Andrea Wullschleger is a Professor in the Department of Research and Development at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (School of Education). She is Head of the Centre for Research on the Professional Development of Teachers. Her expertise lies in the field of educational governance, school effectiveness, school improvement, and collaboration within and between schools.
In her current projects, she is studying: the regulation of routines within instructional teams; innovation in collaboration among educational actors on different levels of the educational system, and teacher collaboration within and between schools - all aimed at advancing teaching and learning.
Her experience as a primary school teacher, lecturer and researcher enables her to bridge the gap between research and educational practice. Drawing on this diverse background, she places great emphasis on close collaboration with stakeholders from various areas of the education system to jointly develop innovative approaches for advancing the improvement of schools and teaching.
- School improvement
- Collaboration in schools
- Individualised adaptive learning support
- Play-based learning of mathematics in kindergarten
- Quantitative social network analysis
- Video analysis
- Teaching at the University of Zurich Institute of Education
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal School Effectiveness and School Improvement
- Organization of the PH FHNW methodology week
since 2023 | Co-Head of the center for Research on Teachers' Professional Development at the Institute for Reseach and Development, PH FHNW Head of focus group Research & Development within the center for Research on Teachers' Professional Development |
2022 - 2023 | Interim Chair, Co-Head of the center for Research on Teachers' Professional Development at the Institute for Reseach and Development, PH FHNW Head of focus group Research & Development within the center for Research on Teachers' Professional Development |
2022 | Call to professorship for Educational Sciences with focus Teaching and Heterogeneity at the Goethe University Frankfurt jointly with DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (declined) |
2021 - 2022 | Scientific Exchange at Northwestern University, Evanston (Prof. Dr. James P. Spillane) and University of California, San Diego (Prof Dr. Alan J. Daly) |
2018 - 2022 | Postdoctoral researcher (co-project leader) in project "School Improvement Capacity for Academic Learning" (SIC) at the chair of Theory and Empirical Research on Educational Processes in Schools (Prof. Dr. K. Maag Merki), Institute of Education, University of Zurich |
2018 - 2019 | Instructor of the lecture "Adaptive Play and Learning Support" ("Adaptive Spiel- und Lernbegleitung") in early childhood education, Unversity of Teacher Education Lucerne (PHLU) |
2016 - 2019 | Postdoctoral researcher on the project "We're learning Math!" ("Wir lernen Mathematik!“ -WILMA) at the chair of Special Education with focus on Inclusion and Instruction Research (Prof. Dr. E. Moser Opitz), Institute of Education Studies, University of Zurich |
2014 - 2015 | Assistant at the chair of Pedagogical Psychology and Didactics (Prof. Dr. K. Reusser), Institute of Education Studies, University of Zurich |
2012 - 2015 | Instructor of Mathematical Didactics and co-project leader of "Competence-oriented planning - teaching - assessing" at the University of Teacher Education St. Gallen, Rorschach |
2012 - 2014 | Doctoral researcher on the project "Play-based mathematical early intervention" ("Spielintegrierte mathematische Frühförderung" - spimaf) at the chair of Pedagogical Psychology and Didactics (Prof. Dr. K. Reusser), Institute of Education Studies, University of Zurich |
2011 - 2012 | Research associate on the project "Lehrplan 21", co-leading the field "Nature, Humanity, Society", Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (Deutschschweizer Erziehungsdirektoren-Konferenz), Lucerne |
2009 - 2011 | Research associate without degree, Institute of Education Studies, University of Zurich |
2008 - 2011 | Teacher at the mathematics and science learning forum (promotion of talented pupils) at primary school, Rapperswil-Jona |
2003 - 2011 | Primary school teacher |
since 2017 | Habilitation |
2013 - 2017 | Doctoral program in Education Studies, University of Zurich |
2006 - 2011 | Master of Arts, University of Zurich Major: Education Studies Minor: Social Anthropology |
1997 - 2003 | Primary school teacher training, University of Teacher Education Sargans |
- Member of the Swiss Society for Research in Education (SSRE / SGBF)
Member of Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung (SGL)
Member of the Society for empirical educational research (GEBF)
Member of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
- Member of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)
- Member of American Educational Research Association (AERA)
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- School Improvement Capacity for Academic Learning (SIC) (2018-2022)
- "A focus on cantonal educational governance-systems" - Kantonale Educational Governance-Systeme im Fokus (EduGov) (2019-2021)
- "We're learning Math!" - Wir lernen Mathematik im Kindergarten (WILMA) (2016-2109)
- "Play-based mathematical early intervention" - Spielintegrierte mathematische Frühförderung (SpiMaF) (2012-2015)