To the training courses for teachers

Rent a Prof - The university comes into the classroom

• Lecturers from the University of Siegen give specialist lectures in upper secondary schools
• Offers from Faculty I (Humanities and Social Sciences): Overview page of Faculty I
• Offerings of Schools IV (Natural Sciences and Technology): Overview page of Schools IV

Children's University Siegen

• Series of events organized by the University of Siegen in cooperation with the Siegener Zeitung. Every semester, four professors from the University of Siegen come up with exciting topics to arouse the curiosity of the participating children for scientific topics.
• Further information on the Children's University and the current program of events can be found here: Siegen Children's University homepage

• Advanced Master's degree program
• Target group: Graduates of a teacher training course with integrated special needs education
• Further information on the ZLB website

• Continuing education program
• Target group: Students as well as already trained teachers in the school types Hauptschule, Realschule, Sekundarschule and Gesamtschule or Gymnasium and Gesamtschule
• Further information on the ZöBiS website

• LehrkräftePLUS is a qualification program for people with a refugee background who have already worked as a teacher in their home country and would like to continue their work in Germany.
• Target group: Teachers with a refugee background, to a lesser extent also teachers without a refugee background from non-European countries
• Further information on the LehrkräftePLUS Siegen website

• Basic certificate, qualified for teaching or supervising activities in the field of sport and exercise for work, school, club, company, church and other institutions
• Target group: Students of the University of Siegen
• Further information on the website of the central sports and exercise unit

Brief description:

• The Lernwerkstatt Lehrkräftebildung is an institution of the Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research. It offers a place for encounters, exchange, advice and further training for student teachers of all subjects and school types. The offers are organized and partly carried out by student employees in the Lernwerkstatt. In addition, the Lernwerkstatt is well networked with all internal university institutions that are important for student teachers and also works with external speakers and cooperation partners.

Services offered:

• PC workstations, literature and materials, rooms for free work
• Advice, information events, lectures, workshops and excursions
• Sofa concert, games evenings, LaNa and Master's party, participation in Open University and ESE

Target groups:

• All student teachers

Further information:

• Teacher training workshop website

Brief description:

• The OASE Lernwerkstatt is a university facility of the Primary School Pedagogy working group (Schools II). Its work focuses on the topics of school and teaching development in the sense of a new learning culture, which is to be implemented both in schools and at the university.

Offers:

• Opening and study times, excursions, discussion evenings, workshops, movie Mondays and much more.

Target groups:

• Student teachers specializing in elementary school and elementary school with integrated special needs education

Further information:

• Website of the OASE Lernwerkstatt

Brief description:

• The MatheWerkstatt is the university learning workshop of the Didactics of Mathematics at the University of Siegen. It invites various stakeholders (students, lecturers, researchers, teachers) to work on mathematics and mathematics didactics. In addition to curricular events, optional formats are regularly offered. During the designated opening hours, all interested persons are welcome to use the extensive range of materials and literature offered by the MathWorkshop.

Offers:

• Opening hours, peer tutoring, exam preparation, workshops, extracurricular learning space. Learning and work space

Target groups:

• All student teachers of mathematics, lecturers, researchers, teachers, children

Further information:

• Internet pages of the MatheWerkstatt

Brief description:

• The FLEX offers a nature-oriented experimental field where pupils are given the opportunity to discover and understand natural phenomena. Outdoor science learning is intended, among other things, to promote environmental education and counteract the alienation of science and nature. The extracurricular learning site covers an area of around 6,500 m2 with a shed for laboratory equipment, a pond, flower beds, solar panels and much more.
• The Science Forum is another school laboratory for chemistry didactics. Pupils use the university premises to carry out experiments on various topics. Phenomenon-oriented experiments are designed to help learners understand scientific processes and increase their interest in STEM subjects.

Offers:

• Pupils can carry out nature-based experiments in FLEX on the following topics: "Plants and ingredients", "From grain to bread", "From sheep to wool" and "Bees and honey".
• In the Science Forum, pupils carry out experiments on various topics (e.g. "Burning and extinguishing", "Fire and flame", "Water").
• Student teachers gain practical experience through planning and supervision.

Target group:

• Primary level (FLEX)
• Secondary level (Science Forum)
• Student teachers

Further information:

• Internet pages of the FLEX
• Internet pages of the Science Forum

Brief description:

• The physics/geography didactics student laboratory regularly offers exciting hands-on mornings for primary school classes. In a combination of target group-oriented introductions to physical phenomena and practical experiments or craft projects, pupils discover the world of science in a playful way. The offer will be expanded again in the future - also for higher grades.

Offers:

• Observatory tour and telescope making: Introduction to astronomy with a visit to the observatory and making your own telescope.
• Rocket laboratory: Experiments with different types of rockets - water rockets, paper rockets and baking powder rockets.
• New programs in development: As part of teaching courses, student teachers are developing new school laboratory experiments that will expand the range on offer in the future. The focus is on experiments on education for sustainable development (ESD) and environmental physics.

Target groups:

• Primary level (3rd and 4th grade)
• Continuation of the offers for secondary level I in planning

Further information:

• zdi school lab | didactics of physics

• Further education program to supplement and deepen the teacher training course, acquisition of a certificate possible
• Target group: all student teachers
• Further information on the LehramtPLUS pages

Brief description:

• The Lernwerkstatt Lehrkräftebildung is an institution of the Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research. It offers a place for encounters, exchange, advice and further training for student teachers of all subjects and school types. The offers are organized and partly carried out by student employees in the Lernwerkstatt. In addition, the Lernwerkstatt is well networked with all internal university institutions that are important for student teachers and also works with external speakers and cooperation partners.

Services offered:

• PC workstations, literature and materials, rooms for free work
• Advice, information events, lectures, workshops and excursions
• Sofa concert, games evenings, LaNa and Master's party, participation in Open University and ESE

Target groups:

• All student teachers

Further information:

• Teacher training workshop website

• DAAD-funded internationalization project to strengthen intercultural exchange on selected cross-cutting topics in teacher training
• Various events in the area of short-term mobility (especially summer schools, excursions), internationalization@home (especially digital lecture series, hybrid student networking formats) and teaching (especially interdisciplinary project seminars, guest lectureships)
• Target group: Student teachers of all subjects and school types
• Further information on the connect4future project website

• State-wide project to promote migration education content in teacher training courses
• Various events and support services such as additional EOP support with a focus on migration education
• Target group: Student teachers of all subjects and school types
• Further information on the DiversiTeach project website

• e.g. colloquium "Nachwuchsforum Bildungsforschung" and "Day of Educational Research"
• Target group: Early career researchers and academics working in the context of educational research as well as interested (teacher training) students
• Further information on the pages of the Department of Educational Research

• Courses in 13 languages, including 3 specialized languages, as well as courses in communication and presentation
• Language tandems, international film evenings and offers in a self-study center
• Target group: all students
• Further information on the Language Center website

• Contact point for all questions relating to scientific/academic writing
• Individual writing consultations, writing peer tutor training, events and workshops
• Target group: all students
• Further information on the ZefaS website

• Practical guided tours and training courses impart the necessary knowledge for efficient literature and information research
• Extensive eTutorials to teach information skills, focus on topic-specific research and targeted information searches for presentations, term papers and theses
• Target group: all students
• Further information on the University Library website

• Teaching and training events to qualify students with common applications of information and media technology
• Focal points: Media production and presentation, multimedia and network-based applications, structured text and information processing, authoring programs, learning platforms and the range of Office applications
• Target group: all students
• Further information on the ZIMT course website

• Workshops on the topics of study orientation, time management, exam anxiety, study-work-life balance and much more.
• Target group: all students
• Further information on the event page of the Central Student Advisory Service