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Würzburg's teachers: On the way to international educational excellence!
The University of Würzburg is intensifying international teacher training with GoTEd+ and a successful visit to Indonesia.
Würzburg's teachers: On the way to international educational excellence!
The University of Würzburg is taking a further step in its international cooperation in teacher training. A delegation from the Professional School of Education recently traveled to Indonesia to explore new collaborations and strengthen existing partnerships. Loud uni-wuerzburg.de A memorandum of understanding was signed with the Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES) on the island of Java. This agreement is intended to promote exchange and cooperation in the field of teacher training.
The delegation consisted of Professor Hans-Stefan Siller and Dr. Matthias Erhardt, who are already actively involved in research projects with UNNES in mathematics education. During her trip, Erhardt reported on the religious diversity present in Indonesian schools. This demonstrates the layered cultural and educational landscape in which teachers must prepare their students.
Global commitment and intercultural skills
A central element of this initiative is the “Global Teacher Education” (GoTEd) project, which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). GoTEd supports teacher training students in acquiring intercultural, linguistic and professional skills through stays abroad. The program will now be continued under the name “Global Teacher Education plus” (GoTEd+), with the aim of also integrating subject didactics in English and mathematics.
The Europeanization of teacher training is increasingly seen as essential. The data shows that 42.2% of students in Germany had a migrant background in 2024, underscoring the need to train teachers who understand this diversity and can teach in intercultural contexts. qualitaetsoffensive-lehrbildung.de emphasizes that intercultural and international orientations are essential in teacher training.
Challenges and solutions
Although international experience is an advantage for teacher training, only 19% of teacher training students complete a study-related stay abroad. The reasons for this include the high costs and the organizational effort. Teacher training must therefore be made more internationalized through programs such as the BMBF-financed DAAD program Lehramt.International.
These programs aim to provide full scholarships for school internships abroad and promote the structural internationalization of teacher training courses. Experience reports from other countries make it clear that teachers who receive an international perspective are better prepared for the challenges of everyday multicultural school life. Furthermore, the internationalization of teacher training is an important quality feature that is increasingly viewed as necessary by universities and scientific organizations. hrk.de mentions that the international training of teachers is clearly defined as a core task of universities.
The Würzburg delegation's trip to Indonesia is considered successful. The aim is to have an intensive exchange in mathematics didactics with the Indonesian teachers, especially with Prof. Adi Cahyono. In addition, Dr. Girindra Putri Dewa Saraswati provides access to school internships for Würzburg teacher training students in Indonesia, which can promote practical experience in an international education system.