Coordinates: 52°16′05″N 10°30′40″E / 52.268139°N 10.511016°E / 52.268139; 10.511016

Georg Eckert Institute

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Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute
Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien | Georg-Eckert-Institut
AbbreviationGEI
Founded1975[1]
FounderGeorg Eckert
TypeResearch institute
PurposeResearch, Education
Location
Coordinates52°16′05″N 10°30′40″E / 52.268139°N 10.511016°E / 52.268139; 10.511016
Membership
Leibniz Association
Official language
German
Director
Eckhardt Fuchs (since 2015)
Staff
127[2]
Websitegei.de

The Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI) is a non-university research institute focusing on international textbook and educational media research.[3] The institute was founded in 1975 and belongs to the Leibniz Association.

Departments

  • ‘Information Centre for Educational Media’
    • Responsible for the research library and the information infrastructures that support the GEI's research
  • ‘Media | Transformation’
    • Explores the socio-political implications of the educational technologies used in schools
  • ‘Human-Centred Technologies for Educational Media (MTB)’
    • Researches and develops digital infrastructures and tools for use in international educational media research, which are based in the department's own research as well as on data and findings from the institute's other departments
  • ‘Knowledge in Transition’
    • Researches knowledge presented in textbooks as an indicator and factor of social change

References

  1. ^ "History of the GEI". 2024-02-21.
  2. ^ "Jahresbericht 2021" (PDF). Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien | Georg-Eckert-Institut, p. 84. (in German). 2023-05-25.
  3. ^ "Our research field: interdisciplinary and international". 2024-02-21.

External links

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