - What stops teachers from participating in professional development? BT - Eine empirische Untersuchung der Teilnahmebarrieren von Lehrkräften der Sekundarstufe I in Deutschland BT - An empirical study of deterrent factors for secondary school teachers in Germany JF - Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft N2 - Die bisherige Forschung zur Lehrerfortbildung fokussierte das Teilnahmeverhalten und die Merkmale von Lehrkräften, die an Fortbildungen teilnehmen. Welche Lehrkräfte hingegen keine Fortbildungen besuchen, blieb bislang ebenso unberücksichtigt wie die Frage, was sie an der Teilnahme hindert. Die vorliegende Studie verfolgt das Ziel, Nicht-Teilnehmer/-innen von Lehrerfortbildungen anhand demografischer und professionsbezogener Merkmale zu beschreiben und die Bedeutung von Teilnahmebarrieren zu analysieren. Die Daten der vorliegenden Untersuchung stammen aus der Lehrkräftebefragung des IQB-Ländervergleichs 2012. Die Stichprobe umfasst mehr als 2400 Lehrkräfte der Sekundarstufe I an allgemeinbildenden Schulen. Als Teilnahmebarrieren konnten die Faktoren Disengagement, Qualitätsmangel, Familie, Kosten und Arbeit identifiziert werden. Die deskriptive Analyse dieser Teilnahmebarrieren zeigt, dass die Gründe gegen Fortbildungsbesuche variieren. Hohe Zustimmungswerte erhalten die Faktoren Arbeit und Qualitätsmangel. Statistisch signifikante Zusammenhänge zwischen Teilnahmebarrieren und Fortbildungsaktivität ergeben sich hingegen für die Faktoren Disengagement und Qualitätsmangel. Die Befunde deuten darauf hin, dass u. a. ein geringes Interesse sowie die wahrgenommene Qualität des Fortbildungsangebots die Entscheidung zur Teilnahme beeinflussen. N2 - Recent research on teachers’ professional development has primarily focused on the uptake of activities and the characteristics of the participants. However, which teachers do not participate in professional development (PD) and what deters them from participation remains underresearched. The present study aims to describe non-participants based on demographic and occupational characteristics and to analyse deterrents using data from the 2012 German National Assessment Study. The sample includes more than 2400 German secondary school teachers. Five factors of deterrence to participation were identified: Disengagement, Lack of Quality, Family constraints, Costs and Work constraints. Descriptive analysis shows that deterrents vary among teachers. The factors Work and Quality are the most important deterrents. Furthermore, there is a statistically significantly relationship between the factors Disengagement and Quality and teachers not taking part in PD activities. The results indicate that a low interest in PD and a perceived lack of quality of PD courses may influence the decision to participate. KW - Teacher training KW - Continuing education KW - Deterrents KW - Professional development KW - Professional training KW - Lehrerbildung KW - Lehrerfortbildung KW - Teilnahmebarrieren KW - Weiterbildung KW - Berufliches Lernen Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-018-0820-4 SN - 1434-663X SN - 1862-5215 VL - 21 IS - 5 SP - 1021 EP - 1043 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Penk, Christiane A1 - Richter, Dirk T1 - Change in test-taking motivation and its relationship to test performance in low-stakes assessments JF - Educational assessment, evaluation and accountability N2 - Since the turn of the century, an increasing number of low-stakes assessments (i.e., assessments without direct consequences for the test-takers) are being used to evaluate the quality of educational systems. Internationally, research has shown that low-stakes test results can be biased due to students’ low test-taking motivation and that students’ effort levels can vary throughout a testing session involving both cognitive and noncognitive tests. Thus, it is possible that students’ motivation varies throughout a single cognitive test and in turn affects test performance. This study examines the change in test-taking motivation within a 2-h cognitive low-stakes test and its association with test performance. Based on expectancy-value theory, we assessed three components of test-taking motivation (expectancy for success, value, and effort) and investigated its change. Using data from a large-scale student achievement study of German ninth-graders, we employed second-order latent growth modeling and structural equation modeling to predict test performance in mathematics. On average, students’ effort and perceived value of the test decreased, whereas expectancy for success remained stable. Overall, initial test-taking motivation was a better predictor of test performance than change in motivation. Only the variability of change in the expectancy component was positively related to test performance. The theoretical and practical implications for test practitioners are discussed. KW - Test-taking motivation KW - Low-stakes tests KW - Large-scale assessments KW - Expectancy-value theory KW - Growth modeling Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-016-9248-7 SN - 1874-8597 SN - 1874-8600 VL - 29 SP - 55 EP - 79 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Dirk A1 - Kleinknecht, Marc A1 - Gröschner, Alexander T1 - What motivates teachers to participate in professional development? An empirical investigation of motivational orientations and the uptake of formal learning opportunities JF - Teaching and Teacher Education Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.102929 SN - 0742-051X VL - 86 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - GEN A1 - Penk, Christiane A1 - Richter, Dirk T1 - Erratum to: Penk, Christiane, Richter, Dirk: Change in test-taking motivation and its relationship to test performance in low-stakes assessments. - (Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability. - 29 (2017), S. 55 – 79. - doi.org/10.1007/s11092-016-9248-7) T2 - Educational assessment, evaluation and accountability Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-016-9249-6 SN - 1874-8597 SN - 1874-8600 VL - 29 SP - 81 EP - 82 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Brunner, Martin A1 - Richter, Dirk T1 - Teacher educators’ task perception and its relationship to professional identity and teaching practice JF - Teaching and teacher education : an international journal of research and studies N2 - We assessed teacher educators? task perception and investigated its relationship with components of their professional identity and their teaching practice. Using data from 145 teacher educators, two different task perceptions were found: transmitters and facilitators. Teacher educators who were categorized as facilitator tend to demonstrate higher levels of self-efficacy, job satisfaction, constructivist beliefs about teaching and learning and use more effective teaching strategies. The findings demonstrate that teaching practices of teacher educators are rooted in their professional identity. ? 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). KW - Teacher educator KW - Professional identity KW - Professional development KW - Teacher learning KW - Teacher education Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103303 SN - 0742-051X VL - 101 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meyer, André A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Richter, Dirk A1 - Gronostaj, Anna T1 - Professionalisierung von Schulleitungen am Beispiel der Werkstatt „Schule leiten“ T1 - Evaluation of the professional development program “Schule leiten” [“School Leadership”] for principals BT - Evaluationsergebnisse einer Fortbildungsreihe für Schulleitungen zum Thema Schulentwicklung BT - results from a program on school improvement JF - Die deutsche Schule N2 - Empirische Studien und schulische Rechtsvorschriften betonen die Relevanz von Schulleiter*innen für die Schulentwicklung. Auf diese Aufgabe müssen Schulleiter*innen in Aus- und Fortbildungen vorbereitet werden. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht in einem längsschnittlichen Design Effekte der Fortbildungsreihe Werkstatt „Schule leiten“. Die Teilnehmer*innen bewerten die Werkstatt zumeist positiv und es zeigen sich geringe bis moderate Veränderungen in ihrem selbstberichteten beruflichen Handeln. Schulleiter*innen mit wenigen Jahren Leitungserfahrung berichten dabei über die größten Zuwächse. Der Beitrag diskutiert Implikationen für die Forschung und Fortbildung von Schulleiter*innen. N2 - Empirical studies and legal documents of school law highlight the importance of principals for school improvement. Professional development (PD) needs to be provided for principals in this field accordingly. This longitudinal study investigates effects of a PD program addressing principals’ self-reported skills that are related to school improvement. Participants are highly satisfied with the PD program and they report small to moderate changes of their leadership behaviour. Principals with little experience on the job report higher gains of their leadership than highly experienced principals. Implications for future research and professional development are discussed. KW - Schulleitungsfortbildung KW - Evaluation KW - Wirkungen von Fortbildungen KW - Längsschnittstudie KW - principal professional development KW - evaluation research KW - ffects of professional developmen KW - longitudinal study KW - multiple regression Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.waxmann.com/artikelART104135 U6 - https://doi.org/10.31244/dds.2020.03.03 SN - 0012-0731 SN - 2699-5379 VL - 112 IS - 3 SP - 277 EP - 295 PB - Waxmann CY - Münster ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Dirk A1 - Marx, Alexandra T1 - Quereinsteigende und grundständig ausgebildete Lehrkräfte im Vorbereitungsdienst in Berlin: Eine vergleichende Analyse ihres Einsatzortes T1 - Second career teachers and regularly trained teachers during induction phase in Berlin: a comparison of the schools they are assigned to JF - Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft N2 - Viele Bundesländer stellen aktuell verstärkt Quer- und Seiteneinsteiger/innen in den Schuldienst ein. Aufgrund der geringeren berufsspezifischen Qualifizierung der Quer- und Seiteneinsteiger/innen kann vermutet werden, dass deren Integration in das Kollegium für Schulen häufig mit besonderem Aufwand verbunden ist. Aus diesem Grund soll in diesem Beitrag der Frage nachgegangen werden, an welchen Schularten und welchen Schulen Quereinsteiger/innen eingesetzt werden. Auf Basis der Schulstatistik des Landes Berlin für das Schuljahr 2016/17 wird untersucht, ob sich der Anteil von Referendar/inn/en und Quereinsteiger/inne/n am Lehrerkollegium der Schule in Abhängigkeit von der Komposition der Schülerschaft unterscheidet. Ausgewertet wurden die Daten von 2645 Personen, von denen 901 als Quereinsteigende unterrichten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass ein Großteil der Quereinsteiger/innen an Grundschulen eingesetzt werden und hier insbesondere an solchen, die sich durch eine sozial benachteiligte Schülerschaft auszeichnen. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen die Notwendigkeit einer verstärkten Steuerung in der Zuweisung von Quereinsteiger/innen an Schulen. N2 - Many federal states currently employ teachers without a regular teaching certificate (alternatively certified teachers). To date, little is known about the schools they serve in. It can be assumed that it is highly challenging for schools to integrate new staff members without proper professional training into their faculty. We therefore investigate the characteristics of schools that differ in the percentages of alternatively certified teachers and student teachers. The present study uses official school statistics of the academic year 2016/17 provided by the state of Berlin. The data include information about alternatively certified teachers (Quereinsteiger) and student teachers (Referendare) and the student body of their assigned schools. The sample consists of 2645 individuals including 901 alternatively certified teachers. The data show that alternatively certified teachers are primarily assigned to primary schools with high proportions of socially underprivileged children. The results emphasize the need for an improved mechanism for assigning alternatively qualified teachers to schools. KW - Alternatively certified teachers KW - Hard to staff schools KW - Second career teachers KW - Social inequality KW - Teacher education KW - Teacher assignment Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-019-00915-y SN - 1434-663X SN - 1862-5215 VL - 22 IS - 6 SP - 1385 EP - 1395 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Kunter, Mareike A1 - Marx, Alexandra A1 - Richter, Dirk T1 - Who participates in content-focused teacher professional development? BT - Evidence from a large scale study JF - Frontiers in education N2 - This study investigates the relationship between teacher quality and teachers’ engagement in professional development (PD) activities using data on 229 German secondary school mathematics teachers. We assessed different aspects of teacher quality (e.g. professional knowledge, instructional quality) using a variety of measures, including standardised tests of teachers’ content knowledge, to determine what characteristics are associated with high participation in PD. The results show that teachers with higher scores for teacher quality variables take part in more content-focused PD than teachers with lower scores for these variables. This suggests that teacher learning may be subject to a Matthew effect, whereby more proficient teachers benefit more from PD than less proficient teachers. KW - teacher learning KW - professional development KW - content knowledge KW - teacher quality KW - in-service training KW - Matthew effect KW - continuing education activities Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.722169 SN - 2504-284X IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Frontiers Media CY - Lausanne, Schweiz ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Marx, Alexandra A1 - Huang, Yizhen A1 - Richter, Dirk T1 - Zeiten zum beruflichen Lernen BT - eine empirische Untersuchung zum Zeitpunkt und der Dauer von Fortbildungsangeboten für Lehrkräfte BT - an empirical study about timing and duration of teacher training JF - Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft N2 - Die Forschung zur Lehrerfortbildung weist darauf hin, dass zeitliche Einschränkungen eine Barriere für die Teilnahme an Fortbildungen darstellen. Insbesondere die Unvereinbarkeit der Arbeitszeit mit dem Zeitpunkt des Fortbildungsangebotes wird von Lehrkräften als hinderlich wahrgenommen. Welche zeitlichen Merkmale das Fortbildungsangebot für Lehrkräfte aufweist und ob diese im Zusammenhang mit der Fortbildungsteilnahme von Lehrkräften stehen, fand bisher wenig Berücksichtigung. Die vorliegende Studie verfolgt daher das Ziel, zeitliche Merkmale des Fortbildungsangebotes für Lehrkräfte zu beschreiben und ihre Vorhersagekraft für die Fortbildungsteilnahme zu untersuchen. Die Daten hierfür stammen aus der elektronischen Datenbankfür Lehrerfortbildungen des Landes Brandenburg im akademischen Jahr 2016/2017. Der Datensatz umfasst 1330 schulexterne Lehrerfortbildungen staatlicher Anbieter. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Dauer und Zeitpunkt einer Fortbildungsveranstaltung prädiktiv für die Teilnahme der Lehrkräfte sind. Die Befunde erweitern damit den Diskurs zu Bedingungen des beruflichen Lernens von Lehrkräften und liefern Implikationen für eine passgenaue Fortbildungsplanung. N2 - Research on teachers’ professional development suggests that time constraints often prevent teachers from participating in in-service trainings. In particular, a time conflict between work and in-service training seems to be an obstacle for many teachers. However, little empirical evidence exists that investigates effects of temporal variables such as timing and duration of the training session on teachers’ participation rate. The present study aims to describe time and duration of professional development activities and its relationship with the number of attendees in the respective courses. The data of the study were provided from the electronic database on teachers’ professional development activities in the state of Brandenburg during the academic year 2016–2017. The data set comprises 1330 professional development activities provided by state agencies. The results show that both time and duration significantly predict the participation rate in the training courses. The findings broaden the scope of the discussion about conditions of teachers’ professional learning and provide implications for a well-fitting in-service training schedule. T2 - Time for professional learning KW - berufliches Lernen · Lehrerbildung · Lehrerfortbildung ·Lernzeit · Polynomial Regression KW - Lehrerbildung KW - Lehrerfortbildung KW - Lernzeit KW - polynomial regression KW - Continuing education KW - Learning time KW - Polynomial regression KW - Professional development KW - Teacher training Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-019-00924-x SN - 1434-663X SN - 1862-5215 VL - 23 IS - 1 SP - 145 EP - 173 PB - Springer VS/Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Huang, Yizhen A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Kleickmann, Thilo A1 - Richter, Dirk T1 - Comparing video and virtual reality as tools for fostering interest and self-efficacy in classroom management BT - results of a pre-registered experiment JF - British journal of educational technology / British Educational Communications and Technology Agency N2 - Video is a widely used medium in teacher training for situating student teachers in classroom scenarios. Although the emerging technology of virtual reality (VR) provides similar, and arguably more powerful, capabilities for immersing teachers in lifelike situations, its benefits and risks relative to video formats have received little attention in the research to date. The current study used a randomized pretest-posttest experimental design to examine the influence of a video- versus VR-based task on changing situational interest and self-efficacy in classroom management. Results from 49 student teachers revealed that the VR simulation led to higher increments in self-reported triggered interest and self-efficacy in classroom management, but also invoked higher extraneous cognitive load than a video viewing task. We discussed the implications of these results for pre-service teacher education and the design of VR environments for professional training purposes. Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic Video is a popular teacher training medium given its ability to display classroom situations. Virtual reality (VR) also immerses users in lifelike situations and has gained popularity in recent years. Situational interest and self-efficacy in classroom management is vital for student teachers' professional development. What this paper adds VR outperforms video in promoting student teachers' triggered interest in classroom management. Student teachers felt more efficacious in classroom management after participating in VR. VR also invoked higher extraneous cognitive load than the video. Implications for practice and/or policy VR provides an authentic teacher training environment for classroom management. The design of the VR training environment needs to ensure a low extraneous cognitive load. KW - cognitive load KW - immersive media KW - pre-service teacher KW - professional KW - training KW - simulations KW - student teacher KW - teacher education Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13254 SN - 0007-1013 SN - 1467-8535 VL - 54 IS - 2 SP - 467 EP - 488 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER -