Applied Research

The aim is to translate research findings and recommendations into concrete measures and effective programmes, thus making a sustainable contribution to improving the education system. In addition, the process of translating research findings into practice is itself a subject of research. DIPF for example investigates conditions required for scientifically based measures to be integrated and implemented in (educational) practice – as efficiently and sustainably as possible.

Criteria for successful implementation include, for example:

• the dissemination of a measure
• the extent and sustainability of the change achieved
• the identification of involved parties with the introduced measure
• close cooperation among researchers, practitioners and decision-makers
• the identification and consideration of the needs and challenges of practitioners and their different logics of action and time perspectives