IMPRESS
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The goal of the ZLSB project IMPRESS—short for “Internationality via Mobility Projects, Research, and Education Synergies”—is to strengthen internationalization in teacher education at TUD.
The focus is on improving students’ intercultural competence as well as increasing their mobility abroad. To this end, the project will, among other things, establish an international school network, strengthen the counseling and support structures at the ZLSB, and test internationally oriented teaching and learning formats that also enable a “kerosene-free” approach to internationalization. In addition, the ZLSB’s cross-border academic exchange is to be further promoted. The project is funded through the DAAD’s Lehramt.International program until the end of 2024.
Together with partner universities in 15 countries and international partner schools , the ZLSB forms a resource-rich network that opens up numerous options for students and education researchers to spend time abroad. Accompanying intercultural training sessions help students prepare for and subsequently reflect on their experiences abroad. Students are supported by a comprehensive range of advisory services. The goal is to promote student mobility abroad and make it a visible component of teacher education.
In addition, the existing research network is being further expanded. These collaborations focus, on the one hand, on regional networking with universities in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, and, on the other hand, on global, topic-based networking with education researchers from four continents. They aim to find effective solutions to the global challenges facing schools and teacher education in the future.
IMPRESS Project Objectives
- Visualise options for international mobility in curricula and course schedules of teacher training courses and, if necessary, incorporate them
- Present attractive mobility models in teacher training and emphasize the benefits concerning professional and personal development
- Facilitate the organization of stays abroad by offering a wide range of advisory and support services for students
- Establish a network of international partner schools to support the practical training of students abroad
- To equip prospective teachers to work with diversity and heterogeneity in the classroom through intercultural awareness training
- Develop innovative, digitally supported intercultural training programs specifically for teacher education students
- Facilitate access to credit-eligible programs for teacher education students
- Introduce and test internationally oriented teaching and learning formats in teacher education programs (including internationally diverse learning groups, summer and winter schools, teaching tandems, and short-term teaching assignments by foreign partners) that enable engagement with other perspectives and educational systems, and thus also promote “internationalization at home”
- Expand the international partner network of the ZLSB: strengthen existing contacts with foreign universities and gain new partners
- Provide a permanent academic exchange by organising and supporting regular network meetings, international conferences, conference visits abroad and research stays of young researchers
- Support cooperative publications and teaching/learning formats
- Establish a computer-based, sustainable knowledge management on topics of international teacher education research
- Transfer the internationalization strategy of the TU Dresden to the area of teacher education
- Advising and training of study (subject) advisors and other multipliers on the topic of student mobility
- Management and exchange structures for the internationalisation agenda
Information Resources for Students
Take the opportunity to meet the principals and teachers of the ZLSB’s international school network in person and receive information about the schools abroad. Upcoming events will be announced under Dates.
Contact
© IMPRESS
Visiting address:
SE2 Seminargebäude 2, Rοοm 23a Zellescher Weg 20
01217 Dresden
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology Centre for Teacher Education and Educational Research (ZLSB)
01062 Dresden
Project Director: Prof. Dr. Axel Gehrmann
Project Coordination and Student Mobility Coordinator: Maria Richter-Babekoff, M.A.
Public Relations: Ante Beslic, M.A.
Upcoming events will be announced in the News section of the ZLSB website
Past Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 21–26, 2024 | First International SPARKLES for Schools Late Summer School |
| February 13, 2024 & May 16, 2024 | “Welcome Abroad Café” Information Session for Teacher Education Students |
| November 28, 2023 | Large networking forum for students to connect with international partner institutions—as part of the “Education for Sustainable Futures” symposium |
| June 8, 2023 |
Contribution to the 2nd TEACHERMANIA, TU Dresden’s teacher education festival: a public forum for those interested in teaching internships and study abroad programs, held in conjunction with the International Networking Days (a networking event featuring workshops on inclusion, digitalization, and career transitions) |
| November 2, 2022 |
“Study, Teach & Travel” information session for teacher education students (presentations) |
| July 15, 2022 | Presentation “Going Abroad After the First State Examination” as part of the “What the Stex?” lecture series (presentations) |
| June 9, 2022 | Presentation at the hybrid closing conference of the project “Cross-Border Learning and Teaching with Virtual Exchange and the Flipped Classroom in Language Instruction at TU Liberec and TU Dresden (CroBoLearn)”: Presentation of the IMPRESS project (presentation in English) |
| June 2, 2022 | Contribution to TEACHERMANIA, TU Dresden’s first teacher education festival: Information booth on the topic “Studying to Become a Teacher Abroad—Opportunities and Options for International Experiences at TU Dresden” |
| May 20, 2022 |
“Study, Teach & Travel” information session for teacher education students (presentations) |
| November 27, 2021–January 21, 2022 | International Workshop Series: The New Normal: Challenges and Opportunities for Schools, Teachers, and Students |
| October 8, 2021 | "Study, Teach & Travel" Information Session for Teacher Education Students (Presentations) |
| July 15, 2021 | Presentation “Going Abroad After the State Examination” as part of the “What the Stex?” seminar series |
| May 6, 2021 | Presentation “Teaching Internships Abroad” at the virtual International Day hosted by the Office of International Affairs |
| June 25, 2020 | Virtual get-together with school partners from the IMPRESS network |
| May 16, 2020 | Virtual get-together with the university partners of the IMPRESS network |
| January 15, 2020 | Mobility Party at the School of Science |
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December 16–20, 2019 |
International Kick-Off Meeting, TU Dresden |
| December 18, 2019 | International Networking Forum with representatives of the international school network |
| November 28, 2019 | “Study, Teach & Travel” Information Session for Teacher Education Students |
Funding
The project is funded by the DAAD with funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
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