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Lara Dahlke
Mentorship for Empirical Projects and Theses
Poppelsdorfer Allee 15
53115 Bonn
Room 1.010
Email: empirie-lehramt@uni-bonn.de
Office hours: by appointment via email
Offer
Teacher training students conducting empirical research as part of their internship semester or their bachelor's or master's thesis have the opportunity to receive support through the Mentorship for Empirical Projects and Theses (MEPA).
Specific areas of responsibility include:
If you need help with your study projects or theses, please feel free to contact me via email. MEPA also supports the preparatory and accompanying seminars in educational sciences and subject didactics with workshops on the topics mentioned above. Since the summer semester of 2020, central online workshops have also been offered, for which you can register voluntarily. You can find the current workshop dates and registration details here.
Furthermore, in this eCampus learning environment, you will find extensive collections of materials on individual measurement instruments, qualitative and quantitative research approaches, as well as a growing self-learning environment that will help you deepen and expand your empirical and statistical knowledge, particularly with regard to your study projects.
I look forward to providing you with methodological support for your project and wish you much enjoyment exploring this eCampus course.
Sincerely,
Lara Dahlke for MEPA
Current workshop offerings
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As student teachers, the practical semester offers us the opportunity to gain important professional experience while still studying, which makes it easier to transition into the subsequent teacher training period. At the same time, however, it also presents us with challenges, such as coordinating lesson preparation and completing coursework in the form of study projects in the various subject areas.
In addition to the content of the preparatory and accompanying seminars in the master's program, the mentoring program for empirical projects and final theses offers screencasts and workshops on the topic of "research-based learning." This program is intended to help clarify open questions, deepen knowledge, and master the balancing act between practice and theory during the practical semester. You can watch the screencasts directly here at any time . Registration is required for the workshops .
The corresponding PDF files can be found at the bottom of this page under " Workshop Materials " and in the tile " Material Collections & Links "
The current program, along with further information on content and registration procedures, can be found below.
MEPA looks forward to your participation!
Screencasts
Methods of data collection - measuring instruments
Methods of data collection - measuring instruments
The central question of this presentation is:
Which measurement instruments are suitable for collecting which data/for which research question?
This screencast is particularly useful if you're not yet sure which method to use.
You will get an overview of:
observation
This screencast introduces observation as a data collection method.
It explains step by step how to prepare for an observation. Worked examples of standardized, semi-standardized, and non-standardized observations should help you understand the steps.
Reading questionnaires
This presentation will cover the scanning of questionnaires that have been printed and then completed by hand.
You'll learn important information about designing your questionnaires and gain insight into how scanning works with the Remark software.
Current workshop offerings
Workshops in the summer semester 2025
A tour of the MEPA – presentation of the offer for teacher training students
Archive (past workshops and additional offers)
Workshops in the winter semester 2024/25
A virtual tour of the MEPA – presentation of the offer for teacher training students
Dates
Friday, October 25, 2024, 10:00-12:00 am ct
Friday, October 25, 2024, 12:00-2:00 pm ct
Online workshop via Zoom
Register by October 23, 2024, via email to empirie-lehramt@uni-bonn.de . Please let me know your preferred time.
You will receive the time and the Zoom link on October 24, 2024.
Workshop Description
Target Group : This workshop is aimed at all teacher training students who would like to learn about the MEPA program.
Content : The MEPA program can help you plan and implement empirical work, such as your study projects during your internship semester. This program will be presented to you in this workshop, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions about MEPA.
Workshops in the summer semester 2022
Academic work – From A for “structure” to Z for “citation”
Date
Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 4–6 p.m. ct
Online workshop via Zoom
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Registration is open from Monday, May 2, 12 p.m. st to Friday, May 13, 11 p.m. st
Attention: Limited number of participants!
Workshop Description
Target Group: This workshop is aimed at bachelor's and master's students who are preparing for academic work in their teacher training program or who wish to deepen and expand their existing knowledge.
Content: "Academic work" is common practice in academic contexts. But what does that actually mean? Finding a topic, researching relevant literature, and correct language and citation style are just some of the essential aspects of academic work. This workshop is intended to help students develop a feel for planning and writing seminar papers and theses as part of their teacher training program or to deepen existing knowledge.
Introduction to empirical work in teacher training
Date
Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 4–6 p.m. ct
Online workshop via Zoom
Registration is open from Monday, June 13, 12 p.m. st to Friday, June 25, 11 p.m. st
Attention: Limited number of participants!
Workshop Description
Target Group: This workshop is aimed primarily at master's students who wish to gain an overview of the empirical work process in preparation for their degree projects before beginning their internship semester. Bachelor's students conducting empirical research as part of their thesis are also welcome.
Content: When planning an empirical study or thesis, it is not enough to simply consider the general topic beforehand. This workshop will clarify the steps that must be taken before considering data collection.
Study project exchange
Attention! Date rescheduled!
New date: Monday, September 5, 2022, 4–6 p.m.
Online via Zoom.
Access data:
. Meeting ID: 662 6091 6049.
Password: Projekt22.
This year, the MEPA is once again offering an opportunity to discuss study projects during the internship semester. BZL students who have already successfully completed their study projects will be available to answer your questions about planning and implementing them.
The Zoom meeting is open to all BZL students who are about to begin their internship semester. No prior registration is necessary.
We look forward to a lively exchange!
Workshops in winter semester 21/22
Evaluation options & data management within the framework of study projects in PS, Part I
Date:
Friday, December 17, 2021, 4–6 p.m.
Online workshop via Zoom
Workshop Description
Target group: This workshop is aimed at master's students who are unsure about the analysis options available for the data collected as part of their study projects.
Content: What types of data are there? What information can be obtained from which data types? What must be considered and how must the data be collected? These are key questions that should be considered when planning study projects. How exactly this works and what planning and analysis options are available will be examined in more detail in the workshop "Analysis Options & Data Management in the Context of Study Projects in the PS, Part I."
Evaluation options & data management within the framework of study projects in PS, Part II
Date:
Friday, 21.01.2022, 4–6 p.m.
Online workshop via Zoom
Workshop Description
Target group: This workshop is aimed at master's students who wish to gain a proficiency in statistical calculations using Excel.
Content: Data collection for their study projects is either in progress or has already been completed. What happens after the data collection? How can the data be statistically correctly analyzed and interpreted, and how can it be (visually) prepared for the seminar papers for the study projects? The second part of the workshop series, "Analysis Options & Data Management," offers answers to these questions.
Important note: Part 2 of the workshop series builds on the content of the first part. Participation in the workshop "Analysis Options & Data Management as Part of the Study Project in PS, Part 1" is not a prerequisite for this workshop, but is recommended.
Workshops in the summer semester 2021
Empirical research in teacher training
Date:
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 6–8 p.m.
Online workshop via Zoom
Workshop Description
Target Group: This workshop is aimed at both bachelor's students who are still in their practical semester and would like to gather initial ideas for their practical semester, as well as master's students who are transitioning into their practical semester this semester and are still looking for topics for their study projects.
Content: The focus of this workshop is to clarify the role that research-based learning plays both in teacher training and in one's own professional practice. It is intended to help clarify the requirements of the study projects and to provide methods for finding topics for empirical research and theses. Each phase of the study project is accompanied by a variety of considerations and decisions. In the workshop on "Empirical Research in Teacher Training," we will work together to identify these and to clarify the possibilities and limitations of empirical research.
Survey methods within the study projects
Date:
Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 6–8 p.m.
Online workshop via Zoom
Workshop Description
Target group: This workshop is primarily aimed at students who already have a research idea for their study projects and would like to know which data collection methods or measurement instruments are best suited to their project.
Content: The data collection method arises from the research question, not the other way around! This is a guiding principle that arises repeatedly when dealing with empirical research approaches and methods. We will explore exactly what this means in the workshop "Data Collection Methods in the Context of Study Projects." We will focus on the measurement instruments that are particularly suitable for your individual research questions.
Note: Participation in the workshop is also possible without a specific research question!
Data management
Date:
Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 6–8 p.m.
Online workshop via Zoom
Workshop Description
Target Group: This workshop is aimed at students who, before beginning their practical semester, would like to gain an overview of how to process, evaluate, and present the data collected as part of their study projects.
Content: From sampling to data analysis – data management plays a key role in the planning and implementation of study projects during the practical semester, as it determines the traceability of the empirical study. We will work together in the "Data Management" workshop to explore the different data types and their visualization options.
Study project exchange
Date:
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 4–6 p.m.
Online exchange via Zoom
Access:
Meeting ID: 919 7742 3859
Password: 978959
In addition to the BZL Student Council's annual internship exchange (most recently in April 2021), MEPA is offering a study project exchange for the first time. BZL students who have already successfully completed their study projects will be available to answer your questions about planning and implementing them.
The Zoom meeting is open to all BZL students about to begin their internship. No prior registration is required.
We look forward to a lively exchange!
Sessions
Workshop 2024
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Latest news
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2025
MEPA's online offering will be further expanded. Screencasts will be created on various topics, providing important information on data collection, measurement instruments, and methods.
2024
The MEPA was taken over by the Empirical Educational Research and Educational Psychology working group and has been supervised by Lara Dahlke since July 2024.
The BZL has two newly equipped workstations for student teachers, each with a laptop, monitor, mouse, and keyboard. These provide access to SPSS , Remark (for creating and importing questionnaires) , and transcription software
. The latest editions of the literature (which you will also find cited in the self-study units, for example) are also available there. If you would like to use this service, please send an email to empirie-lehramt@uni-bonn.de and let me know when you would like to work at one of the workstations.
Last updated: March 28, 2025
General information about the learning modules
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The following learning units are intended for basic and independent familiarization with the respective topic areas of empirical work within the framework of teacher training. They do not claim to represent the scientific discourse on methodology. The procedures and aspects of scientific, empirical, or statistical work presented here should be understood as one perspective among many. If other approaches to empirical, research-based learning are presented in the preparatory and accompanying seminars, these are definitely preferable to the content of this self-study area.
All learning modules are divided into individual chapters, which can be accessed individually within the learning units via the table of contents on the left side of the screen. Each learning module can be repeated as often as desired.
Have fun and success with the self-study area of the MEPA eCampus course!
Content
Learning units
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Self-study units on “Empirical Research and Research-Based Learning”
In this section, you will find learning units that allow you to independently review and deepen your knowledge of the topic of "Empirical Research and Research-Based Learning." The focus of each learning unit is indicated in the title. Further information on the content can be found on the home page of each learning unit. Since the learning units are self-contained, you can decide for yourself in which order you wish to work through the individual topics.
If you have any questions, feedback, comments, or suggestions, please contact empirie-lehramt@uni-bonn.de .
Best regards, and have fun and success with the learning units! Your MEPA Support Team
01.Empirical research in general
In this learning unit, you will learn the basics of qualitative and quantitative empirical research, as well as possible…
03.Survey methods
This learning module provides basic knowledge about questionnaires.
In this module, you will learn about interviews and gain an idea of what to consider when planning them.
This learning unit is designed to help you plan different instruments step by step.
In this exercise unit, you will find some worksheets with solutions that will help you conduct a role play on measuring and observing...
A1.Technical tips
In this learning unit, you will learn some tips on how to analyze qualitative and quantitative data using spreadsheet programs (e.g.…
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