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Expert colloquium "From language sensitization to language education - challenges and perspectives for teacher training" 25 May 2018 University of Kassel
On 25 May 2018, the expert colloquium "From language sensitization to language education - challenges and perspectives for teacher training" took place in the Senate Hall of the University of Kassel. It was organized by two PRONET sub-projects as part of the Kassel project "Professionalization through Networking (PRONET)", which is part of the nationwide "Quality Campaign for Teacher Education":
- PRONET sub-project "German as a second language in teacher training" (Prof. Dr. Karin Aguado, Tanja Fohr StR.i.H. & Dr. Andrea Bambek - Department of German as a foreign and second language)
- PRONET sub-project "Inclusion through networking and empowerment in the field of intercultural skills in teacher training" (Prof. Dr. Friederike Heinzel & Andrea Mentel-Winter - Institute of Educational Science, Chair of Primary School Education)
After the expert colloquium was opened by the heads of the sub-projects Prof. Dr. Karin Aguado
and Prof. Dr. Friederike Heinzel, four presentations followed, each of which was discussed in detail by
the 31 participants. What they all had in common was the question of
how to deal with multilingualism in teacher training, with a focus on education, subject and subject didactics.
Overview of the contributions
Prof. Dr. Argyro Panagiotopoulou (Cologne) focused on the topic of multilingualism as a resource in the
school context in her presentation "Language education and inclusion:
Design and results of an international comparative study at German schools abroad on
teachers' views on multilingualism in the classroom".
Prof. Dr. Magdalena Michalak (Nuremberg) pleaded in her presentation "'Too many high-sounding words are used that distract from the meaning of the text. Between language and subject didactics" for
stronger, interdisciplinary cooperation between subject and language didactics.
A key question in this context is how subject teachers who are not studying a language subject can be made aware of
linguistic issues.
Junior Professor Dr. Inger Petersen (Kiel), who works at Kiel University on the topic of "DaZ and language education for the teacher training course" as part of the 'Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung' (teacher training quality campaign), dealt with the discrepancy between the requirements of the study module "Inclusion and language education" and the students' prerequisites in this regard in her presentation "What grammar knowledge do students need for language-aware subject teaching?".
Prof. Dr. Beate Lütke (Berlin)and Junior Prof. Dr. Jennifer Paetsch (Bamberg) provided the first public report on the results of the evaluation of the Berlin GFL and language education modules introduced in the winter semester 2007/2008 in their presentation "The Berlin GFL modules - results of evaluation research at a glance".
In the final discussion moderated by Prof. Dr. Karin Aguado and Prof. Dr. Friederike Heinzel, some of the aspects already mentioned were taken up again and discussed in depth.
In summary, it can be said that the presentations and discussions helped to highlight current trends and issues relating to the integration of German as a second language and language education modules in teacher training and to engage in a stimulating interdisciplinary exchange.