BEd Kunst, Lehramt Grundschule (Art teaching) at Paderborn University

Subject promoting creative and analytical thinking and cross-media, experimental working, linking artistic practice, art studies, media aesthetics, art education and didactics. Art practice is based on studio work, art studies deal with the history and theory of artistic creation, and art didactics connects these experiences with concepts and their implementation in school. Bachelor of Education teaching degree for primary schools (Grundschule).

Faculty: Art, media, music, textiles; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years); 36 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

Art practice is taught in four studios: drawing/printmaking, painting, sculpture/object and space/installation, and photography/film/video/digital media/performance, with the student's own artistic process in the foreground. The 180-credit degree comprises subject content and didactics in language basic education (36 credits); subject content and didactics in mathematics basic education (36 credits); subject content and didactics in a second teaching subject (36 credits); deepening in one teaching subject (9 credits); educational sciences (45 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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