Teacher Education Plus 2024

Content

In this seminar, future teachers from Göttingen meet teaching students from other ENLIGHT partner universities. They will exchange ideas and experiences through interactive methods and guided discussions on the topic of innovative teaching and learning skills with international peers, experts and practitioners. Further, they can gather virtual intercultural experiences and will visit local schools in Göttingen. After 4 online sessions, they get together for an on-campus week, where they create their own podcast/video on innovative teaching and learning.

Learning outcomes

After the course, students will be able to:

• Combine professional competence and creativity in a product by synthesizing results, controversies and their own ideas or positions on the topic in media format (podcast or video)
• Go beyond the limits of their everyday communication routines
• Experiment with creative aesthetic variants of (media) design

Programme

(As of September 2023, might be subject to changes)

Virtual phase: April/May 2024 (exact dates will follow soon)

• Session 1: Ice Breaker and Introduction to the Topic
• Session 2: The Status Quo of Teaching
• Session 3: Innovation in Teaching
• Session 4: Preparing the Work Groups

On-site week: 27 May - 1 June 2024 (travel days excluded)

• Sun 26/5: Arrival and Welcome (travel day)
• Mon 27/5: Group Work Phase 1 & Teambuilding
• Tue 28/5: Visit at a local school & Group Work Phase 2
• Wed 29/5: Workshop at the Forum Wissen & Group Work Phase 3
• Thu 30/5: Field Trip
• Fri 31/5: Visit a local school & Final Group Work Phase
• Sat 01/06: Students’ presentations
• Sun 02/06: Farewell and Departure (travel day)

On students’ demand: Extra online Session before the submission of the portfolios

Assessment

Portfolio: 3 pages, English, submitted via e-mail.

Lecturers

• Doris Raave (University of Tartu): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Eric Roldan Roa (University of Tartu): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Lars Weiselius (Uppsala University): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This course is coordinated by the University of Göttingen and targets Bachelor as well as Master students in the field of teacher education of all subjects. The course focusses on upper secondary education (pupils from age 11 to 18).

Students from all ENLIGHT partner universities are eligible to participate.

The application deadline for students from ENLIGHT partner universities is the 15th of November 2023 (please also check for internal deadlines at your university). Students will be selected at each of these universities separately. Students interested in the course need to apply via their home university. They should contact their faculty or programme to verify whether it can fit in their curriculum and to ensure academic recognition of the credits obtained. A transcript of Records will be handed out latest one month after the course ended.

Students from the University of Basque Country:

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Students from the University of Bern:

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Students from the University of Bordeaux:

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Students from Comenius University Bratislava:

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Students from the University of Galway:

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Students from Ghent University:

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Students from the University of Groningen:

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Students from the University of Tartu:

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Students from Uppsala University:

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Students from the University of Göttingen:

Students from Göttingen, if you would like to participate, please contact Dr. Soheyla Pashang This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by the ZEWIL (Central Scientific Institution for Teacher Education) of University of Göttingen and send a short CV and motivation letter. Students from University of Göttingen, you can recognize the course in the following modules:

• B.ERZ.920 Creativity module (Innovative Lehr- und Lernwege)
• B.Erz.920a Creativity module in digital education (Kreativitätsmodul in der Digitalen BIldung)

The application deadline for students from the University of Göttingen is 31 March 2024.

Contact: Dr. Soheyla Pashang This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.