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Democratic education in populist times

Published on 29. November 2019
Work starts for a Europe-wide network of laboratory schools

Prof.’in Dr. Annette Textor, Dr. Christian Timo Zenke und Nicole Freke (v.l.) entwickeln im Projekt LabSchoolsEurope Methoden, mit denen Schülerinnen und Schüler  demokratische Fähigkeiten erlernen. Foto: Universität Bielefeld
How do children learn co-determination in their schools and how do they cope with all the diversity of opinions, abilities, and cultural differences? This is just one of the questions being addressed by the new project LabSchoolsEurope. It is being coordinated by Bielefeld University that initiated the project together with Bielefeld’s Laborschule [laboratory school]. Researchers and teachers are cooperating in the project to develop innovations in democratic education for dealing with heterogeneity in primary schools. Universities and schools are working together at five locations—in Austria, the Czech Republic, England, France, and Germany. The project is being funded by Erasmus+, the European Union programme for education, youth, and sport.[Weiterlesen]
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Have the Great Theories Become Obsolete?

Published on 6. November 2019
Bielefeld University’s anniversary conference on 14 and 15 November

Zu ihrem Jubiläum veranstaltet die Universität Bielefeld im November eine interdisziplinäre Konferenz zur Zukunft der Theorien. Foto: Universität Bielefeld
Be it relativity theory, systems theory, or game theory: to this day, great theories are the figureheads of science. But are algorithms replacing them with automated data analyses? This is the topic of the conference celebrating 50 years of Bielefeld University on 14 and 15 November. Its title: ‘The Theoretical University in the Data Age. Have the Great Theories Become Obsolete?’
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