Winter Semester 2025/26

„Future Skills for Future Teachers: Discovering Challenges, Contexts and Tools“ 

Laura Eigbrecht (DHBW Karlsruhe)
Oktober 28, 2025 

Host: University 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 combined 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

Dr. Sarah Creider, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City
November 06, 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) discussed 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 (in German)

Dr. Anna Aleksandra Wojciechowicz, Refugee Teachers Program
November 26, 2025

Host: University of Potsdam | Language: German

Are teacher education programs preparing future educators for the reality that schools are not only pedagogical environments, but also complex workplaces shaped by teamwork and collaboration? How can a culture of mutual respect be fostered within a diverse staff? In the school of the future, teachers will work alongside colleagues with a wide range of backgrounds, qualifications, and perspectives. Key questions surrounding this topic were explored and discussed during the workshop. Click here for more information.