Conditional factors and effects of school development for achieving high quality education. A process and impact analysis from a comparative perspective

In connection with the central research desiderata of school development research, the following questions will be examined within the framework of the research semester: a) Which school-internal and external school factors influence school development processes in individual schools and what is the relationship between these factors? b) What effects do specific school development processes and dimensions have on the development of professional learning environments and on the learning of students? I will examine these questions from a multi-level analytical perspective, taking into account the complex, nested structure of education systems, and from an international comparative perspective . In addition, these questions can also be examined in relation to how schools are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, so that this pandemic can be understood as an ideal case of 'school development occasion'. The focus is on two large, third-party funded research projects whose data can be evaluated. Several English-language articles will be prepared in renowned international peer-reviewed journals and, if possible, submitted during the research semester and contributions prepared for international conferences.