Annual meeting of the network of experimental and university schools at TU Dresden and University School

Starting today, the University Community School Dresden and the ForUS research center at TU Dresden welcome 50 school practitioners and educational scientists from Germany and Austria. They are meeting for the annual network conference of the Association of University and Experimental Schools (VUVS) entitled "Conceptual Approaches to the Real-World Laboratory University School Dresden". In addition to the general meeting, representatives from numerous projects and school founding initiatives are invited to attend workshops for thematic exchange. These will also prepare them for work shadowing at the University Community School.

Since its founding at Bielefeld University in 2020, the VUVS meeting has usually taken place at the Laboratory School and the Oberstufen-Kolleg Bielefeld, the first real-world laboratory for the school of the future in Germany. In fall 2022, VUVS members have already visited the Dresden University School, another meeting focusing on school architecture/new school construction has also taken place at the Helios School of the University of Cologne.

Last year, 50 years of the Laborschule and Oberstufen-Kolleg were celebrated at Bielefeld University. Now the education professionals are finding out about the next steps in data-based school development in Germany's second real-world laboratory for sustainable education, the Dresden University School trial.

Following the network meeting, workshops will be held as part of the joint project QualiPro - Quality of Learning Process Support: Experimental and University Schools as Development and Transfer Actors. Within this framework, learning support is empirically examined in various experimental and university schools and further developed together with the teaching staff. QualiPro is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. You can find more information on the EWIB third-party funded projects on the website of the Chair of Education / Inclusive Education (EWIB) at TU Dresden

About the Association of University and Experimental Schools (VUVS)

The Association of University and Experimental Schools (VUVS) was founded in 2020. The starting point was the new educational policy trend in Germany - which can also be observed internationally - to strive for closer cooperation between research institutions, teacher training institutions and school practice. The aim of the network is to provide a forum for this new movement in order to make the scientific support of school reform measures available discursively on a content, process-related and structural level.

The association is designed as an open network of schools (so far) from Germany and Austria that share their ideas and experiences. Both individual schools (scientifically supported reform schools, experimental schools, university schools, laboratory schools) and research-oriented school networks can become members. Dresden University School is a founding member of the VUVS.

Further information can be found on the VUVS website (in the founding publication of the association, available online) as well as on the pages of the VUVS members.

About the University School Dresden

The Dresden University School is a joint project of the state capital Dresden and the TUD Dresden University of Technology. It is a public and free community school run by the city, where innovative forms of teaching and learning are tested under academic supervision. In addition, it is a training school for future teachers and, in the future, a further education school for teachers. The school trial is being scientifically supported by the  ForUS - University School Research Unit at TU Dresden.

Information on the research project at TU Dresden: https: //tu-dresden.de/gsw/unischule
Information on the Dresden University School: http://universitaetsschule.org

You can find insights into the research project and everyday school life on various social media channels under @unischuleTUD: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. News from the University School Dresden project can be found regularly in the GSW newsletter.