MEd Sport, Lehramt Sonderpädagogik (Sport teaching) at Paderborn University

Teaching subject covering basic concepts, models, theories and methods of sport, building understanding of the disciplinary structures of sport and the subject-science foundations for education, with introductory didactics; 'theory and practice of sports' is an indispensable part of the degree. Master of Education teaching degree for special needs education (sonderpädagogische Förderung).

Faculty: Health and sport; teacher education (Lehramt)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 18 of 120 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 120-credit degree comprises subject content and didactics in one learning area (language or mathematics basic education) (18 credits); subject content and didactics in a teaching subject (18 credits); special-needs focus 1 (18 credits); special-needs focus 2 (15 credits); educational sciences (8 credits); school placement semester (Praxissemester) (25 credits); master's thesis (18 credits). The school placement semester is normally taken in the second master's semester, covers one school half-year and consists of a school-based part and accompanying university courses.

Career pathways

The M.Ed. completes the first phase of teacher training; after the eighteen-month Vorbereitungsdienst (Referendariat) graduates can work as teachers.

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