Data Search for Higher Education Research and Science Studies

Survey Period: Jan 11, 2016 - Jun 1, 2016 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

Students at different universities in Germany were surveyed in 2016 about their study success in the study called "Studying successfully" (Erfolgreich Studieren, (Estud)). The study focusses on explanatory mechanisms of primary effects (social class achiev... moreement gaps in university grades) in higher education. The questionnaire comprises items on motivation, competency beliefs, social integration in the academic field, study habits and environmental conditions of students. Students from 18 universities in 11 federal states of Germany took part in the web survey. While the first wave focusses on a variety of different theoretical constructs for students with some study experience, the subsequent second wave is aimed at collecting those constructs for the first waves' first semester students. Additionally, some time variant items were administered to the entire population of the second wave. Currently, the first wave of Estud is available as SUF. less

Organising, teaching and learning digital higher education (digihub.org) Interview data

Survey Period: Mar 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2023 Survey Data Type: Qualitative Data

The project "Organising, Teaching and Learning Digital Higher Education (digihub.org)" is a research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and carried out by the universities of Halle-Wittenburg and Paderborn. The aim of t... morehe joint project was to empirically reconstruct the change in higher education triggered by the switch to online teaching during the Covid 19 pandemic at both an individual and organisational level. The data package made available for re-use is based on the qualitative expert interviews conducted as part of sub-project 3 ‘examining teaching’ at Paderborn University with professors who have developed and implemented innovative ideas in their teaching through interaction with digital technologies. The interviews were conducted between March and September 2023 and focused on the description of teaching concepts and planned future adjustments, the motivation for teaching commitment and any role models, questions about organisational support in the implementation of teaching concepts and ideas as well as challenges and solution strategies, the understanding of ‘good teaching’ and related changes in the context of the digitalisation of university teaching. Additionaly, the extent to which changes in society as a whole have an influence on the design of teaching and which changes to improve teaching should (or should not) be made in the coming years (at their university) from the interviewees' point of view were also discussed. In addition to the 18 interviews with professors from different career levels and disciplinary cultures, the data package includes the data and methods report, the guidelines used for the survey, the transcription guide and the data protection and consent form. less

New professional roles? Competency and task profiles in IT-supported research reporting. Quantitative survey of the DZHW project BERTI.

Survey Period: Jun 18, 2021 - Aug 2, 2021 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The BERTI project examined competency and task profiles in IT-supported research reporting. The diversity of reporting occasions, the increasing and more differentiated demand for data, and the closer integration of research information into strategic deci... moresion-making processes for internal organisational management are driving the adoption of more complex technical solutions and information systems in research documentation. Consequently, the activity profile of research reporting is acquiring new characteristics. The guiding hypothesis of the project was that the utilisation of networked information systems for data collection, processing, and analysis—as well as the growing importance of (quantitative) performance evaluation in research for strategic organisational decisions—would give rise to a new type of personnel working within science management. In light of this, BERTI posed the overarching question: what professional roles are emerging as a result of the dissemination and utilisation of digital information systems for performance recording and research reporting within research organisations? This data package comprises information from a quantitative online survey conducted among German research infrastructure project managers and those responsible for quality assurance and research planning. It covers practices related to data collection and processing, details of technical infrastructure, as well as job profiles, areas of responsibility, organisational placement, qualifications, and skills of the personnel involved. less

Publications of General Educational Science

Survey Period: Oct 6, 2021 - Aug 25, 2023 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

For some years now, debates about the situation and profile of general educational science have been intensifying. The data set provided was created in the context of a project group that came together on the occasion of an invitation at the end of 2020 fr... moreom the board of the DGfE Commission on Science Studies to empirically examine the past and present aggregate states of “general educational science” or “general pedagogy” (hereinafter referred to as AEW). In the first step, the group of relevant people for AEW was determined and surveyed on the basis of denominations. This is an institutionally and organizationally justified setting that follows a disciplinary logic: Professors who hold a chair in educational science or a professorship in educational science with a denomination relevant to the project context or who head such work areas are, according to the label, concerned with AEW (at least in part) in their everyday work at the time of the survey. They represent this aspect of the discipline, train future potential researchers for the discipline, etc. Accordingly, data was collected from all educational science locations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (including universities and teacher training colleges) in order to compile a list of general educational scientists (n = 184). This list forms the starting point or data basis for the present data package. This is a list of publications that can be assigned to the AEW in terms of personnel (by denomination). The FIS Bildung literature database was used to create the dataset of AEW publications. less

Two-wave panel of Hamburg primary school students in the bachelor’s phase

Survey Period: Nov 3, 2020 - Jul 16, 2023 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The project examines the introduction of the new degree program for elementary school teachers (LAGS) and special education teachers (LAS-G) at Universität Hamburg in the winter semester 2020/21. The first two cohorts in the years 2020-2023 were surveyed. ... moreParticipation in the study was voluntary.It is a longitudinal study with two measurement points, a baseline measurement at the beginning of the winter semester 2020/21 or winter semester 2021/22 and a second measurement after four semesters at the end of the summer semester 2022 or 2023. Since it is compulsory for most students in the LAGS to study the subjects German and mathematics, a measurement of characteristics with regard to these two subjects took place at both measurement points. For this purpose, separate subject-specific online surveys were conducted for German and mathematics, which recorded similar constructs using similar instruments. The data from the baseline measurement and the measurement after four semesters were linked to form a data set using an anonymous personal code generated by the students. Variables were collected in the areas of socio-demographic characteristics, students' study potential, study success criteria and study behavior. These are the following study success criteria, which are mentioned as examples for the subject German, but were also collected analogously for the subject mathematics: Subject knowledge of German, knowledge of German didactics, academic self-concept with regard to studying German, enthusiasm for German as a subject, self-efficacy in teaching German and satisfaction with courses in German. The intention to drop out of university was also surveyed. less

Development and dissemination of research data management at Universities of Applied Sciences (EVER_FDM)

Survey Period: Oct 21, 2022 - Mar 8, 2023 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The survey was conducted as a standardized online survey that primarily covered three topics: Awareness, activities and needs regarding research data management. The sample included all Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Germany (full coverage surve... morey) and the target groups were professors and research assistants at these institutions. Initially, one person from the presidential board/rectorate as well as one person responsible for research data management (RDM) at each UAS was identified and contacted by e-mail. These persons were asked to forward the questionnaire link to the research-conducting staff at their university. This way, 2,456 people from 109 UAS were recruited to participate in the survey. A pretest ensured the quality of the questionnaire. The preparation and analysis of the data was done syntax-based using Stata. less

The Social Profile of Scholarship System

Survey Period: Oct 27, 2008 - Nov 9, 2008 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The data set contains the information provided by the participants in the online survey, which was conducted in October/November 2008 among all grantees of the eleven organizations for the promotion of the gifted. Different instruments were used for recipi... moreents of study grants and recipients of doctoral grants. The data from both sub-surveys were cumulated into one data set. The data set contains 9,540 cases, including 7,947 participants with a study sponsorship and 1,593 with a doctoral sponsorship. The survey covered the following topics: Study and doctoral sponsorship, educational origin, migration, sociodemographic characteristics, university access, study/doctoral characteristics, income, employment, and study-related mobility. To enable comparability of the findings with the population of all students, the questionnaire was methodologically closely aligned with the 18th Social Survey, which had been conducted in 2006. less

DZHW Panel Study of School Leavers 2018 - Educational paths of school leavers with a higher education entrance qualification

Survey Period: Dec 1, 2017 - Oct 31, 2018 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The DZHW-Panel Study of School Leavers 2018 is part of the DZHW-Panel Study of School Leavers survey series, in which standardized multiple surveys are used to collect information on the post-school careers of school leavers with a (school) higher educatio... moren entrance qualification. As a rule, several survey waves are conducted at different times before and after the acquisition of the higher education entrance qualification. Accordingly, this is a combined cohort-panel design. The panel 2018 is the 21st cohort of the survey series of which the data of the first survey wave will be published first. One of the main focal points is the topic of diversity, with a particular focus on migration background. Another special feature of the panel 2018 is that, for the first time within the survey series, school principals were also surveyed in addition as part of the first survey wave. less

Survey of scientific and administrative employees at medical faculties in the QuaMedFo project (Qualitätsmaße zur Evaluierung medizinischer Forschung)

Survey Period: Apr 15, 2021 - Aug 9, 2021 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The survey of scientific and administrative employees at medical faculties in Germany is part of module 7 „Praktikabilität, Akzeptanz und Verhaltenswirksamkeit“ in the collaborative project „Qualitätsmaße zur Evaluierung medizinischer Forschung“ (QuaMedFo)... more

Student Survey 2016

Survey Period: Jan 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2017 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

The thirteenth survey of the Student Survey covers the following topics: access to higher education, choice of subject, motives and expectations; study strategies, course of studies and qualifications; study intensity, time required and duration of studies... more; study requirements, regulations and examinations; contacts and communication, social climate, counselling; subject-related studies, situation of teaching and quality of studies; student lifestyle, social situation, employment; Difficulties, Impairments and Burdens; Higher Education Policy, Participation and Student Representation; Internationality and the European Higher Education Area; Career Choice, Career Values and Fields of Activity; Career Prospects and Labor Market Responses; Social Perceptions and Values; Political Participation and Democratic Attitudes; Wishes and Demands for Higher Education Development; Demographic and Educational Biographical Data. The data are based on random samples from 16 universities and twelve universities of applied sciences in West Germany and comprise 413 items (plus additionally created variables). less