Profile of the work area
The department has several areas of responsibility
- Ensuring teacher training in the subjects of economics, technology, home economics and social studies for secondary schools and handicrafts for elementary school
- In-service qualification of teachers (BQL) in the subject of economics, technology and home economics/social studies
- Supervision and implementation and supervision of the study options SchulAQ - school assistance in qualification and OptLA - option to study for a technical teaching degree
Table of contents
Subject Business, Technology and Home Economics and Social Affairs
The school subject "Business, Technology, Household and Social Affairs (WTH)" was introduced in the course of the curriculum reform in the 2004/05 school year in Saxony for the then secondary school, now a high school. The subject sees itself in the tradition of integrated work studies, but in comparison to similar subjects in other federal states, it has an additional household reference. This emphasizes its practical life component, which thus comes alongside the work orientation. WTH lessons in Saxony are designed to be multi-perspective and supplement vocational orientation with practical, real-life aspects such as food preparation and stockpiling or income and expenditure accounting in a private household.
Teachers for the subject have been trained at TU Dresden since 2012.
Subject Crafts
The focus of the subject of handicrafts is on intelligent action. The properly and professionally conceived, planned and executed practical action requires a broad theoretical basis. In addition to acquiring manual and technical skills and exploring one's own abilities, this subject reactivates and deepens knowledge of the natural sciences - especially physics - in an interdisciplinary manner.
Primary school teachers have a special responsibility to get technical education in its youngest school form off the ground with the children's own enthusiasm and desire to experiment, or rather: '...to maintain it'. The STEM studies of recent years clearly show how inadequately this path has been taken in the past, e.g. the Körber Foundation STEM study (link) or iW (link) or W³ search for current publications.
The consequence for prospective teachers is that the joy of experimenting, planning, constructing, manufacturing and dismantling, trying things out and failing are minimum requirements and the basis for studying the subject of handicrafts! After all, they can only expect pupils to do what they are willing and able to do themselves.
"Help me to do it myself." (Maria Montessori, 1870 - 1952)
To this end, the TU Dresden's work team supports students with all its physical and mental strength. The aim is to give students the pleasure, satisfaction and satisfaction of their own intelligent, manual work.
Part-time qualification of teachers in the subject WTH/S
TU Dresden supports the qualification of teachers in the Free State of Saxony within the framework of in-service academic training. This qualification focuses on the acquisition of knowledge, skills and abilities in the subject science and subject didactics of the chosen subject or primary school didactics. The Teacher Qualification Regulations (QualiVO Lehrer) form the legal basis of the training.
The training phase, which generally lasts two years, is carried out parallel to the participants' school work. The courses take place on two weekdays at TU Dresden and, except in the case of elementary school, follow the semester cycle of TU Dresden.
As part of the qualification measure in the subject WTH/S, the participants acquire knowledge and skills in the subject science and subject didactics.
The qualification is completed over a period of two years (four semesters), during which the participants are part of university life on two fixed days.
In lectures, seminars, internships and self-study, they acquire 74 credit points for Teacher Training - Middle Schools.
You can find more information about the qualificationhere.
Study option SchulAQ - School Assistance in Qualification
SchulAQ offers a dual study option in which students work as school assistants at a school and at the same time complete an undergraduate teaching degree in an industrial-technical department at the TUD Dresden University of Technology.
In a study model implemented at the TUD Dresden University of Technology since the winter semester 2019/20, the first state examination can be acquired in a dual - but at the same time basic - study model. In addition to studying (part-time), participants also work as "School Assistants in Qualification" (SchulAQ) in the Saxon school service.
SchulAQ can be studied by vocationally qualified people with advanced training, such as technicians and master craftsmen who want to take another career step and switch from a company to a vocational school.
More information on the SchulAQ - School Assistance in Qualification study option page.
Study option IngPäd + start of studies in the region
IngPäd+ is a study option with the career goal of becoming a teacher at vocational schools, which enables a new study path with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering Education at HAWs. In cooperation with TU Dresden, engineering education courses leading to a Bachelor's degree were implemented at Saxon universities of applied sciences (HAW), enabling graduates to enter the teaching profession at TU Dresden more easily.
The Mittweida University of Applied Sciences (HSMW), the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau (WHZ) and the TUD Dresden University of Technology (TUD) are involved in the study options.
The main focus of the courses is in the industrial-technical field. The first Department to choose from is Metal and Mechanical Engineering as well as Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (only at WHZ). Depending on the university, students can choose from the following departments as a second specialization: Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Automotive Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Metal and Mechanical Engineering or Textile Technology and Clothing. Please refer to the websites of the degree programs for the possible combinations.
This measure is financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.
All further information on the option of studying for a technical teaching degree - OptLA on the project page.