Modul Educational Sciences 8

"Special Aspects of Primary Education" – 05-BWI-08-PRIM

Courses and course of the module

The module is usually taken in the 5th semester of the degree programme "Primary School Teacher Training". This module is only offered in the winter semester and consists of two courses.

Lecture: Transitions, starting school, initial teaching and concepts of primary school and its teaching

Seminar: Transitions, starting school, initial teaching and concepts of primary school and its teaching

Lectures and seminars take place weekly and are timed with each other in terms of content.

Objectives: Students will be able to ...

• reflect on transitions to primary school for all children and to secondary schools as well as possible opportunities and challenges associated with them in a theory-based way.
• discuss constructs such as school readiness and school ability, legal regulations for school admission as well as instruments for learning level diagnostics at the beginning of school.
• explain important requirements and design features of initial teaching as well as of a modified school entry phase, including available empirical findings.
• reflect on historical and current concepts for the design of pedagogical work at a primary school and teaching forms specific to primary schools in a theory-based manner.

Module examination performance

The students complete a written group assignment on a research topic according to the lecture content.

Workload for this module

60 hours attendance, 90 hours self-study / 5 ECTS

Lecturers: 

Lecture: Prof. Dr. Katrin Liebers

Seminars: Kathrin Rensch, Cornelia Beck

Module responsibility

Prof. Dr. Katrin Liebers