Dec 13, 2023
Dresden symposium combined teacher training with sustainability
The "Education for Sustainable Futures" symposium brought together international representatives of teacher training at TU Dresden at the end of November. Under the auspices of the ZLSB, university members, head teachers, school teachers and other educational stakeholders discussed how sustainability can be incorporated into teacher training in the future. Its director, Prof. Axel Gehrmann, was very satisfied with the outcome: "We had over 60 participants in total, who contributed many exciting topics during the lectures, workshops, school visits and leisure activities and built up a close network over the five days of the conference."
Axel Gehrmann sees the dovetailing with the annual meeting of the Teacher Academy Project - Teaching Sustainability (TAP-TS), which took place at the same time, as a great benefit. "We were able to generate a perfect synergy here, with everyone benefiting from each other's input." The student teachers from Dresden also benefited from the ZLSB's large international network. For them, the symposium was a good opportunity to make initial contacts for possible stays abroad. On November 28, the ZLSB's international contact forum offered the opportunity to spend an entire evening getting to know the various offers from schools and universities from all over the world, members of the international ZLSB network IMPRESS. "The response was great and there was a lively exchange between our students and the representatives of our international partner institutions," says Gehrmann.
As a result of the symposium, the participants took many new ideas and tools back to their educational institutions with which they want to successfully integrate the concept of sustainability into everyday teaching. The ZLSB also feels encouraged on its path. "We already have an active ESD [Education for Sustainable Development] process underway and hope to be able to incorporate the topic of sustainability even more strongly into teacher training in the future. The symposium has provided us with many new approaches," concludes Axel Gehrmann.
![Eine Frau erklärt etwas an einem Whiteboard, an welchem ein Kreis aus Post-its hängt.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7102886.jpg/@@images/7ebde30f-ed2c-4216-8a70-85878383b5ac.jpeg)
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![Prof. Dr. Michael Kobel, Prorektor Bildung an der TU Dresden, spricht zu Studenten.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103100.jpg/@@images/b1a4ccd1-391e-45c0-9a43-5eb37212b7c7.jpeg)
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![Zwei Frauen sitzen an einem Tisch mit Süßigkeiten und Infomaterial und sprechen mit Studierenden.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103132.jpg/@@images/71493d50-6707-447b-8793-2ab85da75f57.jpeg)
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![Drei Personen sprechen miteinander. Im Hintergrund ist der Dülfersaal zu sehen.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103179.jpg/@@images/f4e29fcb-994a-496d-a1f1-e14d939793a8.jpeg)
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![Zwei Personen sprechen miteinander. Im Hintergrund ist ein Whiteboard mit Infomaterial und der südafrikanischen Flagge zu sehen.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103263.jpg/@@images/38233eb4-7fe2-4c1b-8901-6a7a0219ed32.jpeg)
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![Eine große Personenzahl sitzt an Tischen in einem Raum und hört einem Sprecher zu.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103635.jpg/@@images/22dc4f7a-4385-458a-8879-52ced7b4d2ef.jpeg)
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![Zwei Hände halten gleichzeitig einen Spielkarte, auf der in englischer Sprache etwas zu Nachhaltigkeit erklärt wird.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103650.jpg/@@images/645b09f5-362d-4933-97bf-bffd8856dc15.jpeg)
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![Prof. Axel Gehrmann, geschäftsführender Direktor des ZLSB, spricht in ein Mikrofon.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103738.jpg/@@images/7bf0d3fc-0b9b-4879-8f42-c3a21f2da8b9.jpeg)
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![Prof. Axel Gehrmann, geschäftsführender Direktor des ZLSB, spricht zu einer Gruppe von Personen in einem Festsaal.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103758.jpg/@@images/21d79664-48bc-471b-a061-65f15bd0e8f0.jpeg)
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![Ein Gruppenbild aller Teilnehmer des Symposiums für Nachhaltigkeit in der Lehrkräftebildung](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103843.jpg/@@images/800c97d3-53f9-4d2e-a7a9-fe80147ce9b2.jpeg)
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![Eine Frau an einem Rednerpult hält eine Präsentation.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103834.jpg/@@images/fd8d03c7-c32f-48c9-83d8-830d44bcb249.jpeg)
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![Eine Frau spricht zu Workshopteilnehmern.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103861.jpg/@@images/16b9d644-8ffc-41e1-860c-d9b2a90f72fb.jpeg)
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![Eine Gruppe von Studierenden informiert sich an Ständen zu Auslandsaufenthalten.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103206.jpg/@@images/edf52f75-c9f9-4ebe-94f4-8bd355a068ee.jpeg)
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![Katharina Schmitt von der TU Dresden hält einen Vortrag.](https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb/ressourcen/bilder/die-einrichtung/news/impress-symposium-11-23/A7103675.jpg/@@images/a5842174-f151-46f1-b767-aa19aa554832.jpeg)
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