IDEA – Individual Development and Adaptive Educatio
Welcome to the IDeA Center!
We are an interdisciplinary research center in Frankfurt (Main), Germany, that brings together scientists from various disciplines to cooperatively investigate children’s learning and developmental processes as well as the perspectives of educators, teachers, parents, and the actors of educational policy.
Our research is aimed at improving the quality of education and promoting the well-being of children and adolescents. We are committed to conducting high-quality research that is relevant to practice and policy. Please feel free to explore our website to learn more about our research, publications, and events.
Studies at the IDeA Center
Our two short films give you an insight into how studies are conducted at the IDeA Center and what it looks like here. Parents and children who are interested in taking part in a study can find further information and contact details here. Teachers who would like to take part in our studies with their pupils (after consulting their parents) can find all the important information here.
What we offer
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IDeA focuses on analysing individual developmental trajectories, investigating adaptive educational contexts for children with different learning requirements and researching the professional skills of educational professionals in daycare centres and primary schools for dealing with heterogeneous learning groups. The members of the centre have expertise in the fields of psychology, educational science, psycholinguistics, neuroscience, various subject didactics, sociology and psychoanalysis.
The IDeA lab offers its researchers facilities and personnel to support a wide variety of behavioral and neurocognitive studies.