Vielfalt stärken – Ausbildung von studentischen Sprachförderlehrkräften

Fragebogenstudie mit Projektabsolvent*innen

Abstract

To become a teacher of expertise in profession as in personality a lot of teaching experience is necessary. The project Vielfalt stärken – Sprachförderung für Kinder mit Deutsch als Zweitsprache at the University of Paderborn intends to improve students’ development of specialized expertise in teaching German as a second language in middle school. For six months students’ attend a class at university to improve not only pedagogical and subject-specific competence but also for personally becoming proficient in teaching. Contemporaneous they get first-hand experience by preparing lessons and teaching small classes at school. In an annual questionnaire the personal developments and the project are evaluated and statistically recorded. The intention of this article is to give a brief description of the practical project work, it’s design and the outcome of the questionnaire as well as to outline the consequences and prospects for the future of the project and the teachers’ practical experience. The empirical study shows, that weekly teaching experiences combined with personal advice and individual support by the project staff could lead to an improvement for most of the planed competence.