Technology B.Sc., Gymnasium and Gesamtschule Teacher

Course Overview

Whoever understands how technical inventions work, what they can achieve, and what effects they have on society, can responsibly help shape future developments ? maybe as an engineer, but also maybe in politics or in personal consumer behavior. Technology lessons offer school students an early oppotunity to be introduced to interdisciplinary and practically-oriented, systematic, technical thinking. And it answers the time-old question "Why do I even need math and physics?" with an answer that is literally tangible. The subject offers teachers ideal flexbility and room to design lively and motivational lessons. It bridges the gap between one's own hanidcrafts, exciting experiments, and theoretical models, between hand skills and academic interest. During their studies budding teachers will not only focus on a single technical discipline, like in teacher training for vocational schools, but also with the fundamentals of different engineering disciplines. This allows them to gain a holistic view, with which they can encourage school students to grapple with different technologies and understand how they are intertwined.