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13.12.2024 11:18

Pilot project: Karlsruhe University of Education strengthens internationalisation of teacher training

Regina Thelen Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe

    "Get Ready for Global Teaching" is the name of the pilot project developed by the Karlsruhe University of Education, which will be launched in January 2025 and is funded by the DAAD. Together with seven partner universities, the aim is to raise awareness of global inequality in teacher training, overcome colonial thought patterns and focus on the challenges of post-migrant societies.

    School classes are more culturally and linguistically diverse than ever before. This makes it all the more important for prospective teachers to acquire the skills they need during their studies to be able to organise their lessons in an inclusive and culturally sensitive manner later on. Direct and personal experience plays a key role in developing these skills. For example, through international exchange and networking, whether on site or online. The Karlsruhe University of Education (KUE) has developed the pilot project "Get Ready for Global Teaching" in order to offer as many of its student teachers (primary and lower secondary level) appropriate learning opportunities and to strengthen the internationalisation of teacher training.

    The project, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with around 620,000 euros for four years, starts in January 2025. KUE's cooperation partners are one university each in Ghana, Israel, Cameroon, Laos, Norway, the United Kingdom and the USA. Together, the partner universities will offer digitally supported courses, hold several summer schools for students and teachers, organise working and network meetings and host a major international conference at the KUE on the topic of "Global Teaching" in 2027. The first results of the project will be presented and discussed here.

    Scholarships for students

    As part of the "Get Ready for Global Teaching" programme, the KUE also awards scholarships to enable its student teachers to study and write their theses at the partner universities and students from countries of the Global South to study at the KUE. In addition, guest lecturers from the seven partner universities come to the KUE. Together with its cooperation partners, the KUE will also simplify the mutual recognition of academic achievements and harmonise the module handbooks of the study programmes.

    In terms of content, "Get Ready for Global Teaching" is orientated towards KUE’s three profile areas: education in a democratic society, educational processes in the digital world and STEM in a culture of sustainability. The long-term goal of the KUE is to offer an internationalised teacher training course for primary and lower secondary schools (Global Teacher Education).

    Strengthening global perspectives in research and teaching

    "With 'Get Ready for Global Teaching', we are institutionalising and expanding our international cooperation. In particular, we are focussing on the topics of global inequality, colonial thought patterns and post-migrant societies," explains Prof. Dr Dorothee Kohl-Dietrich, Vice-Rector for Studies, Teaching and International Affairs at Karlsruhe University of Education.

    PHKA's partner universities in the "Get Ready for Global Teaching" programme are the University of Cape Coast (Ghana), Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts (Israel), Université de Yaoundé I (Cameroon), Savannakhet University (Laos), NORD University (Norway), Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom) and Northeastern Illinois University (USA).

    About Karlsruhe University of Education

    As a university of education with the right to award doctorates and habilitations, the Karlsruhe University of Education (KUE) researches and teaches educational processes in and out of school. Its distinctive profile is characterised by its focus on education in a democratic society, educational processes in the digital world and STEM in a culture of sustainability. Around 220 academic staff supervise around 3,400 students. The courses on offer include teacher training programmes for primary and lower secondary level as well as Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes for other fields of education. The part-time continuing education programmes are characterised by their particular proximity to research and practice. https://en.ph-karlsruhe.de

    Media contact

    Regina Thelen
    Press spokeswoman
    Karlsruhe University of Education
    Bismarckstraße 10, 76133 Karlsruhe
    T: +49 721 925-4115
    regina.thelen@ph-karlsruhe.de
    https://ph-ka.de/presse


    Wissenschaftliche Ansprechpartner:

    Prof. Dr Dorothee Kohl-Dietrich, Vice-Rector for Studies, Teaching and International Affairs at Karlsruhe University of Education, e-mail: dorothee.kohl-dietrich@ph-karlsruhe.de


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