Becoming a teacher

Relating student experiences with domain-specific theories

Abstract

Taking into account of subject-didactic considerations (didactics of religion and didactics of the discipline of educational science as a school subject), the article describes how the thematization of student experiences could contribute to the professionalization of prospective teachers. The aim is to show how teaching experience of prospective teachers in subjects which are characterized by a high degree of ambiguity can be put into a relationship with theories at university. The term ambiguity refers to the specificity of both subjects that questions are addressed and tasks are dealt with which cannot be answered clearly or be considered correct or incorrect. The aim of integrating student practical experience and its reflection is to ensure that students develop professional competence and raise awareness of the complexity and ambiguity of theological and pedagogical action and work, and at the same time, explore how they can provide children and adolescents at school with a reliable frame of reference for the development of a reflected religious or pedagogical combination.