PD Dr. Sittipan Yotyodying
Research Associate | TUM
PD Dr. Sittipan Yotyodying has been a member of the PISA team since January 2026. His research focuses on digital media and artificial intelligence (AI) in education, parental involvement and its importance for educational success and well-being, as well as inclusion and educational inequalities.
Vita
- Research Associate in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB), since January 2026
- Venia Legendi (Habilitation) in Educational Psychology, TU Dortmund University
Research Associate, Division of Educational Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 06/2024 – 12/2025 - Research Associate, Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS), TU Dortmund University, 07/2021 – 05/2024
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Educational Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, 04/2019 – 10/2019
- Research Associate, Division of Educational Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, 04/2015 – 04/2019
- Research Associate, Division of Educational Psychology, Bielefeld University, 04/2013 – 03/2015
- Doctoral Fellow, International Research School “Education and Capabilities,” Bielefeld University, 2009 – 2012
- Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training, International Research School “Education and Capabilities,” Bielefeld University and TU Dortmund University, 2009 – 2012
- Master’s Degree in Empirical Educational Research, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003 – 2005
- Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education (Biology and General Science), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1999 – 2003
Reserach Interests
- Digital media and artificial intelligence (AI) in education
- Parental involvement, educational success, and well-being
- Inclusion and educational inequalities.
Activities
- PISA report 2025
- Climate Literacy, PISA 2029
Selected Publications
- Yotyodying, S., Teuber, Z., Weber, A. M., & Greiff, S. (2025). Critical Online Reasoning und seine konzeptuellen Verbindungen zu anderen Kompetenzen. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 71(2), 212–228. doi.org/10.3262/ZP2502212
- Grecu, A., Neuhaus, S., Yotyodying, S., & McElvany, N. (2025). Addressing the heterogeneity of students’ attitudes towards school: Uncovering school alienation profiles in German secondary schools. Jahrbuch der Schulentwicklung – Band 24 Bildungsprozesse und Kompetenzentwicklungen im Kontext sprachlicher und sozialer Heterogenität. [Open Access Link]
- Yotyodying, S., & Lorenz, R. (2023). Quality of ICT use in German secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: Predictors on the school and teacher level. In N. McElvany, A. Grecu., R. Lorenz, M. Becker, C. Dignath, H. Gaspard, F. Lauermann (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Schulentwicklung Band 23 – 50 Jahre Schulentwicklung – Leitthemen der empirischen Bildungsforschung (S. 211–232). Beltz Juventa. [Open Access Link]
- Yotyodying, S., Dettmers, S., & Jonkmann, K. (2023). Teachers’ prosociality and well- being at work: The mediating role of family–school partnerships. Social Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09873-0
- Yotyodying, S., Dettmers, S., Erdal, K., & Jonkmann, K. (2021). Educational usage of Facebook and academic achievement in distance university students: Mediated by basic needs satisfaction. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10804-9
- Lorenz, R., Yotyodying, S., Eickelmann, B. & Endberg, M., (Hrsg.) (2022). Schule digital – Länderindikator 2021. Lehren und Lernen mit digitalen Medien in der Sekundarstufe I in Deutschland im Bundesländervergleich und im Trend seit 2017.Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830995449
- Yotyodying, S., Wild, E., & Schwinger, M. (2021). The detrimental role of punitive parenting in psychological well-being of children with learning disabilities: A longitudinal study. Educational Psychology, 41(8), 1041–1060. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2020.1863918
- Yotyodying, S., Dettmers, S., & Jonkmann, K. (2020). Quality features of family–school partnerships in German schools: Measurement and associations with parent–child communication about school. Children and Youth Services Review, 115, 105087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105078
- Yotyodying, S., & Wild, E. (2019). Effective family–school communication for students with learning disabilities: Associations with parental involvement a home and in school. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.100317
Yotyodying, S., & Wild, E. (2016). Predictors of the quantity and different qualities of home- based parental involvement: Evidence from parents of children with learning disabilities. Learning and Individual Differences, 49, 74–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.05.003