The Future Skills Forum is a series of virtual lectures and workshops focusing on future competencies in teacher education.
Starting in the winter semester 2025/26, two to three digital events with international guest lecturers will take place each semester.
The aim of the series is to promote a future-oriented and internationally connected education of teachers and to highlight current topics, challenges, and innovations in the field of education.
The format is a joint initiative of the Lehramt.International projects in Darmstadt, Freiburg, Gießen, Heidelberg, Jena, Ludwigsburg, Marburg, Passau, Potsdam, Siegen, Wuppertal, and Würzburg.
Participatin is possible without prior registration.
Zoom link for participation: https://uni-wuppertal.zoom-x.de/j/67274498026?pwd=EC2UV93DIdRKoyK7l4LFMbVAgpbTU1.1
„Future Skills for Future Teachers: Discovering Challenges, Contexts and Tools“
by Laura Eigbrecht (DHBW Karlsruhe)
October 28, 2025 | 16:00–17:30 Uhr (CET)
Host: University of Wuppertal | Language: English
How can teachers and teacher education students develop the competencies needed for the future of education? In this interactive workshop, Laura Eigbrecht offers insights into current research on Future Skills, competence models, and practical teaching and learning approaches. Participants will explore key challenges, educational frameworks, and tools that empower teachers to guide learners in an ever-changing world. The workshop combines input, discussion, and hands-on activities designed to foster Future Skills in teacher education. More information: nextskills.org | dhbw.de
Strategies to Transform STEM Learning Environments
by Dr. Sarah Creider, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City
November 6th, 2025 | 16:00–17:30 Uhr (CET)
Host: Heidelberg School of Education | Language: English
STEM classrooms are sites for some of the most critical conversations of our times, from facing climate change, to the rise of scientific mis-information, and how artificial intelligence is transforming our educational and professional landscapes. Now more than ever, teachers in STEM fields need tools to prioritise critical thinking and student participation. In this talk, Dr Sarah Creider (Teachers College, Columbia University) discusses how conversation analytic research can offer concrete and practical ways for teachers to focus on what she calls teaching for thinking. Follow this link for more information.
Vom Einzelkämpfertum zum Miteinander? Diversitätskompetenz für ein Kollegium der Vielfalt [From Individualism to Team Spirit? Fostering Diversity Competence in School Staffrooms]
by Dr. Anna Aleksandra Wojciechowicz, Refugee Teachers Program
November 26th, 2025 | 16:00–17:30 Uhr (CET)
Host: University of Potsdam | Language: German
Does your teacher training prepare you for the fact that school is not only a pedagogical setting, but also a diverse working and team environment? How can a respectful and appreciative interaction within a diverse faculty be achieved? In the school of the future, teachers with a wide range of backgrounds, training, and perspectives will work together. Central questions related to this topic will be reflected upon and discussed in the workshop. Further information can be found here.
