The effects of teacher education on professional competences, lesson quality and pupil performance (WiL)
Designed as a longitudinal study, WiL is a follow-up project of the international TEDS-M teacher education study.
The WiL project examines three areas in which teacher-training programmes are intended to have an effect: (1) the genesis of competence and professional skills in primary- and secondary-school trainee teachers and the development of these competences during the first few years in teaching, (2) the effects of professional competences on the quality of mathematics lessons, and (3) pupils’ academic progress and achievements. The project provides a sound empirical basis that is of great value to advancing teacher-training methods, improving job-induction programmes for new teachers, and refining the measurement of professional skills and competence.