BEd Förderschwerpunkt Emotionale und soziale Entwicklung (Lehramt Sonderpädagogik) at Paderborn University

Part of the teaching degree for special needs education, in which students choose two of three special-needs focuses (emotional and social development, learning, language), a learning area of language or mathematics basic education, and a further teaching subject; educational sciences are integral to the degree. Bachelor of Education teaching degree for special needs education (sonderpädagogische Förderung).

Faculty: Humanities and social sciences; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years); 33 of 180 ECTS in the degree  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

The 180-credit degree comprises subject content and didactics in language or mathematics basic education (36 credits); subject content and didactics in a teaching subject (36 credits); special-needs focus 1 (33 credits); special-needs focus 2 (39 credits); educational sciences (18 credits); German for pupils with a migration background (6 credits); bachelor's thesis (12 credits). Practical elements are an orientation and aptitude placement of 25 days and a work-field placement of at least four weeks.

Career pathways

The B.Ed. is followed by the M.Ed., which completes the first phase of teacher training and leads into school service; a non-school career is also possible, often after gaining out-of-school experience or a subject-specific master's.

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