Colloquia

Every month, the Potsdam Research Institute for Early Learning and Educational Action (PINA) hosts guest lectures on early childhood education and development.

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt
Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam
Time: 18:00–19:30

Colloquium (Wed 09.12.2020)

Ort: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Zeit: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Prof. Dr. Tanja Betz (Allgemeine Erziehungswissenschaft . Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz):
Herausforderungen für die Gestaltung der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Kita und Familie

The lecture is based on empirical findings from two studies on the ‘successful’ relationship between kindergarten and family (“Kinder zwischen Chancen und Barrieren” (‘child…

Colloquium (Wed 01.07.2020)

Ort: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Zeit: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Prof. Dr. Hannes Rakoczy (Kognitive Entwicklungspsychologie . Georg August Universität Göttingen):
The development of explicit and implicit Theory of Mind in early childhood and beyond

When do children acquire a propositional attitude folk psychology or theory of mind? The orthodox answer to this central question of developmental Theory of Mind…

Colloquium (Wed 03.06.2020)

Ort: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Zeit: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Dr. Kinga Morsanyi (Academic Non-Clinical, School of Psychology; Academic Non-Clinical, Cognition, Development and Education . Queen's University Belfast):
Ordering skills and the development of mathematics abilities

Numbers form an ordered sequence, just like the days of the week, the months (and some significant, recurring events) of the calendar year, and the letters of the…

Colloquium (Wed 12.02.2020)

Ort: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Zeit: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Prof. Dr. Timm Albers (AG Inklusive Pädagogik . Universität Paderborn):
Zugänge in die frühe Bildung gestalten

Access to the system of early education and care can be a challenge for some families. These may be refugee families, but also families with similar life situations can…

Colloquium (Wed 11.12.2019)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

Dörte Weltzien (Pädagogik der Kindheit . Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg):
Interaktionen im pädagogischen Alltag gestalten: Das videogestützte Verfahren „GInA“

Dörte Weltzien (Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg): Interaktionen im pädagogischen Alltag gestalten: Das videogestützte Verfahren „GInA“. Mit dem videogestützten „GInA“ Verfahren (…

Colloquium (Wed 20.11.2019)

Ort: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Zeit: 18:00–19:30

Annie E. Wertz (Naturalistic Social Cognition Research Group . Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin):
Seeing the forest for the trees: What infants’ responses to plants reveal about the evolution of social learning systems

Annie E. Wertz (Research Group Leader. Naturalistic Social Cognition Research Group. Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin): Seeing the forest for the…

Colloquium (Wed 30.10.2019)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

Ruth Byrne (Professor of Cognitive Science, School of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin . University of Dublin, Ireland):
Counterfactual Thinking

Ruth Byrne (Professor of Cognitive Science, School of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College): Counterfactual Thinking People readily imagine…

Colloquium (Wed 03.07.2019)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

Uwe Peters ( Fachhochschule Potsdam (EQUIP) und University College London):
On the Diversity of Action Explanations

Uwe Peters (University of Applied Science Potsdam (EQUIP) and University College London): On the Diversity of Action Explanations In the theorizing on action…

Colloquium (Wed 05.06.2019)

Ort: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Zeit: 18:00–19:30

Hellgard Rauh (Entwicklungspsychologie . Prof. em. an der Universität Potsdam):
Vorschuldebatte nach dem "Sputnikschock" (60er und frühe 70er Jahre) und Umorientierung der Entwicklungspsychologie der frühen Kindheit: Kognitive Wende (Piaget) versus behavioristische Sozialisationstheorien in den frühen 70er Jahren

Ähnlich wie nach dem PISA-Schock gab es in den 60er und frühen 70er Jahren eine starke gesellschaftliche Reaktion auf den Sputnikschock. Beide rückten nicht nur die sc…

Colloquium (Wed 08.05.2019)

Ort: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Zeit: 18:00–19:30

Otávio Mattos (Developmental psychology . Central European University Hungary):
Conceptualizing the world

Babies have a huge challenge in front of them: making sense of a buzzing world crowded with unknown objects. The acquisition of kind concepts (cat, ball etc.) and the…

Colloquium (Wed 06.02.2019)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Prof. Dr. Jörg Maywald (Social and Educational Sciences . University of Applied Sciences Potsdam):
Children’s Rights into the Basic Law! Why Children’s Rights belong into the Constitution and what would change

Children’s Rights into the Basic Law! Why Children’s Rights belong into the Constitution and what would change. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has rep…

Colloquium (Wed 09.01.2019)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Prof. Dr. Hedwig Gasteiger (Mathematikdidaktik . Universität Osnabrück):
Research Topic Early Mathematical Education – From the development of mathematical competencies to the professionalisation of educators

There are some challenges in realising early mathematical education that is both appropriate for children and fits the subject matter. In some areas, there are research…

Colloquium (Wed 12.12.2018)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Dr. Antonia Misch (Developmental Psychology . LMU München):
Group Psychology in Childhood

From early on our development and behaviour is shaped by people around us and the social groups we identify with. In my research, I focus on the effects of group…

Colloquium (Wed 14.11.2018)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Prof. Dr. Sabine Hebenstreit-Müller ( Universität Halle-Wittenberg):
Childhood Pedagogy as School of View – on the development of an inquiry-focused attitude

Every child is a curious, inquiring child in its own way, but s/he must also be perceived and fostered as such. To be open about their world, young children need…

Colloquium (Wed 11.07.2018)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

18:00 PD Dr. rer. nat. David Buttelmann (Institut für Psychologie . Universität Bern):
Theory of Mind in Transition: New Methods Require an Expanded Understanding

People do not act on the basis of reality, but on how they represent reality, that is their beliefs. Understanding beliefs plays thus a crucial role in successful…

Colloquium (Wed 06.06.2018)

Venue: FH Potsdam, Theaterwerkstatt Kiepenheuerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam Time: 18:00–19:30

18:00 Dr. Mikołaj Hernik (Cognitive Development Center . Central European University Budapest):
Communicative Competence of Human Infants

This talk will focus on some recent and ongoing studies investigating the hypothesis that human infants may be from very early on well prepared to be the recipients of…