Bielefeld School of Education - BiSEd

Theses

Information for the registration of theses in the major subject Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")

Bachelor's theses must be written in the major subject of Physical Education, Master's theses can be written in the subject of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"). The theses are registered with the examination office of the Faculty to which your first examiner belongs. Please take into account the modalities of the respective Faculty.

The thesis is handed out and supervised by one staff, people and evaluated by this and another person (first and second examiner). The staff, people must be authorized to examine according to the regulations of the University Law. As a rule, the thesis is handed out by a teaching staff, instructors, lectures with whom you have taken at least one course in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"), i.e. who comes from one of the faculties involved in Sachunterricht (Faculty of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology - Department of History, Faculty of Physics, Faculty of Sociology). You choose the second examiner in consultation with your first examiner and obtain his/her consent afterwards.

In the respective module description, you will find information specific to the Bachelor 's thesis and the Master's thesis. General information on theses can be found in the Examination regulations.

Information for registration of theses ISP

If you are studying Sachunterricht as a subject within the study program Primary School with Integrated Special and Inclusive Education, your Bachelor 's thesis is assigned to the Major Subject (Educational Sciences - Integrated Special and Inclusive Education). In your Bachelor's thesis, you must address an issue relevant to inclusive education. However, this can be done with a factual didactic concretization. The thesis must be registered in the examination office of the Faculty of Educational Science. Many teachers of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") are also eligible to take examinations; an overview can be found at the examination office of the Faculty of Educational Science (Download: "BiWi ISP - Bachelor/Master List of Reviewers from other Faculties"). The first examiner (or second examiner, if necessary) of the thesis must confirm on the registration form that the thesis deals with an issue relevant to inclusive education.

You do not have to write your Master 's thesis in the version of degree programme "Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")"; you can write in any of your study programme variants, i.e. also in Sachunterricht, or interdisciplinary.
The thesis can be recognized for the further Master course "Educational ScienceIntegrated Special Education with the Career Perspective Teacher in Special and Inclusive Education" if it addresses one of the two special education subjects Learning or Emotional and Social Development that are relevant in the context of the special education Master course (in the sense of a narrow concept of inclusion). This can also be done from a subject didactic perspective. According to the module description, the Master's thesis includes the written examination of a scientific question that considers problems of learning and/or behavior from an educational science or subject didactic perspective.
A corresponding handout can be found at the examination office of the Faculty of Educational Science (Download: "Handreichung für den Studiengang Master of Education EW ISP").
The registration of the Master's thesis is possible at any examination office responsible for you. The decisive factor is the faculty affiliation of your first examiner. The certification that the Master's thesis involves the written examination of a scientific question that considers problems of learning and/or behavior from an Educational Science or subject didactic perspective must be made by a staff, people authorized to examine in the Faculty of Educational Science. This is usually the teaching staff of the Faculty of Educational Science, as well as teaching staff, instructors, lectures from other faculties. An overview of the latter can be found at the examination office of the Faculty of Educational Science (Download: "BiWi ISP - Bachelor/Master List of Reviewers from other Faculties").

Collection of possible topics for theses

Faculty of Biology

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Faculty of Biology / Teaching of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences

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Faculty of Chemistry

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Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology

The teaching staff, instructors, lectures of the working area History Didactics are at your disposal for the supervision of Bachelor's and Master's theses in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"). Different theoretical concepts (competencies, historical consciousness, inclusion, ...) of (early) historical learning can be possible topics as well as, for example, media or places in which an approach to the past is reflected (historical culture). We deliberately do not want to offer you a list of ready-made topics. Rather, we look forward to working with you to develop a topic for your thesis based on your interests and to accompany you on your projects. Nevertheless, you are welcome to draw inspiration from the topics on which Bachelor 's and Master's theses have been written in our working area in recent years.

Faculty of Physics

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Faculty of Sociology

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Previous theses by year and Faculty in alphabetical order

2023

Faculty of Biology

• Analysis of cognitive activation in interdisciplinary lessons using an observation sheet based on the example of the teaching projects "Learning through movement", "Epigenetics" and "Stretching"

• Extracurricular learning location Wadden Sea: a series of lessons and an excursion for the primary level

• Education for sustainable development in extracurricular learning

• Pupils' ideas on the topic of healthy eating

• Planning and testing the feasibility of an experimental lesson based on the PLuS didactic reconstruction model using the example of a lesson for a third grade class on the topic of animals in the zoo

• Construction of a creativity test as a component of subject-specific aptitude in the natural sciences

• Does it make sense to integrate forest education into primary school lessons?

• Differences between the current and an ideal inclusive school system - lessons from the pandemic in terms of inclusion and digitalisation

• The potential of inquiry-based learning as a planning framework for language-sensitive teaching and as a motivational teaching concept using the example of a series of lessons on the topic of early bloomers designed for Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")

• Consideration of sex education lessons in primary school - a theory-based examination of two practical examples

• The forest as an extracurricular place of learning - draft of a teaching unit on the topic of "Trees of the local forest"

• To what extent do primary school children experience nature through natural places of learning - survey based on learning diaries

• A teaching unit on the topic of the European white-tailed eagle in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") at primary school with an integrated visit to the Berlebeck Eagle Sanctuary, an extracurricular place of learning close to home, and an accompanying research booklet

• Use of dialogue strategies in communication between teachers and pupils to support meaning-making practices

• Use of digital media in science lessons as an approach to dealing with the challenges of heterogeneous learning groups

• Qualitative validation of a scientific typology for the categorisation of children in elementary education

Faculty of Biology / Didactics of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences, specialising in science education

• Investigation of the professionalisation of prospective teachers in the planning of a model-based investigation

• Use of conversational strategies in communication between teachers and pupils to support meaning-making practices

Faculty of Chemistry:

• Modelling competence as part of inclusive science teaching - Qualitative evaluation of the pre- and post-survey of an empirical intervention study with student teachers of Chemistry and Special Education

• The development of two functional models on the topic of substance separation in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") - Conceptual work to enable explanatory, descriptive approval for understanding chemistry

• The use of simulations and movement games in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") to illustrate the particle level. A comparison of the contribution of simulations and movement games to the understanding of the aggregate states of water at the particle level and the influence on the affective experience of learners

• Adaptive planning skills for inclusive chemistry lessons

• How can the two chemistry experiments How activated charcoal can be used for cleaning and A natural stain remover be optimised experimentally and didactically?

• Prevention of nutrition-related diseases of civilisation - illustrated by the concept of a wholefood diet rich in vital substances according to Dr. M. O. Bruker - Scientific impulses for Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences

• Adaptive planning skills in inclusive chemistry lessons - Assessment of experiment- and model-related adaptive planning skills for inclusive chemistry lessons

Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology:

• Stalag 326 in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") - The revision of a source case from the memorial for Soviet prisoners of war in a way suitable for primary schools and its use in a fourth-grade classroom

• The museum as an extracurricular place of learning - An analysis of the educational programmes offered by the Minden Museum with regard to promoting historical learning in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")

• Opportunities and problems in acquiring skills when visiting the LWL Museum of Archaeology Herne as an extracurricular place of learning

• Memories as a living source of history - interviews with contemporary witnesses as a method of historical learning

• Historical museums and the trend towards digitalisation - opportunities, limits and challenges for Lehren und Lernen [Centre for teaching and learning] in the historical perspective of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"))

• The potential of extracurricular learning centres for early historical learning using the example of the Detmold Open-Air Museum

• Promoting historical methodological skills through a visit to the Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold as a place of learning using the example of the topic "Playing in the 19th century

• Promoting historical awareness and methodological skills in primary school children through a visit to the museum. An analysis of the hands-on programmes in the LVR's Xanten Archaeological Park

• Promoting historical competences in primary schools through learning workshops? A comparative analysis of two publishing products on the topic of "Knights and Castles"

Faculty of Physics:

• Physics of the body in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") - Conceptualisation of physical experiments using the example of the human body

• Development of a teaching unit for inclusive Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") on the topic of "Properties and behaviour of water", taking into account children with German as a Second Language

• A physical teaching unit with a historical perspective on the parachute

Faculty of Sociology:

• Pupils' perceptions of primary school children on the topic of "war"

• What do children know about the political democratic system in Germany? Secondary analysis of empirical studies

• Un-/Doing Gender in Game of Thrones? Exemplary media analysis of gender/power relations based on the character "Daenerys Targaryen"

2022

Faculty of Biology:

• Development, evaluation and perspectives of the digital learning environment NaveL (Naturverbundenheit Lernen)
• Experiments with plants on the importance of water
• Promotion of assessment skills in the Subject (Primary Education) using the example of the topic "vegan nutrition"

Faculty of Biology / Didactics of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences

• Investigation of possible changes in behaviour with regard to environmental and climate protection based on a teaching unit on climate change

Faculty of Chemistry:

• Chemical experiments for independent exploration of the bee products honey and beeswax in primary school Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences)

Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology:

• Extracurricular places of learning in early historical learning - an empirical exploration using the example of the Roman city wall in Cologne
• Castles as extracurricular places of learning in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"). On ways of promoting historical methodological and source competence using the example of Sparrenburg Castle and Ravensberg Castle
• Promoting historical skills at primary school level through prefabricated learning workshops? An investigation of materials on the topic of "Ancient Rome"
• Historical sources in primary school between theoretical requirements and practical problems - An empirical study on the use of sources by teachers in the historical perspective of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")
• National Socialism and the Holocaust in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")? Opportunities, challenges and limitations
• Potentials and risks of historical learning with children's books. An exemplary analysis of two historical novels about the Middle Ages
• Knights, dragons and princesses? An empirical study on the historical awareness of pupils in 2nd and 4th grade using the example of the topic "Middle Ages"

Faculty of Physics:

• Development of an experimental kit on the topic of pressure for visually impaired and blind children for use in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences)
• Development of a crime story with physical investigation methods for Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")
• Magic or physics after all? -Physical magic tricks for Integrated Studies for Primary Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences)
• Bicycle safety: Promoting road safety and developing basic physical concepts - Learning through discovery and research with exciting experiments
• Ideas of first-year students in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences about the phenomena of astronomy - Recognising and changing concepts of science learning

Faculty of Sociology:

• Educational equality in schools - What impact have school closures due to the corona pandemic had on educational equality in the school system?
• Gender roles in the classroom. Which behaviours on the part of school pupils can be traced back to the gender of the teacher?
• Reception of (children's) news in relation to the socio-economic status of the family of origin.
• How democracy is implemented politically - a qualitative content analysis of selected children's non-fiction books on the topic of democracy
• Creating approvals. Children's living environments as a basis for education for sustainable development in inclusion-oriented Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht").

2021

Faculty of Biology:

• Opportunities and limitations of the school garden at primary school level
• The tropical rainforest - conceptualisation of a series of lessons for the third grade of primary school
• The importance of modelling skills for pupils in primary and lower secondary school - illustrated by the model of the eye
• Generation of a scientific type theory for kindergarten age
• Integration of the school garden as an extracurricular learning location in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")
• On safari with your ears - knowledge of native bird species in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"))
• Potentials and deficits in students' perceptions of cognitively activating methods in biology and Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")
• Dental care - The development of a lesson on the topic of "Dental care and tooth-friendly nutrition" at the start date of year three in joint Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")

Faculty of Biology / Didactics of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences

• Extracurricular places of learning: forests and meadows. The potential of school and hunting for holistic and illustrative teaching. A teaching concept for the primary level using the example of the Jakobsberg learning site (Porta Westfalica)
• Forest and climate change in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"). Child-orientated use of measuring instruments to check weather data.

Faculty of Chemistry:

• Adaptive planning skills for inclusive science lessons - Qualitative evaluation of the pre-survey of an empirical intervention study with student teachers of the subject Chemistry and special education
• Chemical experiments for teaching in natural environments, in line with the outdoor school concept, at primary schools
• The importance of experimentation in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences between theoretical relevance and self-assessment by primary school teachers in practice
• A teacher survey on Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences at a distance with regard to scientific teaching methods - a review of the corona lockdown
• Identification of chemical experiments on the topic of "dyes" for primary schools
• Experimental opportunities for independent exploration of natural fragrances and their modes of action in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") Date

Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology:

• The development of historical awareness and the accompanying necessity of early historical learning
• A wall in their heads - children explore history. Interviews with contemporary witnesses to the division of Germany
• Promoting historical awareness using the topic of "Festivals and customs" in intercultural comparison
• Promoting historical thinking in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"), in particular according to the FUER competence model using the example of the programmes "Willi wills wissen - Wie wild waren die Wikinger wirklich?" and "Was ist Was - Die Welt der Wikinger")
• Action-orientation in early historical learning at an extracurricular learning location. Analysis and evaluation of the educational offers at the Archaeological Open-Air Museum Oerlinghausen
• Historical learning with comics. A historical-cultural consideration of Asterix and Obelix
• Historical learning with children's books. A comparison of two children's books about ancient Egypt.
• Carriages, cars, trams - transformations of Bielefeld's Jahnplatz in the 20th century. A series of lessons to promote historical skills by working with archival materials in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")
• On the possibility of using image sources in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") to promote historical competences

Faculty of Physics:

• Experimentation in inclusive, science-based Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences, taking into account the focal points of learning and seeing
• Gravitation/gravity in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") at primary school - project work within a series of lessons on "Our solar system" in Year 4

2020

Faculty of Biology

• The effect of the forest youth games on the closeness to nature of fourth grade pupils
• The influence of the three basic psychological needs on pupils' intrinsic motivation when experimenting in the pupils' laboratory
• Forest education measures in primary school using the example of the forest youth games
• Development of an interdisciplinary series of lessons on the cardiovascular system in the subjects of sport and Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")
• Development of a teaching unit for the Flying Zoo School
• Development of a teaching unit to promote closeness to nature using the example of moorland
• Native medicinal plants - camomile and dandelion. Primary school pupils learn to work independently on the basis of native medicinal plants and develop important foundations for Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"))
• "I learn in biology lessons because..." - A cross-sectional study comparing motivational regulation in science and biology lessons
• biology lessons from the third year to the introductory phase
• Affection for nature among primary school children
• Scientific inclination at pre-school age - design of an accompanying observation sheet for the BDNB-V
• Project design for teaching about owls for a primary school class at the Berlebeck Eagle Observatory
• Differences between the current and an ideal inclusive school system - analysing teachers' assessments
• What opportunities do non-fiction books on the topic of forests offer for teaching in primary schools - a comparison of three non-fiction books
• Dental health in primary school - children's dental health and the prerequisites for success in practice

Faculty of Chemistry:

• "Choice2learn" in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences - Changing pupils' perceptions using the example of dissolving table salt in water
• The expressive behaviour of inpatients in child and adolescent psychiatry during scientific experiments
• The history of naturopathy from its beginnings to modern times - What is the significance of naturopathy in the 21st century in relation to primary school?
• Experiments with medicinal plants and healing methods in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences
• Experiments with medicinal plants and healing methods in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")) / Natural Sciences
• Gender-specific reactions of primary school pupils when experimenting in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") in year four
• Is the "smiley feedback" research instrument a suitable indicator of self-perception? An analysis of external and
• Self-observation of children during chemical experiments in the school for sick children and adolescent psychiatrists
• Plastics experiments in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences - Empirical study of primary school children's attitudes towards plastics
• Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences with experiments from "Kuno's cool plastic box"
  Comparison of Scandinavian and English hospital schools with hospital schools in Germany

Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology:

• Development of the perspective-related ways of thinking, working and acting of the historical perspective in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") with the support of the medium of comics
• Family history(ies) as a starting point for historical learning in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")
• Toys from the past as a source for today's lessons
• Promoting historical awareness at extracurricular places of learning - an analysis and comparison of potential and limitations
• Promoting historical awareness in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"). An analysis of teaching materials
• Questions in the museum - On the promotion and training of historical questioning skills by visiting extracurricular learning centres using the example of the Neanderthal Museum
• Historical learning in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"). Promoting historical awareness using the example of teaching about National Socialism.
• Interest and prior knowledge of primary school children in a fourth grade regarding the historical perspective in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") - an explorative study
• Possible opportunities and limitations in the context of promoting the historical awareness of primary school children using the history competition of the Federal President
• School and museum - perspectives on cooperation between two educational institutions to promote historical skills in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") using the example of the Bielefeld Historical Museum
• Toys as a bridge to the past - using material sources to promote temporal awareness in primary school history lessons.
• Promoting source and methodological skills in the historical perspective of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") using the example of the topic "School - past and present")
• On the promotion of historical learning in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") by visiting extracurricular places of learning - an exemplary study of educational programmes offered by memorial sites on National Socialism and the Holocaust
• On the possibility of promoting a reflective historical awareness at extracurricular places of learning using the example of the Roman Museum Xanten

Faculty of Physics:

• Development of a module on acoustics in the Teutolab Physics at Bielefeld University
• Discovering renewable energies - the use of experiment kits on wind and solar energy in science Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences
• Conception of a series of experiments on the topic of thunderstorms in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")

Faculty of Sociology:

• Democracy education - analysing the controversies surrounding learning democracy
• The development of consumer competence as a teaching objective in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")
• Comparative analysis of the concepts of environmental education, global learning and ESD
• Comparative analysis of empirical studies on pupils' perceptions of democracy in primary school

2019

Faculty of Biology:

• The development of a teaching concept on "Feeding birds of prey" for the zoo school of the Berlebeck Eagle Station
• Comparative analysis of empirical studies on pupils' perceptions of democracy in primary school
• Faculty of Biology / Didactics of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences
• Promotion possibilities of closeness to nature. Comparison of a nature experience concept in the Eifel National Park with a project week in the context of education for sustainable development at a primary school.

Faculty of Chemistry:

• Didactic reduction of previously developed experiments on medicinal plants and natural remedies in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") in a fourth grade class.
• Conducting student experiments on medicinal plants and natural healing methods
• Scientific experiments in the Bethel Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
• Verification of Erikson's sense of work and Montessori's polarisation of attention by observing mentally ill children during a scientific experiment Date
• Faculty of Chemistry / Didactics of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") / Natural Sciences
• The didactic concept of learning arrangements in inclusive Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Bridges")
• Children's questions in multi-perspective Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht")

Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology:

• Analysis of teaching materials on the topic of "Ancient Egypt" with a view to historical competences
• Extracurricular places of learning and their potential to promote historical learning in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") at primary school using the example of the Bielefeld Farmhouse Museum - Theoretical and empirical approaches
• The historical questioning and methodological skills of children in second and fourth grade - a qualitative comparison
• Explorative study in a primary school on historical questioning skills
• Historical learning in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht"): Possibilities for initiating historical learning through activity-based lessons
• Historical learning in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("The fall of the Berlin Wall") using children's literature
• Historical perspective in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") - What pre-school children know about the Middle Ages and what questions they bring with them to primary school.
• Possibilities and limits of promoting narrative competence using various teaching materials on the topic of "School in the past and today"
• On the promotion of narrative competence in the historical perspective of Integrated Studies for Primary Education ("Sachunterricht") using the example of the topic "Knights")

Faculty of Physics:

• The use of models in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ('Sachunterricht') using a series of lessons on the topic 'Our solar system')

Faculty of Sociology:

• Family images in textbooks for Integrated Studies for Primary Education ('Sachunterricht')
• Elections as a subject in Integrated Studies for Primary Education ('Sachunterricht') - a comparative textbook analysis