BEd Lehramt an Haupt-, Real-, Sekundar- und Gesamtschulen (all teaching subjects) at Paderborn University

Bachelor of Education teaching degree for lower secondary schools: Hauptschule, Realschule, Sekundarschule and Gesamtschule, part of a ten-semester teacher-training programme (six bachelor and four master semesters) covering all school types and almost every teaching subject, followed by an eighteen-month Vorbereitungsdienst (Referendariat). Students learn from the first semester how subject knowledge is taught in school.

Faculty: Natural sciences; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 ECTS  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in German, English, Spanish and French (depending on subject)  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

The 120-credit degree comprises subject content and didactics in this teaching subject (18 credits); subject content and didactics in a second teaching subject (18 credits); educational sciences (23 credits); Sekundarstufe I focus area (18 credits); master's thesis (18 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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