Courses



Elective modules covering 30 ECTS-Credits are to be passed.
Elective Modules
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Elective Module1 : Exploration of the Professional Field in a Pedagogical Field of Action (10 ECTS-Credits, 2h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of compulsory modules 1, 2 and 9
Learning Outcome: Students are able to reflect on, analyse and discuss experiences in the professional field using current research in educational sciences. They can include perspectives and concepts of educational sciences on pedagogical action in the field and apply basic theoretical concepts to corresponding cases, problems and questions. They are able to discuss educational action in different contexts and institutions from the perspective of educational sciences. They identify competences for action and concepts in subject-related fields of action. They comprehend academic texts on professional pedagogical action, reproduce debates on research questions and reflect on methodological approaches. They apply the acquired knowledge orally and in writing and justify assessments of professional pedagogical action with the help of educational science theories.
Elective Module 2: Research Workshop (10 ECTS-Credits, 2h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of compulsory modules 1, 2, 9 and 12
Learning Outcome: The students are able to deepen their knowledge of educational theory. They are able to plan and carry out an educational research project with the support of the head on the seminar (research or study design, research hypotheses or heuristics, survey and evaluation procedures and presentation of results). They are able to understand research processes in different contexts and to critically discuss them in terms of methodology. They are able to understand texts on research practice and philosophy of science, to reproduce debates on research questions and to reflect on methodological approaches to the respective subject. They can apply this knowledge orally and in writing and justify it scientifically.
Elective Module 3: Topics in Educational Sciences and Pedagogical Topics of Contemporary Society (10 ECTS-Credits, 4h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: 7 positively completed compulsory modules (incl. 1, 2 and 9)
Learning Outcome: Building on theoretical perspectives and basic terminology, the students can grasp further questions and problems in the respective subject area. They classify these into in-depth theoretical and practical discourses of contemporary society, reflect on them critically and present scientific developments of the topic orally and in writing.
Elective Module 4: Expansion of Perspectives in Educational Sciences (10 ECTS-Credits, 4h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: 7 positively completed modules (incl. 1, 2 and 9)
Learning Outcome: Students understand the social challenges facing educational sciences and explain them from a subject-specific and social perspective; These include, among others, challenges posed by social change, by media and media representation as well as questions of sustainability. The students reproduce corresponding theoretical approaches and explain basic terminology. They present scientific discourses of the corresponding fields of research as well as their specific methodological approaches and methodological challenges orally and in writing argumentatively and concretise them with regard to typical fields of action.

Notes:
  • There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
  • The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).