Program Profile
The International Doctoral School “Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation” is an interdisciplinary PhD program in the Learning Sciences, incorporating research from Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Biology Education, Mathematics Education, Medical Education, Education Sciences, Computer Science and Social Work. REASON aims to advance scientific knowledge on the development and promotion of scientific reasoning and argumentation skills from preschool age to adulthood.
Research Areas
The program research areas include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) The interplay between domain-specific and domain-general skills in reasoning and argumentation
(2) The role of epistemic emotions in reasoning and argumentation
(3) The role of social context and social interaction in reasoning and argumentation
(4) Fostering reasoning and argumentation skills
(5) The development of reasoning and argumentation
(6) Reasoning and argumentation in evidence-based practice
(7) The role of technology in reasoning and argumentation
(8) Measuring reasoning and argumentation (including competence-oriented and large scale assessment)
For additional information please visit the RESEARCH section of our webpage.
Main Supervisory Body
Doctoral candidates will carry out scientific research in a supportive environment that brings together expert researchers from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Katholische Stiftungshochschule München, University of Applied Sciences (KSH):
LMU | |
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Prof. Dr. Frank Fischer | Chair of Education and Educational Psychology |
Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer | Institute for Medical Education |
Prof. Dr. Moritz Heene | Psychology in the Learning Sciences |
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Hußmann | Work Group Media Informatics and Human-Machine-Interaction |
Prof. Dr. Birgit J. Neuhaus | Institute for the Didactics of Biology |
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pekrun | Chair for Personality & Educational Psychology |
Prof. Dr. Beate Sodian | Chair of Developmental and Educational Psychology |
Prof. Dr. Stefan Ufer | Chair for Mathematics Education |
TUM | |
Prof. Dr. Reiss Kristina | Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Mathematics Education |
Prof. Dr. Tina Seidel | Friedl Schöller Endowed Chair for Educational Psychology |
KSH | |
Prof. Dr. Birgit Dorner | Professor for Arts Education |
Prof. Dr. Sabine Pankofer | Psychology in Social Work |