The general education coffers 4 modules, which are oriented towards various natural and social science topics in general education. Current developments in science and research, both in subject didactics and in subject science, play a central role, as does the integration of new media in the courses.
State Examination for Primary School Teachers
Subject-specific scientific and didactic foundations of General Sciences Education
Responsible: Professors of the didactics of primary school teaching of general sciences education
Duration: 1 semester
Module cycle: Every winter semester
Forms of teaching:
- Lecture "Introduction to the didactics of primary school general sciences esducation" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 70 h self-study = 100 h
- Seminar "Natural science, technology and space perspectives of general sciences esducation" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance and 70 h self-study = 100 h
- Seminar "Historical, social, cultural and media science perspectives of general sciences esducation" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 70 h self-study = 100 h
Applicability: for students of primary school teaching
Objectives: The students
- know different perspectives on children's learning processes in elementary and primary school.
- know subject-related and cross-subject-related ways of thinking, working and acting of children.
- are able to critically reflect on the chances and limits of children's access to the world in the field of tension between media and primary experiences.
- are familiar with conceptual orientations and selected concepts of general sciences esducation and can use them to critically reflect on educational standards and learning environments.
- are able to develop selected areas of children's lifeworld from a scientific, technical and spatial perspective, taking into account children's perspectives and patterns of action, from a subject-specific and didactic point of view.
- They are able to develop selected areas of children's lifeworld from a historical, social, cultural and media science perspective, taking into account children's perspectives and patterns of action, from a subject-specific and didactic point of view.
Content:
- Children's factual learning from an anthropological, developmental, socio-cultural and learning theory perspective.
- Perspective-related and cross-perspective ways of thinking, working and acting of children
- Media and primary experiences in children's learning processes
- Historical and more recent conceptions and concepts of science education
- Selected contents and educational goals of the scientific, technical and spatial perspective of general sciences education
- Selected contents and educational goals of the historical, social, cultural and media science perspective of general sciences esducation.
Prerequisites for participation: None
Bibliography: The relevant literature will be announced on the Internet and in the seminar.
Award of credit points: Credit points are awarded upon successful completion of the module. Further details are regulated in the examination regulations.
Module examination: Written examination 90 min, with weighting: 1
Development and application of subject-specific scientific and didactic principles of General Sciences Education
Recommended for: 3rd semester
Responsible: Professors of the didactics of primary school general sciences education
Duration: 1 semester
Module cycle: Every winter semester
Forms of teaching: Seminar "Development and application of the subject-specific fundamentals of general sciences education" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 120 h self-study = 150 h
Applicability: for students of primary school teacher training
Objectives: The students
- are able to deepen and expand existing subject-specific and didactic basic knowledge in selected subject-specific areas. - know exemplary contents and principles of the reference subjects and areas of general sciences education.
- can use basic subject-specific and didactic knowledge for the design of learning environments.
- know procedures to take into account natural science, social science and integrative approaches in selected subject areas in a perspective-related and cross-perspective manner.
Content:
Fundamental subject-specific knowledge of selected reference sciences of general sciences education
Consolidation and application of subject-specific scientific principles - Consolidation and application of subject-specific didactic principles
Cross-perspective approaches to selected subject areas
Prerequisites for participation: Participation in module 05-GSD-SACH00
Bibliography: The relevant literature will be announced on the Internet and in the seminar.
Award of credit points: Credit points are awarded upon successful completion of the module. Details are regulated in the examination regulations.
Module examination: Presentation (10 min.) with written elaboration (4 weeks), with weighting: 1
Designing learning environments in General Sciences Education
Recommended for: 4th-5th semester
Responsible: Professors of the didactics of primary school general sciences education
Duration: 2 semesters
Module rotation: every summer semester
Teaching methods:
- Lecture "Fundamentals of Designing Learning Environments in General Sciences Education" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 45 h self-study = 75 h
- Seminar "Designing learning environments with a thematic focus on General Sciences Education" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 45 h self-study = 75 h
Applicability: for students of primary school teaching
Objectives: The students
- know procedures of content selection and interest promotion for factual learning environments.
- are familiar with selected cross-perspective topics in the didactics of subject matter.
- are able to critically reflect on selected principles and constructs of subject didactics (e.g. action orientation, illustration, experience orientation, conceptual change...) on the basis of empirical research results.
- are familiar with current research findings and research methods in the field of general sciences education.
- are able to critically reflect on selected empirical research results on general sciences education.
- know conceptual, didactical and practical prerequisites for the use of digital media in the design of learning environments in general sciences education.
- are able to design elements of perspective-related or cross-perspective learning environments on the basis of the acquired knowledge and reflect on them with the inclusion of suitable research methods.
Content:
Basics of the design of learning environments in general sciences education
Research results and research methods in general sciences education - Prerequisites for the use of digital media in general sciences education
Critical reflection on designed learning environments
Critical reflection on empirical research results
Participation requirements: Participation in module 05-GSD-SACH02
Award of credit points: Credit points are awarded upon successful completion of the module. Further details are regulated by the examination regulations.
Module examination: Oral examination 10 min, with weighting: 1
Deepening and networking of the General Sciences Education-specific competences
Recommended for: 6th/7th semester
Responsible: Professors of the didactics of primary school teaching of general sciences education
Duration: 1 semester
Module cycle: every semester
Forms of teaching:
- Seminar "Research projects in general sciences education" (3 SWS) = 45 h attendance time and 105 h self-study = 150 h
- Seminar "Projects and project orientation in general sciences education education" (3 SWS) = 45 h attendance time and 105 h self-study = 150 h
Applicability: for students of primary school teaching.
Objectives: The students
- are able to conceptualise, carry out and reflect on a perspective-related or cross-perspective project/small research project.
- know the basics for the design and evaluation of learning environments for individual and social learning processes in general sciences education.
- know current issues in the didactics of general sciences education.
Content:
Current issues in the didactics of general sciences education
Perspective-related or cross-perspective project/research project in general sciences education
Reflection on projects and/or research projects
Design and/or evaluation of learning environments for individual and social learning processes in general sciences education.
Participation requirements: Participation in module 05-GSD-SACH03
Bibliography: The relevant literature will be announced on the Internet and in the seminar.
Award of credit points: Credit points are awarded upon successful completion of the module. Details are regulated in the examination regulations.
Module examination: Portfolio (4 weeks), with weighting: 1
State Examination in Special Education
Subject-specific scientific and didactic foundations of General Sciences Education
Responsible: Professors of the didactics of primary school teaching of general sciences education
Duration: 1 semester
Module cycle: Every winter semester
Forms of teaching:
- Lecture "Introduction to the didactics of primary school general sciences esducation" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 70 h self-study = 100 h
- Seminar "Natural science, technology and space perspectives of general sciences esducation" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance and 70 h self-study = 100 h
- Seminar "Historical, social, cultural and media science perspectives of general sciences esducation" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 70 h self-study = 100 h
Applicability: for students of primary school teaching
Objectives: The students
- know different perspectives on children's learning processes in elementary and primary school.
- know subject-related and cross-subject-related ways of thinking, working and acting of children.
- are able to critically reflect on the chances and limits of children's access to the world in the field of tension between media and primary experiences.
- are familiar with conceptual orientations and selected concepts of general sciences esducation and can use them to critically reflect on educational standards and learning environments.
- are able to develop selected areas of children's lifeworld from a scientific, technical and spatial perspective, taking into account children's perspectives and patterns of action, from a subject-specific and didactic point of view.
- They are able to develop selected areas of children's lifeworld from a historical, social, cultural and media science perspective, taking into account children's perspectives and patterns of action, from a subject-specific and didactic point of view.
Content:
- Children's factual learning from an anthropological, developmental, socio-cultural and learning theory perspective.
- Perspective-related and cross-perspective ways of thinking, working and acting of children
- Media and primary experiences in children's learning processes
- Historical and more recent conceptions and concepts of science education
- Selected contents and educational goals of the scientific, technical and spatial perspective of general sciences education
- Selected contents and educational goals of the historical, social, cultural and media science perspective of general sciences esducation.
Prerequisites for participation: None
Bibliography: The relevant literature will be announced on the Internet and in the seminar.
Award of credit points: Credit points are awarded upon successful completion of the module. Further details are regulated in the examination regulations.
Module examination: Written examination 90 min, with weighting: 1
Designing learning environments in General Sciences Education
Recommended for: 4th-5th semester
Responsible: Professors of the didactics of primary school general sciences education
Duration: 2 semesters
Module rotation: every summer semester
Teaching methods:
- Lecture "Fundamentals of Designing Learning Environments in General Sciences Education" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 45 h self-study = 75 h
- Seminar "Designing learning environments with a thematic focus on General Sciences Education" (2 SWS) = 30 h attendance time and 45 h self-study = 75 h
Applicability: for students of primary school teaching
Objectives: The students
- know procedures of content selection and interest promotion for factual learning environments.
- are familiar with selected cross-perspective topics in the didactics of subject matter.
- are able to critically reflect on selected principles and constructs of subject didactics (e.g. action orientation, illustration, experience orientation, conceptual change...) on the basis of empirical research results.
- are familiar with current research findings and research methods in the field of general sciences education.
- are able to critically reflect on selected empirical research results on general sciences education.
- know conceptual, didactical and practical prerequisites for the use of digital media in the design of learning environments in general sciences education.
- are able to design elements of perspective-related or cross-perspective learning environments on the basis of the acquired knowledge and reflect on them with the inclusion of suitable research methods.
Content:
- Basics of the design of learning environments in general sciences education
- Research results and research methods in general sciences education - Prerequisites for the use of digital media in general sciences education
- Critical reflection on designed learning environments
- Critical reflection on empirical research results
Participation requirements: Participation in module 05-GSD-SACH02
Award of credit points: Credit points are awarded upon successful completion of the module. Further details are regulated by the examination regulations.
Module examination: Oral examination 10 min, with weighting: 1
Deepening and networking of the General Sciences Education-specific competences
Recommended for: 6th/7th semester
Responsible: Professors of the didactics of primary school teaching of general sciences education
Duration: 1 semester
Module cycle: every semester
Forms of teaching:
- Seminar "Research projects in general sciences education" (3 SWS) = 45 h attendance time and 105 h self-study = 150 h
- Seminar "Projects and project orientation in general sciences education education" (3 SWS) = 45 h attendance time and 105 h self-study = 150 h
Applicability: for students of primary school teaching.
Objectives: The students
- are able to conceptualise, carry out and reflect on a perspective-related or cross-perspective project/small research project.
- know the basics for the design and evaluation of learning environments for individual and social learning processes in general sciences education.
- know current issues in the didactics of general sciences education.
Content:
- Current issues in the didactics of general sciences education
- Perspective-related or cross-perspective project/research project in general sciences education
- Reflection on projects and/or research projects
- Design and/or evaluation of learning environments for individual and social learning processes in general sciences education.
Participation requirements: Participation in module 05-GSD-SACH03
Bibliography: The relevant literature will be announced on the Internet and in the seminar.
Award of credit points: Credit points are awarded upon successful completion of the module. Details are regulated in the examination regulations.
Module examination: Portfolio (4 weeks), with weighting: 1