The research group and graduate school, Teaching and Learning Science (nwu-essen), at the University of Duisburg-Essen invites Ph.D. students in science education, instructional psychology and educational science to the nwu Winter School. The winter school in Essen will take place from February 12th to 14th, 2013 due to the expiration of the DFG grant’s maximum duration. It will be a great opportunity for Ph.D. students to discuss the current state of their research und further planning of their dissertations. In small groups consisting of not more than eight Ph.D. students and two experienced supervisors, each student will give a talk about their work’s current status. This will also include the opportunity to thoroughly discuss aims, designs, methods and results of the individual projects.