Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies

Course Description

This course aimed to equip students with essential skills for scientific research writing, focusing on core principles such as understanding the nature of science, learning scientific work techniques, conducting topic research, and correctly citing sources. Students will develop the ability to formulate independent research questions and engage in ethical research practices. These insights and skills will not only enhance their academic performance but also develop mindset as educators promoting a culture of critical thinking, rigor, and integrity in educational institutions.

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies

Department

Department of Education Science

Lecturer

Erum Afzal

Study Period (dd/mm/yy)

14/10/2024 - 14/02/2025

Mode and Time

Synchronous 
start date: 16.10.2024, Wednesdays 8– 10am 

Class Format

Seminar

Course Description

In this course, participants will learn the importance of collaboration and interdisciplinary teamwork, enabling them to work effectively with colleagues from various backgrounds. By exploring innovative theories and models, participants will develop a deeper understanding of how to improve educational quality and promote lifelong learning. Moreover, they will acquire future skills and learn to integrate advanced technologies into their teaching practices, empowering them to adapt to evolving educational landscapes and drive positive change within their institutions.

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies

Department

Department of Education Science

Lecturer

Erum Afzal

Study Period (dd/mm/yy)

14/10/2024 - 14/02/2025

Mode and Time

Synchronous 
start date: 14.10.2024 Mondays, 8–10 am

Class Format

Seminar

Course Description

Culture is based on practices and symbolizations. As much as individuals within the environment of culture are “doing culture”, e.g. they are actively facilitating the cultural conditions they live in, they are also determined and targeted by existing cultural framings and discourses. Of greater importance here is the emergence of cultural images which communicate social meaning and function as shared resources to produce a common lifeworld and the social bond. From the 20th century onwards, within the increasingly mediatized modern societies, it has subsequently been representations of popular culture that provide the decisive cultural images which define the cultural self-understanding of the contemporary and, therefore, the condition of a cultural reality shared by all members of the society. Due to the globalizing conditions of media society and popular culture, these cultural images of the contemporary do on the one hand unfold on global scale. Due to fairy tales, Disney, and Animee, people today are vastly referring to the same set of cultural images. Then again, these images gain different meanings in different regions, and there are also always particular cultural images on regional and local level. In our class we will reflect on the emergence, functionality and discourse practices of (global) cultural images. We will therefore refer to theory as much as we will focus on specific examples.

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies

Department

Department of  Sociology

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Jörn Ahrens, Prof. Tatjana Louis

Study Period (dd/mm/yy)

14/10/2024 - 14/02/2025

Mode and Time

Synchronous 
block seminar : 22.11.2024, 29.11.2024  
both 3:30-7:30 pm CET

Class Format

Block Seminar

Collaboration

UniAndes, Colombia/ Prof. Tatjana Louis

Course Description

Due to increasing migration and globalization processes, dealing with (cultural) heterogeneity and preparing for it is a central challenge of teacher education. Intercultural perspectives and international experiences are essential for the professionalization, especially for future preschool and primary school teachers. 
VIEW (= Virtual intercultural exchange worldwide) as a digital project-seminar focuses on intercultural perspectives and exchange. The goal of this seminar is to promote an intercultural exchange of international and German (preschool, inclusive and primary) education students by focussing on the topics “transition” and “inclusion”. Through the intensive work while the whole seminar, the students will get to know each other better and an intensive exchange is promoted, on a formal and informal level. 
There will be a fixed group of international and JLU students. The group will be divided into fixed small groups of international and JLU students. 
The seminar will focus on 3 content modules:

• M1: Basics on Transition and Inclusion
• M2: Transition to primary school
• M3: Inclusion

The course is designed by a flipped classroom-model: At first students get theoretical input via a digital learning environment (e.g. texts, videos, …). Secondly, the students meet in groups virtually and work on a task together. Finally, a joint discussion about the module topic and the students’ experience takes place. Beyond the formal exchange there will be compulsory wrap-up sessions for informal exchange. 
Accompanying the seminar, students will create an e-portfolio to document learning content as well as their personal experiences and reflections. Assessment will focus on the presentations of the group-work and on essays.

Faculty

Social Sciences and Cultural Studies

Department

Department of Childhood- and School Pedagogy

Lecturer

Dr. Ulrike Beate Müller, Giessen University Germany
Associate Professor Maire Tuul, School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University Estonia

Study Period (dd/mm/yy)

23/10/2024 - 14/02/2025

Mode and Time

Synchronous block seminars
start date: Wednesday 23rd October, 5-7 pm (UTC +2)

Block seminar dates:

Wednesdays, 5-7 pm CET,

• 23 October 
• 30 October 
• 20 November 
• 4 December 
• 11 December 

on Fridays, 3-6.30 pm CET:

• 15 November 
• 29 November
• 6 December 

Class Format

Block Seminar

Collaboration

Associate Professor Maire Tuul, School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University Estonia

Course Description

The lecture will be available online and most lessons will not be held in classroom. However, three sessions will be held online and give the opportunity for an exchange with the lecturer. In a first section, the lecture deals with basic concepts (e.g., global governance, theories of international relations, liberal world order) and the impacts of populism, nationalism, and the regression of democracy on global governance - or on the system of the United Nations. On the one hand, students from different study programs will be provided with basic information necessary to understand arguments made about the impact of declining liberal world order on global governance. On the other hand, the lecture will follow a problem-oriented approach and analyze or explore these issues in depth. It will analyse developments in different issue areas (e.g., environment/climate change, development, world trade, disarmament, management of violent conflict and peace-keeping, human rights, food etc.). Lectures will be held in English language and be available in Illias (via Studip). Each lecture includes puzzles with questions to students (for self-study or discussion with students in Studip) or small video-clips about specific themes related to an issue area.

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies

Department

Department of Political Science

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Helmut Breitmeier

Study Period (dd/mm/yy)

14/10/2024 - 14/02/2025

Mode and Time

Asynchronous

Class Format

Lecture