Teaching Degree Physics Middle School Didactics Subject 20 ECTS
Career Goals and Fields of Activity
Career opportunities as a teacher
As many teachers will be retiring from teaching in the coming years, the need for physics teachers will continue to exist. The chances of being hired as a teacher are still very good for physics, especially in the subject combination with computer science and mathematics.
As part of the teacher training course with physics as the main subject, graduates can also obtain a Bachelor of Science, which opens up further professional fields for them.
Further career opportunities
Graduates of the teacher training course with physics as a teaching subject have a wide range of other employment opportunities in addition to the teaching profession, as they have acquired the ability to analyze and solve complex problems during their studies. This allows them to quickly familiarize themselves with less familiar topics. The additional skills they have acquired in passing on knowledge to others enable them to take up jobs in the field of science communication and/or consulting, particularly in combination with their specialist expertise.
Despite changing economic conditions, the opportunities on the job market for graduates with a degree in physics as a teaching subject are very good and have remained so for a long time.
Qualification Goals
After successfully completing the degree program, graduates have the following skills:
- They have basic knowledge from sub-areas of physics and understand the fundamental interrelationships and working methods of physics.
- They have basic knowledge of physical work.
- They have the ability to evaluate physical and didactic methods and use them appropriately for teaching in their type of school.
- They are able to understand the basic concepts of physics behind school physics and to classify middle school physics in this context.
- They are able to present physical facts in a student-friendly way using experiments they have set up themselves.
- They are able to present their knowledge and findings to pupils in a subject-, pupil- and target-oriented manner.
- Graduates have basic knowledge of digital working methods in teaching and can adapt these appropriately for lessons.
Scientific Qualification
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Qualification Goal |
Implementation | Target Achievement |
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Graduates understand the fundamentals of physics and are able to apply them. |
lectures on school physics | module examinations |
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Graduates are able to carry out and analyze experiments under supervision and present and evaluate the results obtained. |
exercises in school physics | experiments, protocols |
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Graduates have a basic capacity for abstraction and the ability to structure complex relationships. |
lectures on school physics and exercises | module examinations |
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Graduates are able to prepare specialist content and their findings in a didactic manner and convey them to the target audience. |
written term paper | written term paper |
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Graduates will be familiar with concepts, principles, methods and evidence-based findings from the field of physics didactics and will be able to apply these to design teaching/learning settings in line with the objectives and target groups. |
lectures with exercises, written term paper | module examinations, written term paper |
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Graduates will be able to reflect on the use of experiments and media in physics lessons and the supervision of students in selected teaching and learning situations in a scientifically sound manner. |
lectures with exercises, written term paper | module examinations, written term paper |
Ability to take up Gainful Employment
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Qualification Goals |
Implementation | Target Achievement |
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Graduates are able to prepare specialist content and their findings in a didactic manner and convey them to the target audience. |
seminars, written term paper | seminar presentation and written term paper |
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Graduates are able to apply physical and physics didactic methods under supervision to specific experimental or theoretical physical tasks, develop solutions and interpret and evaluate the results. |
seminars, written term paper | seminar presentation and written term paper |
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Graduates will be familiar with concepts, principles, methods and evidence-based findings from the field of physics didactics and will be able to apply these to design teaching/learning settings in line with the objectives and target groups. |
lectures with exercises, seminars, practicals, written term paper | exams, presentations, practical report, portfolio, final thesis |
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Graduates have the skills to design modern and contemporary physics lessons using appropriate media and methods. |
lectures and seminars on physics didactics | module examinations, seminar presentations |
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Graduates are able to independently and professionally set up and carry out experiments to illustrate physical facts. They use the appropriate analog or digital methods in a reflected manner. |
practicals, written term paper | practical tasks, practical report, written term paper |
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Graduates have a broad range of basic digital skills (application software, computer-aided data acquisition and analysis, programming basics) |
Seminars, teaching-learning lab, practicals | seminar presentation, module examinations, practical course protocols |
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Graduates will be able to reflect on the use of experiments and media in physics lessons and the supervision of students in selected teaching and learning situations in a scientifically sound manner. |
seminars, written term paper | presentations, portfolio, written term paper |
Personality Development
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Qualification Goals |
Implementation | Target Achievement |
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The graduates know the rules of good scientific practice and observe them. |
written term paper | written term paper |
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Graduates are able to present their knowledge and findings appropriately and confidently in a teaching situation. |
written term paper | seminar presentation and presentation on the written term paper |
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Graduates have the ability to appropriately reflect on didactic work in a teaching/learning situation and draw suitable conclusions. |
exercises for the lecture | module examination |
Empowerment for Social Engagement
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Qualification Goal |
Implementation | Target Achievement |
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The graduates have expanded their knowledge of economic, social, scientific, cultural, etc. issues (e.g. with regard to education for sustainable development). issues (e.g. with regard to education for sustainable development) and can take a well-founded position. |
current references in courses for modules | seminar lecture and exercises |
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Graduates develop the willingness and ability to contribute their skills to participative processes and actively participate in decision-making. |
commissions and student council | committee work and meetings |
