The core area of the school profession, which is also represented within the Didactic Centre, essentially contributes to a well-rounded range of further education and training courses for teachers and educators of all kinds.

While the Oldenburg Further Education Centre (OFZ) specialises in counteracting the barrier between theory at universities and the often distant school practice, the diz also offers opportunities for further education that enable teachers to come into contact with completely new knowledge, as is currently the case in the field of special education, and use it within their academic appointments.

The diz designs and coordinates further training programmes for teachers. These further education courses aim to provide training in a (further) subject or in a (further) specialisation in order to obtain a degree or certificate that documents a teaching licence or teaching qualification. As a rule, these further education courses are realised on a part-time basis.

By offering these programmes in the 3rd phase of teacher training, the diz is responding to the current requirements and needs of schools and teaching staff. The content of the further education programmes is usually designed in close co-operation with colleagues from the educational sciences and subject didactics at the University of Oldenburg. If necessary, external experts are commissioned to organise parts of the further education.

• In order to be able to adequately support pupils with specific support needs in mainstream schools, the Didactic Centre offers the further education course "Pedagogy and Didactics for Learning Impairments and Emotional and Social Development" in close co-operation with the Institute of Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation.