Course content
Practical experience sharpens the individual profile of prospective teachers or educators and is thus valuable for starting a career in this field. This is the basis for the Minor “Teaching Projects with Young People. Interdisciplinary Practice Between Arts, Media and Education – Advanced”: Within the framework of the Minor, the participants complete an internship reflecting on their practical experience in the group. The focus of this internship is on teaching “Bildende Kunst” at a Matura school. The internships are organized in tandems or, in exceptional cases, in groups of three, which are composed interdisciplinary whenever possible. 

The practical experience is flanked by the in-depth study of current discourse, theories and underlying concepts of Art Education. Students can compile a substantial part of the Minor from open courses offered by ZHdK and thus set their thematic focus according to personal interests and needs. The interweaving of professional practice and theoretical reflection enables discursively accompanied professionalization in the field of art education. 

Skills
As in the Minor “Teaching Projects with Young People. Interdisciplinary Practice between Arts, Media and Education – basic”, the experience gained in the Advanced-Minor aims to build up and deepen practical professional skills. Disciplinary art teaching and education strategies are complemented by interdisciplinary perspectives and expanded into digital spaces. Upon completing the Minor, the students have, among other things, the competence to:

• reflect on, analyse and further develop discipline-specific and interdisciplinary teaching strategies with regard to their educational potential,
• plan, implement and evaluate aesthetic-cultural educational processes in the context of teaching upper secondary visual arts,
• appropriately consider individual learner needs and institutional settings when designing educational or classroom settings,
• incorporate interdisciplinary and collaborative strategies when designing instructional settings,
• work on subject-related didactic questions in depth, theory-based and based on the experience gained during their teaching internship and
• justify, reflect on and further develop their teaching practice as well as their personal professional self-image as educators against the background of (subject-)didactic and cultural-theoretical practices, theories and discourses.

Admissions requirements
The Minor is open to Master’s students at ZHdK who, through their participation in the Basic-Minor or corresponding study programmes, have acquired basic skills and knowledge for education and teaching practice. For students who are only beginning their studies in Art Education at ZHdK at Master’s level, the Minor offers the opportunity to acquire missing subject-specific practical, didactic and educational qualifications for the “Lehrdiplom für Maturitätsschulen, Fach Bildende Kunst”. 

Language skills required.
You need the following languages to take this minor:
–  German: to be able to follow a discussion
–  German: to actively participate in a verbal exchange
–  German: to understand a text
–  German: to write a text

Special features
The Minor comprises 15 credits and extends over two semesters. The first semester serves to prepare, conduct and follow up on the internships, with the joint classes taking place mostly on Friday afternoons. In the second semester, students can individually compile substantial study units from open ZHdK programmes in a way that allows them to set suitable focal points and develop or deepen profiles to their personal interests and needs. 

Time structure
The compulsory modules of the Minor take place during the semester on Friday afternoons from 13:15–18:45 h. Work shadowing and internships take place in week 40–51 on Friday mornings at different schools. The internship follow-up takes place in week 2 and 3 on Fridays from 13–19 h and the final event in week 10 on Friday from 17–21 h. Participation in gLV for the elective modules is also possible in the minor weeks after completion of the internship, depending on personal availability. 

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