Mar 03, 2025
"Hello, Dublin..." ZLSB teacher trainers in exchange at European TAP-TS workshops in Ireland
Christin Nenner (ZLSB) und Dagmar Oertel (ZLSB) testen Lernumgebungen zum Thema „Mein Smartphone. Der Planet Erde und ich“, ein Angebot der PH Wien für die Primarstufe
The "Teacher Academy Project - Teaching Sustainability" (TAP-TS) was established in 2022 as one of eleven Erasmus+ Teacher Academies projects funded by the EU Commission until May 2025. During workshops in Ireland in February 2025, teachers from nine European countries were able to get to know, test and evaluate learning materials on sustainability.
The Teacher Academy project focuses on promoting sustainability skills among European teachers and student teachers at primary and secondary level. Teachers, student teachers and teacher trainers from Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Croatia, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Cyprus and Germany can develop teaching and learning materials on the topic of sustainability as part of the project and test and adapt them for their country-specific contexts.
Participants try out the teaching and learning materials during the workshop
The aim of the workshops on 17.02. and 18.02.25 at University College in Dublin was to test the TAP-TS materials on the sustainability goals created in recent years with regard to their use in teaching and to discuss them with each other. The ZLSB at TU Dresden therefore hosted experts with a range of previous experience. They included Katrin Günther, Katrin Lange, Maria Melchior-Tunc (university teachers), Dr. Peggy Germer (BQL project coordinator), Alexander Klippstein (BQL GS subject coordinator), Dagmar Oertel (BQL.Digital), Christin Nenner (BQL.Digital).
(from right to left): Dr. habil. Conor Galvin (organizer of the workshops at UCD Dublin, Director PhD Programmes), Dr. Peggy Germer, Katrin Lange, Dagmar Oertel, Alexander Klippstein, Christin Nenner, Katrin Günther, Maria Melchior-Tunc (all ZLSB)
The program at the University College of Dublin was framed by numerous opportunities to network with partners of the TAP-TS project, but also with other Teacher Academies.
Video highlights from the workshops can be viewed in a new video project on the European Education Area (starting at 02:08).
Country-specific ideas for the continuation of joint activities in the future as well as evaluation results of the three-year project will be presented in June as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the ZLSB.
Contact: Dr. Peggy Germer peggy.germer@tu-dresden.de