BEd Geschichte, Lehramt GyGe (History teaching) at Paderborn University

Competences for helping pupils understand how society came about and how history is handled, develop reflective historical awareness and design creative learning offers; students learn to explain historical facts and assess them critically in context, and methods for good history teaching. Bachelor of Education teaching degree for grammar schools and comprehensive schools (Gymnasium und Gesamtschule).

Faculty: Humanities and social sciences; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years); 72 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

In the first two semesters students choose between Ancient and Medieval History and between Early Modern and Modern History; the other periods are covered at foundation level. The 180-credit degree comprises subject content and didactics in this teaching subject (72 credits); subject content and didactics in a second teaching subject (72 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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