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Presentation at the EARLI SIG5 Conference 2026

The EARLI SIG5 Conference will take place at the University of Jyväskylä from August 19 to August 21, 2026. As part of the conference, Nicole Voss will give a presentation titled: “How Preschool Teachers’ Retrospective Parental Upbringing Experiences Shape Process Quality through Orientations Considering Child Characteristics”. Authors and their affiliations: Nicole Voss (Freie Universität Berlin), Prof. Dr. John Sideris (University of Southern California), Prof. Dr. Katharina Kluczniok (Freie Universität Berlin). Further information can be found here .

May 13, 2026

OsloMet ECERS: International ECERS Network Meeting in Oslo, Norwegen

Participation by Nicole Voss, Tabea Grad und Prof. Dr. Katharina Kluczniok in the International ECERS Network Meeting at OsloMet in Oslo, Norway.

May 13, 2026

Event of the Ständige Wissenschaftlichen Kommission der Kulturministerkonferenz (SWK) “Fachtag: Daten nutzen, Bildung gestalten“ May 6, 2026

Participation by Prof. Dr. Katharina Kluczniok in the workshop “Datengestützte Qualitätsentwicklung in der Frühen Bildung“ as part oft he event organized by the Ständige Wissenschaftlichen Kommission der Kulturministerkonferenz (SWK) „Fachtag: Daten nutzen, Bildung gestalten“.

May 05, 2026

New publication - Assessing the Relations Between Process Quality and Quality Development Measures in Early Child Care

Mar 20, 2026

The 30th Congress of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE)

Participation of Nicole Voss and Prof. Dr. Katharina Kluczniok in the working group entitled “Turning Points in Professional Practice? – Early Childhood Professionals in the Context of Quality Requirements in Early Childhood Education and Care Centers” as part of the 30th Congress of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE).

Feb 17, 2026

The 13th Congress of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF)

Participation of Prof. Katharina Kluczniok in the symposium “Quo Vadis, Quality?” at the 13th Congress of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF)

Feb 17, 2026

Presentation at the Netzwerktreffen Schulentwicklung „Auf den Anfang kommt es an – die Übergänge frühkindlicher Bildung zur Grundschule erfolgreich gestalten“

Jan 13, 2026

Presentation at the annual conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bildungsverwaltung (DGBV) on the topic of „25 Jahre nach PISA Erkenntnisse, Versäumnisse, Chancen aus Steuerungsperspektive“

Jan 13, 2026

Presentation at the 8th event in the series „Ganztägige Bildung und Betreuung im Fokus der Wissenschaft“ at the German Youth Insitute (DJI)

Dec 10, 2025

Presentation at the Conference „Sozialer und bildungspolitischer Auftrag oder wirtschaftliche Vernunft? Sozial-ökonomische Aspekte früher Bildung“ at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center [Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung]

Dec 10, 2025

New Publication - Early Childhood Education and Care Curricula – between expectations and reality ["Bildungspläne in der Kita – zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit"]

Oct 14, 2025

New publication - Pädagogische Qualität in Kindertageseinrichtungen

Sep 29, 2025

New Publication - “Interaction Quality in Informal Encounters (drop-off and pick-up)” Scale (ITA-S): A new instrument for assessing the quality of interaction in the preschool teacher–parent dyad.

Sep 03, 2025

New Publication - Social background as a moderator of immigration-related disparities in parent-child-activities and in early vocabulary

Aug 08, 2025

Award for Excellence in Teaching 2025 goes to Nicole Voss, M.A., Department of Early Childhood Education

Nicole Voss, M.A. has been awarded the prize for excellent teaching of the Department of Education and Psychology for the year 2025!

Jul 18, 2025

Interview with the online magazine Campus Schulmanagement - "Early education works across generations" ["Frühe Bildung wirkt über Generationen hinweg"] (06.06.2025)

Jun 10, 2025

New Publication - Erlebte Erziehungs- und Bildungserfahrungen frühpädagogischer Fachkräfte: Ein Desiderat in der Betrachtung von Kita-Qualität und der Professionalisierung in der frühkindlichen Bildung?