Promoting Excellence in School Education: Transfer Into the School Landscape (LemaS Transfer) is a research network funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in which a total of 17 universities are involved. This research network is responsible for the scientific supervision of the transfer of offers from the federal–state initiative “Promoting Excellence in School Education,” which support high-achieving and particularly capable learners. The initiative comprises two funding phases. In the first funding phase (2018 to 2023), strategies, concepts, and measures for the development of a school and teaching culture that promotes talent and achievement were developed in 22 sub-projects together with 300 schools across Germany. In this context, the University of Regensburg was responsible for the sub-project “Individualization Through Mentoring in Schools” in cooperation with the Friedrich–Alexander University of Erlangen–Nuremberg.
The aim of the second funding phase (transfer phase) is the sustainable implementation and transfer of the strategies, concepts, and measures that were developed in the first funding phase. To this end, teachers from schools that have already collaborated with the research network in the first phase will be trained as multipliers in order to pass on the concepts developed in the first phase to teachers from up to 1000 other schools within the framework of school networks. The LemaS Transfer research network assists the schools in this task by providing professionalization and support services and at the same time examines the transfer and implementation processes on a scientific basis.
One focus at the University of Regensburg is the supervision of the “CyberMentor Plus” concept that was developed during the first funding phase, which aims to support girls in the STEM fields (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology) and combines extracurricular online expert mentoring with school-based support in the context of STEM clubs.
Funding:
The LemaS Transfer research network is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ) from 2023 to 2027. In addition, “CyberMentor Plus” is also funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Instruction and Culture.
Participating institutions and persons:
Prof. Dr. Heidrun Stoeger, Dr. Kathrin Emmerdinger, Natalie Bauer, Sonja Bayer, Dr. Benjamin Matthes, Doreen von Seidlitz, and Dr. Claudia Uebler.
LemaS Transfer research collaborative: www.lemas-forschung.de (external link, opens in a new window)
Federal–state initiative “Promoting Excellence in School Education”: www.leistung-macht-schule.de (external link, opens in a new window)
