Concepts of subject-didactic structuring for teaching" - this is the title of this year's annual conference of the Society for Didactics of Chemistry and Physics (GDCP), which will take place at the University of Oldenburg from 19 to 22 September. It is being jointly organised by the Chemistry Didactics (Head: Dr. Julia Michaelis) and Physics Didactics (Head: Prof. Dr. Michael Komorek) at the University of Oldenburg.

The conference, which is expected to attract almost 300 participants, will focus on planning and reflecting on teaching in the STEM subjects (Mathematics, Computing Science, Natural Sciences and Technology), with an emphasis on the subjects of chemistry and physics. In around 150 specialist lectures, workshops and symposia as well as plenary lectures, scientists from Germany and abroad will have the opportunity to find out about and exchange information on current research results in subject didactics, ways of teacher training and further training in the Bachelor's/Master's system as well as cooperation concepts during studies and teacher training.

The main public lecture in English will be given by Australian educator Prof. Dr Amanda Berry, Monash University (Victoria), on Tuesday, 20 September, 9.00 a.m., Wechloy campus, large lecture hall. She will report on international developments in STEM teacher education, in particular on research programmes in Australia. Other focal points of the didactic conference are "Sustainability & Energy Education", "Extracurricular vs. school-based learning", "Scientific Literacy" as well as the "Social orientation of teaching" and the "Competence to diagnose and promote learning processes". In the supporting programme of the conference, which is supported by the BNE-Agentur Niedersachsen e.V., the VCI Nord and the International Year of Chemistry 2011, participants will gain insights into Oldenburg as a science location.