Guide to the eight research projects

On the following pages, you will find the abstracts of the eight research projects, sorted by their research clusters:

• The acquistion of preschool competencies:
  • Differential courses of cognitive development in preschool children
  • An intervention study on social and emotional learning among four and five-year-olds
  • Spatial cognition and mathematics in preschool children
• Profession and professionalization:
  • Interpretative competences of the self-educational process of children - a qualitative study with educators
  • Professional monitoring of learning and educational processes in day-care centers
• Diversity:
  • Gender-related socialization in the context of physical activity in early childhood
  • Learning experiences during the transitionfrom early education to school
  • Language support for children with a migration background at preschool level