Degree

Duration of studies

Accreditation

Entrance requirements

Application for admission and registration

The intake capacity of this degree programme is limited internally by the university. Admission is decided by the university following the guidelines of the Hessian admissions policy. More on this...

Applications must be received by the JLU Student Secretariat by 15th July. More on this...

Special regulations apply to foreign applicants or those who gained their university-entrance qualifications abroad. Read more...

Commencement of studies

Content of degree programme

The course of studies is concerned with the general educational sciences, the areas of profession and professional activities in the training and further training of young learners outside the school, as well as "international comparative education" as well as "organizational development and consultation".

The general educational science analyses and reflects on socialization, developmental and educational processes in the social and historical dimension and their systematic importance. It presents basic concepts, theories and methods for the analysis of a variety of pedagogic fields and problem areas.

In the area of further training the main aspects dealt with are the structuring and supporting of adult learning processes. Here the aspect to be taught is the skill of teaching and structuring. On the one hand we are dealing with the structure and formation of the area with the awareness of the problems of the teacher`s tasks involved. On the other hand creating skills in teaching and learning situations as well as in learning processes in the area of micro-didactic, the conceptualization of teaching structures, further training management and evaluation of the content and structure of it are imparted.

The teaching of young learners outside the school involves the pedagogical areas of their family, free time and education. A professional form of pedagogical activity will be developed in this area in dealing with forms of youth culture and young people’s worlds in the contexts of ethnic backgrounds, risk and addiction, intercultural background and migration, violence, delinquency and social disadvantage. Embedded in this area lies a discussion of the theories and approaches of youth research, the history of the period of youth and an international comparison of youth.

Intercultural Comparative education discusses the problems of upbringing and education in multicultural societies.

The module organizational development and consultation deals with basic problems, e.g. communication, decision-making processes, the setting up of networks and power structures.

Classes involving further treatment of the aspects such as research methods, practical phases, expansion of subjects, are offered by other subjects and faculties of the JLU.

Composition of degree programme

• 2 modules General Education – AEW 1 and AEW 2 (12 CP each)
• One module Quantitative Methodology – QUANT (7 CP)
• One module Qualitative Methodology – QUALI (7CP)
• Four modules from the area of Further Education and Education of Young Learners – WB, AJB  (each 12 CP)
• One module Intercultural Comparative Education – INTER (12 CP)
• One module Organisation Development and Consultation – ORGA (12 CP)
• One module Professionalisation – PROF (28 CP)
  
• Thesis module with 12 CP
• One minor subject with 30 CP from the minor subject list (c.f. Appendix 4)

The module professionalisation involves a practical training of 16 weeks as well as accompaniment and supervision from the relevant department.

The minor subject (30 CP)

The following minor subjects (30 CP) can be chosen:

Please note that you might have to give proof that you fulfil the language requirements for some minor subjects already upon matriculation. Student of the minor subject music education sit an admission test during the introduction week.

Thesis Module (12 CP)

The aim of the thesis work is to give the student a clearly defined subject to work on, in accordance with scientific methods, under supervision and over a limited period. 

Career Options

The professional fields and the fields of activity on which the course of studies is concentrated are wide and varied.

The further learning section involves all parts of adult learning: starting with "training on the job" or the development of leaders in professional or organizational training, further training in computer work or language learning, and also moving into the area of organization of free time and cultural-pedogogical activities. It covers business- privately- and also publicly- financed further training.

Education for the young outside the school involves a variety of organizations doing general area-specific cultural youth work. There is a variety of organizations and businesses active in youth education outside the school. In project work and forms of supervision topics such as interculturality, migration, sex-specific training and social poverty and disadvantaging are dealt with. An interface  between further training and training of young people outside the school is formed by the many initiatives of the job centres to improve the job opportunities, further training and introduction to the job for young people. The commonest forms of pedagogical activity are project work, structuring the learning process, advising, organizational development and planning. Personal relations and relations with the organizations are thus areas of competence with different degrees of importance.

Options for further study at JLU

After the end of the Bachelor degree there is a continuation and specialization in the Master of Arts "Educational Studies" (Erziehungswissenschaft) with emphasis on teaching and learning outside the school. Admittance to the Master degree course is possible if the Bachelor's degree has been passed with a minimum evaluation of GOOD.

Further Information

• General conditions pertaining to modularised and consecutive degree courses at JLU

• Detailed code of regulations for this degree programme (incl. module description, module plan and placement regulation) (in German)
• The detailed code of regulations and an information leaflet can be found as PDF documents in the download section (on the right under "Direct Links")

Number of enrolled students

Subject advisors

The department of educational sciences is responsible for counselling for the BA course "Teaching Outside the School".

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