Core curriculum for teacher education (KCL)
An interdisciplinary concept
Students who aspire to Teacher Education or would like to keep this option open must take modules that teach pedagogical, psychological, social science and didactic skills as part of both the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs.
The KCL bundles the educational science components of the degree programs leading to a general education Teacher Education degree. All general education teaching subjects represented at the university as well as Education Science, Psychology, Sociology, Politics and Philosophy are involved in the KCL. It is used in various forms in all professional skills development parts of the participating degree programmes, whether undergraduate or consecutive.
The core curriculum for teacher training (KCL) includes the KCL-2FB (for the 2-subject Bachelor's degree course), the KCL-BEU (for the Bachelor's degree course “Education, upbringing and teaching”), the KCL-G (for the Master's degree course “Teaching degree for elementary school”), the KCL-HR (for the Master's degree course “Teaching degree for secondary schools”) and the KCL-Gy (for the Master's degree course “Teaching degree for grammar schools”)
Module types in the KCL
The KCL is divided into compulsory modules and compulsory elective modules.
The compulsory modules lay the foundations of the educational science degree course, which can be deepened and expanded by the students individually in the further course of their studies through compulsory elective modules. In terms of content, the basic modules not only cover specific topics by means of a module, but also "cross-cutting topics" such as inclusion are addressed in all modules.
Building on the compulsory modules, students can create their individual profiles by selecting compulsory elective modules. There are three types of modules to choose from:
- Focus module: Module on a thematic focus
- In-depth module: Module for in-depth study of several topics
- Research project or empirical module: Modules with a prominent reference to research practice