At the end of 2008 the initiative Step21 published the collection of material “World Pictures : Picture Worlds”, which was designed for the transfer of intercultural competence as well as for the advancement of media competence in primary schools.
The Hans Bredow Institute was assigned with the evaluation of the “Box” in order to find out how teachers handle and work with the “Box”, which materials are used and which are not, and of how they evaluate the quality and practicability of the material.
A quantitative survey and qualitative individual interviews were conducted with teachers from Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.