Practical semester

• The University of Kassel is testing the practical semester as part of a pilot project for the teacher training courses for elementary school and secondary schools.
• It takes place in the second year of study (3rd or 4th semester) and combines educational science and didactic courses with initial practical school studies.
• The practical semester is part of the educational and social science core studies (module PM) and the two subjects German and mathematics.

• The practical semester can be completed after successful completion of the introductory module 1a or 1b.

• A complete semester. The preparatory seminars begin in the lecture-free period before the internship semester.
• School internship: 5-week compact phase full-time (with at least 100 hours of attendance) and a long phase during the semester.
• The accompanying seminar and the accompanying events usually extend over the entire lecture period of the internship semester.
• Follow-up seminar: usually a block event lasting several days after the school placement.

• Schools and mentors for the internship semester are assigned to students by the Department of Practical School Studies in cooperation with the internship supervisors at the University of Kassel.

• The internship seminars usually take place at the university.
• The school internship takes place at assigned schools in North Hesse.

The practical semester consists of

• a preparatory seminar, an accompanying seminar and an evaluation seminar
• a blocked practical school phase of 5 weeks and a long phase in the school during the semester
• three accompanying courses (one in each subject and one in the core study program) Separate registration may be necessary for the accompanying courses!

• The Department for Practical School Studies is responsible for registering for the practical semester
• Separate registration may be necessary for the accompanying courses.

Please note the registration deadlines!
Registration always takes place at the end of the 1st semester

• The examination consists of the internship report, which includes the following aspects, among others:

1. Lesson planning and reflections,
2. developmental observations of lesson observations,
3. a pedagogical topic related to the placement school and a reflection on the student's own development,
4. as well as a brief description of the internship school.