A Look Back – a Step Forward: Biography Work in Higher Education

Reflective Approaches to Individual Professionalisation Processes

Authors

  • Alice Junge
  • Karolina Siegert Leibniz Universität Hannover

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11576/hlz-3987

Keywords:

biography, professionalisation, reflection, teacher training, academic teaching

Abstract

Reflection competence has become a central key in the context of teacher training and can be found in numerous seminar descriptions and module manuals. Both the instruction and the initiation of reflection processes are prerequisite moments for lecturers and students. Special requirements arise when the object of reflection is the students’ own (educational) biography. Our article illustrates how it is possible to consider students’ own biographies during teacher training. Based on a seminar concept, theoretical basics as well as implications are provided, which give hints for the framework conditions, mutual requirements and the specifics of the didactic principle “biography work”. The experience with this seminar concept necessarily leads to the conclusion that the examination of one’s own biography should be understood as part of the professionalisation process.

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Published

2021-06-29

How to Cite

Junge, A., & Siegert, K. (2021). A Look Back – a Step Forward: Biography Work in Higher Education : Reflective Approaches to Individual Professionalisation Processes. HLZ – Herausforderung Lehrer*innenbildung, 4(1), 158–177. https://doi.org/10.11576/hlz-3987