Digital transformation in the educational system

This article discusses the relevance of transformative processes in education which can help ensure that schools are not simply digitalised, but that they also develop into places where children and young people are equipped for critical and considered participation in our digital society. The Navigator Education Digitalisation – a conceptual roadmap and guide to the state of digital transformation in education in the school education sector in Germany – offers a framework which identifies and specifies 21 areas of digital transformation. These indicators can guide schools and show them new perspectives within the context of their transformation. Using the example of the CoTransform project, I illustrate how schools – organised into so-called ‘school families’ consisting of three to five schools – can collaboratively shape change and how scientific knowledge can be made usable in practice. As part of a joint development strategy, a participatory approach is presented which positions teachers not merely as participants, but as active co-creators of the digital transformation.