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.

Bilder Fachsymposium “Education for Sustainable Futures"