Veranstaltungsverzeichnis

Veranstaltungsverzeichnis

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Summer semester 2026 12 Seminars
VAK Course Number Title Type Lecture
Preliminary studies
Advanced courses
Practical course
Colloquium
Research group
Workgroup
Project group
Council conference
Internship
Language course
Subject didactics
Excursion
Tutorial
Committee 		SWS Semester weekly hours Teachers Degree
1.07.452 Qualitative research methods Tuesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 07/04/26)
Description:
Seminar 2 Douglas Becker, M.A.
  • Master
10.11.237 Teaching and Learning with Positive Education Practices Tuesday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 07/04/26)
Description:
This course explores the fundamentals of teaching and learning, with a particular focus on integrating positive psychology and positive education into classroom practice to foster a supportive learning environment. You don't need perfect English to join this course. If we don't understand something, we will sort it out together. Key practices in positive education include cultivating a growth mindset, using character strengths, engaging in mindfulness, and enhancing resilience. The course is designed to be hands-on; therefore, we will also explore practical ways to implement positive education strategies in the learning environment. Topics covered in the course include learning theories, self-regulation, motivation, the characteristics of effective teaching, an introduction to positive psychology and positive education practices. Assessment: -One ungraded reflection task (30.06.2026/ 01.07.2026) -Term paper (15 pages) OR Group presentation (max 3 people) (30 minutes) + written report (10 pages) This course explores the fundamentals of teaching and learning, with a particular focus on integrating positive psychology and positive education into classroom practice to foster a supportive learning environment. You don't need perfect English to join this course. If we don't understand something, we will sort it out together. Key practices in positive education include cultivating a growth mindset, using character strengths, engaging in mindfulness, and enhancing resilience. The course is designed to be hands-on; therefore, we will also explore practical ways to implement positive education strategies in the learning environment. Topics covered in the course include learning theories, self-regulation, motivation, the characteristics of effective teaching, an introduction to positive psychology and positive education practices. Assessment: -One ungraded reflection task (30.06.2026/ 01.07.2026) -Term paper (15 pages) OR Group presentation (max 3 people) (30 minutes) + written report (10 pages) 		Seminar 2 Dr. phil. Pamela Miano
  • Bachelor
1.07.472 Internship Supervision Monday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 13/04/26)
Description:
Colloquium 2 Dr. Sven Broschinski
  • Master
1.07.471 Project Coaching Monday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 13/04/26)
Description:
This course will accompany students in the beginnings of writing their "project" report. We will cover those topics that are relevant for the participants, e.g. scientific writing, research methods, structuring a report, etc. It should be visited in the second semester of the Master programme. This course will accompany students in the beginnings of writing their "project" report. We will cover those topics that are relevant for the participants, e.g. scientific writing, research methods, structuring a report, etc. It should be visited in the second semester of the Master programme. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Jannika Mattes
  • Master
1.07.481 Reading Course: Stefan Kühl: Ordinary Organizations. Why Normal Men Carried Out the Holocaust Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 07/04/26)
Description:
In our course we will read and discuss Stefan Kühl’s book “Ordinary Organizations”. Kühl asks, why so many Germans actively participated in the extermination of the European Jews. He proposes the theory of the ‘ordinary organisation’ - a bundle of organisational mechanisms and norms that ensured the willingness of members without political motives to participate. While prior sociological explanations of the Holocaust have often emphasized individual motivations or broad cultural factors, Kühl's approach shifts the focus to the organizational dimensions of social action and structure. After some introductory sessions outlining key theoretical contributions to the sociology of the Holocaust (e.g. by Zygmunt Bauman), we will turn to Stefan Kühl’s Normal Organizations. We will read and discuss selected chapters to examine how formal organizations shape behavior and meaning in this specific historical contexts. Special attention will be given to how organizational mechanisms—such as rules, hierarchies, and membership boundaries—can illuminate dynamics that individualistic or purely cultural accounts might overlook. In our course we will read and discuss Stefan Kühl’s book “Ordinary Organizations”. Kühl asks, why so many Germans actively participated in the extermination of the European Jews. He proposes the theory of the ‘ordinary organisation’ - a bundle of organisational mechanisms and norms that ensured the willingness of members without political motives to participate. While prior sociological explanations of the Holocaust have often emphasized individual motivations or broad cultural factors, Kühl's approach shifts the focus to the organizational dimensions of social action and structure. After some introductory sessions outlining key theoretical contributions to the sociology of the Holocaust (e.g. by Zygmunt Bauman), we will turn to Stefan Kühl’s Normal Organizations. We will read and discuss selected chapters to examine how formal organizations shape behavior and meaning in this specific historical contexts. Special attention will be given to how organizational mechanisms—such as rules, hierarchies, and membership boundaries—can illuminate dynamics that individualistic or purely cultural accounts might overlook. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Sina Farzin
  • Master
10.11.238 Teaching and Learning with Positive Education Practices Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 08/04/26)
Description:
This course explores the fundamentals of teaching and learning, with a particular focus on integrating positive psychology and positive education into classroom practice to foster a supportive learning environment. You don't need perfect English to join this course. If we don't understand something, we will sort it out together. Key practices in positive education include cultivating a growth mindset, using character strengths, engaging in mindfulness, and enhancing resilience. The course is designed to be hands-on therefore we will also explore within the course practical ways to implement positive education strategies in the learning environment. Topics covered in the course include learning theories, self-regulation, motivation, the characteristics of effective teaching, an introduction to positive psychology and positive education practices. Assessment: -One ungraded reflection task (30.06.2026/ 01.07.2026) -Term paper (15 pages) OR Group presentation (max 3 people) (30 minutes) + written report (10 pages) This course explores the fundamentals of teaching and learning, with a particular focus on integrating positive psychology and positive education into classroom practice to foster a supportive learning environment. You don't need perfect English to join this course. If we don't understand something, we will sort it out together. Key practices in positive education include cultivating a growth mindset, using character strengths, engaging in mindfulness, and enhancing resilience. The course is designed to be hands-on therefore we will also explore within the course practical ways to implement positive education strategies in the learning environment. Topics covered in the course include learning theories, self-regulation, motivation, the characteristics of effective teaching, an introduction to positive psychology and positive education practices. Assessment: -One ungraded reflection task (30.06.2026/ 01.07.2026) -Term paper (15 pages) OR Group presentation (max 3 people) (30 minutes) + written report (10 pages) 		Seminar 2 Dr. phil. Pamela Miano
  • Bachelor
1.02.901 Education and upbringing between internationalisation and denationalization Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 15/04/26)
Dates on Wednesday, 22.07.2026 10:00 - 12:00
Description:
Seminar - Prof. Kemma Tsujino
1.07.462 Digital Transformation, Technological Change and Life Course Inequalities Tuesday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 07/04/26)
Description:
Technological change and the digital transformation have brought about significant implications for social inequality. This MA course aims to explore the multifaceted impact of these changes on various aspects of life and society. While previous research has particularly focused on labour market transformations and changes in skill requirements, the effects of digital transformation and technological change have the potential to reverberate throughout society, influencing inequalities across different domains of life, such as education, employment, health, social security, and political participation, among others. The course examines the determinants and consequences of technological change and the digital transformation across different life stages and institutional settings, with a focus on the ways in which various groups in society, including gender, age, ethnicity, and regional populations, are impacted. Some of the example questions that will be explored in this course include: How do technological changes and digitalisation either exacerbate or alleviate social inequalities? What is the relationship between skill requirements in the workplace and the reproduction of social inequality? How do technological advancements benefit some groups, while leaving others behind? How do these changes impact political attitudes and participation? These and other pressing questions will be examined through a variety of theoretical frameworks and empirical studies, with the aim of providing a comprehensive understanding of the complex intersection between digital transformation, technological change, and social inequality. Technological change and the digital transformation have brought about significant implications for social inequality. This MA course aims to explore the multifaceted impact of these changes on various aspects of life and society. While previous research has particularly focused on labour market transformations and changes in skill requirements, the effects of digital transformation and technological change have the potential to reverberate throughout society, influencing inequalities across different domains of life, such as education, employment, health, social security, and political participation, among others. The course examines the determinants and consequences of technological change and the digital transformation across different life stages and institutional settings, with a focus on the ways in which various groups in society, including gender, age, ethnicity, and regional populations, are impacted. Some of the example questions that will be explored in this course include: How do technological changes and digitalisation either exacerbate or alleviate social inequalities? What is the relationship between skill requirements in the workplace and the reproduction of social inequality? How do technological advancements benefit some groups, while leaving others behind? How do these changes impact political attitudes and participation? These and other pressing questions will be examined through a variety of theoretical frameworks and empirical studies, with the aim of providing a comprehensive understanding of the complex intersection between digital transformation, technological change, and social inequality. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Gundula Zoch
  • Master
1.07.442 Quantitative research methods Wednesday: 08:00 - 10:00, weekly (from 08/04/26)
Description:
Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schnettler, Ph.D.
  • Master
1.07.412 Collective Action Tuesday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (from 07/04/26)
Description:
Social dilemmas form the core of many societal problems ranging from the international level (e.g. the fight against climate change) to interpersonal relations (e.g. work on a joint student project). In such situations, conflict arises frequently because individual and collective interests collide. In a typical social dilemma, mutual cooperation among all involved actors leads to an efficient collective outcome. However, all actors have an incentive to defect and free-ride on the other actors’ cooperation. Thus, if all actors follow their narrow self-interest, the community will not be able to reach their common goal. In this seminar, we will identify and discuss factors influencing the level of cooperation among actors in a large variety of different social dilemma situations. In doing so, we will take an interdisciplinary approach encompassing theories and methods from political science, sociology, economics, and social psychology. Social dilemmas form the core of many societal problems ranging from the international level (e.g. the fight against climate change) to interpersonal relations (e.g. work on a joint student project). In such situations, conflict arises frequently because individual and collective interests collide. In a typical social dilemma, mutual cooperation among all involved actors leads to an efficient collective outcome. However, all actors have an incentive to defect and free-ride on the other actors’ cooperation. Thus, if all actors follow their narrow self-interest, the community will not be able to reach their common goal. In this seminar, we will identify and discuss factors influencing the level of cooperation among actors in a large variety of different social dilemma situations. In doing so, we will take an interdisciplinary approach encompassing theories and methods from political science, sociology, economics, and social psychology. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Jan Sauermann
  • Master
10.11.239 Unterrichtsmethoden Thursday: 18:00 - 20:00, weekly (from 09/04/26)
Description:
In diesem Seminar wird sich vertiefend mit dem methodischen Handeln im Unterricht auseinandergesetzt. Neben der Einführung in die Grundlagen des methodischen Handelns und ihren Sozialformen werden ausgewählte Elemente der Unterrichtsplanung thematisiert (z.B. Lernziele, Artikulation von Unterricht). Hierbei liegt der Fokus auf Unterrichtsmethoden, die zur Aktivierung, Kommunikation und Interaktion im Unterricht dienlich sind, und die im Seminarrahmen durch verschiedenen Übungen und Arbeitsaufträge erfahrbar gemacht werden. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es Vor- und Nachteile, Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und Nutzen von einzelnen Methoden zu diskutieren und im Hinblick auf die eigene Unterrichtsgestaltung zu reflektieren. Die Arbeit in der Veranstaltung und die Prüfungsleistung (u.a. Portfolio) setzt die aktive Partizipation und Bereitschaft der Studierenden voraus, Unterrichtsmethoden zu erleben und selbstständig auszuprobieren und somit einen Beitrag zur Gestaltung des Seminars zu leisten. In diesem Seminar wird sich vertiefend mit dem methodischen Handeln im Unterricht auseinandergesetzt. Neben der Einführung in die Grundlagen des methodischen Handelns und ihren Sozialformen werden ausgewählte Elemente der Unterrichtsplanung thematisiert (z.B. Lernziele, Artikulation von Unterricht). Hierbei liegt der Fokus auf Unterrichtsmethoden, die zur Aktivierung, Kommunikation und Interaktion im Unterricht dienlich sind, und die im Seminarrahmen durch verschiedenen Übungen und Arbeitsaufträge erfahrbar gemacht werden. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es Vor- und Nachteile, Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und Nutzen von einzelnen Methoden zu diskutieren und im Hinblick auf die eigene Unterrichtsgestaltung zu reflektieren. Die Arbeit in der Veranstaltung und die Prüfungsleistung (u.a. Portfolio) setzt die aktive Partizipation und Bereitschaft der Studierenden voraus, Unterrichtsmethoden zu erleben und selbstständig auszuprobieren und somit einen Beitrag zur Gestaltung des Seminars zu leisten. 		Seminar 2 Katja Knapp-Sanders
  • Bachelor
1.07.432 Learning and organisations Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 08/04/26)
Description:
Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Tonio Oeftering
  • Master
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