EDUCATIONAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR (2012-2024)
The Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI) presented the ‘Textbook of the Year’ award annually from 2012 - 2024. The Institute was able, through this award, to recognise and honour publishers and authors who have developed and implemented innovative educational media concepts. In order to reflect the increasing diversity of educational media used in schools, the award was renamed in 2024 and is now known as the ‘Educational Media of the Year’ award. The term educational media encompasses the entire spectrum of media produced for education in schools; ranging from classic printed media to digital media formats.
GEORG ECKERT RESEARCH AWARD (2010-2024)
The Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute presented the biennial Georg Eckert research award between 2010 and 2024. The award honoured excellence in academic work in the field of international research into educational media. It was presented for academic works which - topically or historically - related to cultural, social, political or pedagogical aspects of textbooks and other educational media used in schools. An additional award for young academics was added in 2014, which aimed to advance early-career scholars.
