Social studies teachers have a very special function in democracy.
They not only provide young citizens with the knowledge they need to understand political institutions, processes and their own role as political actors, but also the skills required to critically follow and classify political events.
The M.Ed. in Social Studies is designed to prepare you for this responsible task.
General information on the module examinations can be found under the following link:
What is bilingual teaching?
Bilingual teaching is subject teaching in a foreign language. It is intended to deepen and expand intercultural and foreign language communication skills and competencies while at the same time developing the content of the subject. Despite the use of the foreign language as a working language, the focus is on subject-related content learning.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, the social science subjects of geography, history and social studies form the core area of bilingual education. As a rule, schools employ bilingual teachers who are qualified to teach the foreign language and the respective subject at secondary school level and have completed training for bilingual teaching. The teacher training for bilingual teaching is prepared by optional additional training at Johannes Gutenberg University.
General information on supplementary training in bilingual teaching can be found on the corresponding website:
There is no formal requirement for the required language level, but we recommend that you only register for the supplementary training in bilingual teaching if you have English language skills at level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
To obtain the certificate of supplementary training in bilingual teaching for the teaching profession in social studies, you must attend three English-language seminars and pass a sub-module examination in each of these three. The final grade of the module is made up of the grades of the three sub-module examinations.
The course is taught on an internally differentiated basis each semester, so that you are free to choose the two semesters in which you attend the two didactic seminars.
The seminar consists of 4 blocks:
- Theory (Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. / only compulsory if attending a political didactics BiLi seminar for the first time)
- Lesson planning in the seminar (Saturdays from 9 am – 4 pm)
- Presentation and simulation of the planning in the seminar (Saturdays from 9 am – 4 pm)
- Implementation of the planning at a school (date to be set jointly in the seminar – only compulsory for the second attendance of a political didactics BiLi seminar)
You can register for the didactic BiLi seminar during the regular registration phases.
