Great success for teacher training at the University of Oldenburg: The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the BioPOL+ concept with around 4 million euros. The approach developed in Oldenburg for the practical training of teachers convinced the commission of the "Teacher Training Quality Campaign".
"Teacher training has a long tradition at the University of Oldenburg and stands for innovative concepts that are always orientated towards social changes. The success of the teacher training quality campaign recognises this once again," says President Prof. Dr Dr Hans Michael Piper, President of the University of Oldenburg.
With the "Teacher Training Quality Campaign", the BMBF aims to better prepare prospective teachers for the challenges that await them in schools today. One example of this is the joint learning of children with and without disabilities in the same class. Teaching them requires additional skills. This is precisely where the "Biography-orientated and cross-phase teacher training in Oldenburg plus" (BioPOL+) concept developed in Oldenburg comes in. "In future, student teachers will learn how to deal with a heterogeneous class in the best possible way early on in their studies. To this end, we are placing even greater emphasis on the subject-specific, didactic, pedagogical and practical aspects of the course," emphasises Prof. Dr Gunilla Budde, Vice President for Teaching and Learning at the University of Oldenburg. In this way, future teachers are taught how they can flexibly adapt their subject-specific teaching to social changes and cater for a wide variety of pupils. Awareness of the need to constantly reflect on and develop one's own professionalism should also be encouraged during the degree programme.
Testing, evaluating and integrating new and highly practice-oriented teaching concepts into the teacher training programme is scientifically supported in the BioPOL+ project. To this end, research is being strengthened through a programme for junior professorships and doctorates, among other things. The studies are intended to ensure that training content has the desired effect. What proves successful will be firmly anchored in the teacher training programme.
Teacher training has traditionally been a high priority at the University of Oldenburg. It is the only university in Lower Saxony that provides training for all teaching specialisms and school types and is also committed to lifelong teacher training.
