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History of the Institute
The history of the Institute goes back to the founding of the Pedagogical Institute at the TUD Dresden University of Technology in 1924. Since then, both commercial training and vocational school teachers had graduated from the TUD Dresden University of Technology almost without interruption. In 1991, it was determined that the Ministry of Education would also offer a new start for the Institute of Vocational Education, which was expanded by the Institute of Special Didactics in 2012. Research and teaching at the Institute is characterized by close cooperation with the engineering disciplines at TU Dresden and with many companies around it. For decades, the Institute has been strongly dedicated to the international market, running international Master's degree programs in various languages in Germany and abroad, as well as Ph.D. training networks in cooperation with developing countries worldwide.
Profile
The scientific areas of the Institute are the Chair of Construction Wood and Home Economics and Vocational Didactics, the Chair of Educational Technology, the Chair of Vocational Education and Home Economics and Vocational Didactics, the Junior Professorship in Nutrition and Home Economics and Vocational Didactics, the Chair of Adult Education, with a focus on continuing vocational training and comparative educational research, the Chair of Health and Care, Paint Technology and Interior Design/Vocational Education and the Chair of Vocational Didactics. Chair of Health and Nursing / Vocational Didactics, Chair of Metals and Machine Technology / Vocational Didactics, Chair of Social Education and Nursing / Vocational Didactics, Chair of Laboratory and Process Technology / Vocational Didactics of Chemistry, Chair of Business, Technology and Household / Social Affairs,.
The profile of the Institutes is characterized by academic teaching and research, especially in an international context and in close cooperation with developing countries, as well as the acquisition of evaluation studies and experiments for the scientific monitoring of educational development worldwide. This includes all areas of vocational education and adult education and is continuously concerned with personnel development for vocational education and training, adult education and counseling for educational decision-making. Due to this unique combination, the TUD Dresden University of Technology is able to offer advanced and competitive research and development in the field of media in vocational education.
Research at the Institute is characterized by the combination of analytical projects with transfer-oriented activities for educational development. Current research topics include
- Identifying skills needs in innovative industries,
- Determining needs as a prerequisite for continuous planning,
- Development and adaptation of curricula specifically for developing countries,
- Didactics of specific occupational areas and various programs
- Development and modularization needs and learning opportunities with education and training needs,
- Design and use of media-based teaching and learning applications, online communities, especially in vocational education and training,
- quality assurance and development of education and training services,
- Competence development of staff with training responsibilities,
- media education management.
The Institute serves teaching and research as well as continuing education in the above-mentioned subject areas. The Institute also performs regional, national and international transfer and consulting tasks. Further tasks result from the academic self-administration at the TUD Dresden University of Technology.