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Entisar Karkoli in front of a blackboard.

“Teaching Children – Maybe It Is the Same All Over the World” – Syrian teacher Entisar Karkokli teaches at an elementary school in Wittenberge

Let's start with a game. Entisar Karkokli fans out cards in her hand, lifting them high above her head. “Who wants to draw first?” Hands are raised. …
Vier Frauen mit einem gemeinsamen Buch

Ten questions for a book – “Educating Teachers for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship”

Ten questions for a book, posed to Prof. Dr. Britta Freitag-Hild, Stefanie Goertz, Prof. Dr. Isolde Malmberg, and Prof. Dr. Linda P. Juang, editors of …
A mountain made of books. There is a tree at the top.

Can Reading Give Us a Better Understanding of Nature? Literary scholar Sabine Röttig researches ecological children’s literature

Gundula Priebe is the only one who regrets that the century-old linden tree in her village is to be chopped down – in favor of traffic. Since the girl …
Katharina Scheiter während des Interviews.

Not Falling for Fake News – Psychologist Katharina Scheiter explains how to prepare children for dealing with media

When we are not sleeping, we look at our cell phones every 15 minutes on average. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops have a great appeal even for …
Project Manager Dr. Kathleen Golle (left) and Senior Professor Reinhold Kliegl (right).

The Joy of Movement – How EMOTIKON examines children’s fitness

How fit are children these days? Are they couch potatoes, or is today’s youth literally outrunning us? “The trends are very clear: the endurance of …
Gruppenfoto vor Haus 9 der Universität Potsdam

"Lehramt.International" – DAAD Project Enters Second Funding Phase

University of Potsdam celebrates 100th anniversary of the DAAD

Around 40 percent of pupils in German classrooms have a history of immigration. Many of them were born here, others have only been in Germany for a …
Verena Schott is swimming.

Stroke by Stroke – Para swimmer Verena Schott between world-class sports and teacher training

Plunging into the water, swimming laps in the pool, alone against the clock or competing with others. Swimming has always been part of Verena Schott’s …
Pupils sit in the classroom.

Room for Creative Solutions – Future primary school teachers support gifted third- and fourth-graders in the mathematics research workshop

Xaver and Rozalia are looking at a large sheet of white paper full of squares. Seriously and without getting stressed by the long to-do list, they are …
Lucia Steinmeyer teaches English to a fourth grade.

The Country Teacher – Graduate Lucia Steinmeyer teaches at a primary school in Zülichendorf, Brandenburg

She could have become a miller. As a child, Lucia Steinmeyer watched her grandparents in Luckenwalde grind grain into flour. For a long time, she …
Der Musikdozent Jan Gerdes erkundet mit seinen Studierenden afrikanische Klaviermusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.

A Sound Window With a View to the South – Pianist and music lecturer Jan Gerdes brings contemporary piano music from Africa to the lecture hall

“Let’s move on to Egypt!” Jan Gerdes carefully lets his fingers wander over the keyboard. “Soufiane,” composed by Halim El-Dabh is performed in the …