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<p>Increasing societal demands and ongoing educational reforms mean that teachers must develop and adapt their professional competencies. Alongside formal training opportunities, informal digital spaces are gaining significance, offering avenues for self-directed, needs-based exchanges and collaborative learning. Online communities are particularly relevant, as they not only foster collegial support but also offer authentic insights into the issues that concern teachers. Analysing their conversations makes it possible to identify subjectively perceived burdens, orientations, and systemic tensions, providing valuable information for educational research, professionalisation, and policy development. The present study focuses on the online forum 4&#xa0;teachers, one of the largest German-language platforms for educators, with approximately 1.7&#xa0;mio. registered members. Given that around 1.67 mio. teachers are currently employed in Germany, the near equivalence in these numbers underscores the platform’s relevance for collegial dialogue. The study draws on a&#xa0;dataset of 84,526 posts published between 2002 and 2022. Structured topic modelling identified 48&#xa0;distinct topics grouped into six thematic clusters, including educational policy frameworks, organisational challenges, psychosocial stress, and didactic-methodological concerns. A&#xa0;longitudinal analysis reveals topic-specific fluctuations corresponding to developments in education policy. The findings offer empirically grounded insights into professional discourse in the digital realm and the potential of forum-based communication as a&#xa0;valuable resource for educational research.</p>

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Was Lehrkräfte bewegt(e). Computerlinguistische Rekonstruktion der Kommunikation von Lehrpersonen im Online-Forum 4 teachers

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年2月19日

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  • Lili Marlen Wiechert,
  • Robert W. Jahn

摘要

Increasing societal demands and ongoing educational reforms mean that teachers must develop and adapt their professional competencies. Alongside formal training opportunities, informal digital spaces are gaining significance, offering avenues for self-directed, needs-based exchanges and collaborative learning. Online communities are particularly relevant, as they not only foster collegial support but also offer authentic insights into the issues that concern teachers. Analysing their conversations makes it possible to identify subjectively perceived burdens, orientations, and systemic tensions, providing valuable information for educational research, professionalisation, and policy development. The present study focuses on the online forum 4 teachers, one of the largest German-language platforms for educators, with approximately 1.7 mio. registered members. Given that around 1.67 mio. teachers are currently employed in Germany, the near equivalence in these numbers underscores the platform’s relevance for collegial dialogue. The study draws on a dataset of 84,526 posts published between 2002 and 2022. Structured topic modelling identified 48 distinct topics grouped into six thematic clusters, including educational policy frameworks, organisational challenges, psychosocial stress, and didactic-methodological concerns. A longitudinal analysis reveals topic-specific fluctuations corresponding to developments in education policy. The findings offer empirically grounded insights into professional discourse in the digital realm and the potential of forum-based communication as a valuable resource for educational research.