Action Area 4: Cross-Phase Cooperation

In the Action Area Cross-Phase Cooperation, cooperative relationships between university instructors in the subject-specific didactics and supervising mentors will be expanded and restructured during the second educational internship. The following objectives will be pursued in the individual projects with different weighting accorded to each:

1. Networking the perspectives of experts and novices.
2. (Continued) development of students’ professional knowledge and skills with special emphasis on perception and reflection skills (see Sherin, Jacobs & Philipp, 2011).
3. Development and consolidation of innovative concepts for complementary seminars at the University during the core internship as well as academic evaluation of these seminars.

In all disciplines, the individual complementary seminars for the core internship are oriented to the following measures:

• Cooperative formats in which students and instructors reflect together on typical situations in classes in individual subjects with the help of relevant theories.
• Case studies (using videotaped classes, vignettes, teaching documents, etc.).
• Services for mentors designed to strengthen cross-phase cooperation (as based, among other things, on Staub & Kreis, 2013).

Domain-specific aspects of the individual subjects will also be taken into consideration when planning the seminars.

English translation will follow

• German didactics: Prof. Dr. Thomas Zabka,  Dr. Jochen Heins
• Mathematics didactics: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kaiser, Anna Orschulik
• English didactics: Prof. Dr. Andreas Bonnet, Inga Rosemann
• Media technology: Prof. Dr. Jens Siemon, Anja Augsdörfer
• School education: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Killus, Jana Schröder
• Sport didactics: Prof. Dr. Claus Krieger, Dr. Jonas Wibowo (former employee)

Research projects

• Jochen Heins
  1. What are typical situations in literature teaching? A survey and interview study among university specialistes, professional seminar leaders and teachers.
  2. Development of video film to typical situations in literature teaching.
  3. Development of a videobased test for professional perception in literary teaching.
  (further information)
• Jonas Wibowo (former employee)
  1. Adaptive Teaching in Sports Class: Development of an Observation Instrument
  2. Subject-Specific Didactics Knowledge of Sport Teachers (in cooperation with Tim Heemsoth)/ Development of a Competence Test
  (further information)

Doctoral thesis

• Anja Augsdörfer – Strenghening Planning and Coaching Skills in Novices and Experts Within the Scope of Cross-Phase Cooperation: " Developing Innovative Class Formats for the Core Internship (Kernpraktikum) in the Subject Media Technology"
  (additional information)
• Anna Orschulik – Developing New Learning Opportunities to Strengthen Perceptive Skills in Students
  (additional information)
• Inga Rosemann – Professionalization Processes During Practical Phases – The interplay of different forms of knowledge in mentoring talks about English lessons
  (additional information)
• Jana Schröder – Individual Learning Processes in Teacher Training Students During the Core Internship (Kernpraktikum) (additional information)

Additional information on intervention and evaluation measures is abailable here:

Poster Handlungsfeld 4 (PDF) (german)

Poster Handlungsfeldarbeit am Beispiel Deutsch (PDF) (german)

only in German

Hascher, T. (2014). Forschung zur Wirksamkeit der Lehrerbildung. In E. Terhart, H. Bennewitz & M. Rothland (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Forschung zum Lehrerberuf (2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, S. 542-571). Münster, New York: Waxmann.

Sherin, M. G., Jacobs, V. R. & Philipp, R. A. (2011). Situating the study of teacher noticing. In M. G. Sherin, V. R. Jacobs & R. A. Philipp (Eds.), Mathematics teacher noticing. Seeing through teachers' eyes (Studies in mathematical thinking and learning, pp. 3-13). New York: Routledge.

Staub, F. C. & Kreis, A. (2013). Fachspezifisches Unterrichtscoaching in der Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lerhpersonen. Journal für Lehrerinnenbildung (2), 8-13.