Course content
The Minor provides a project-based introduction to aesthetic-cultural educational practice with young people. Bachelor’s and Master’s students undertaking any of ZHdK’s degree programmes learn about collaborative action at the interfaces and transition points between different disciplines and media as an effective didactic principle. Joint artistic practice experiences, collaborative and inter/transdisciplinary working processes culminate in the design of aesthetic-cultural educational projects with young people. These projects are located in the school sector and relate to lessons in art or music at secondary level I and II. They are prepared and implemented by the student group together and in cooperation with external partners. Digital, cooperative teaching formats are of particular importance.

Skills acquired in the course
On completing the Minor in Teaching Projects with Young People. Interdisciplinary Practice between Arts, Media and Education – basic, students will be able to:

• analyze and develop discipline-specific and interdisciplinary teaching strategies with regard to their educational potential,
• undertake an aesthetic-cultural educational project with young people in interdisciplinary teams as required,
• collaboratively use digital spaces, strategies, and tools to plan, implement, and document outreach projects in school contexts,
• Describe and justify their individual attitude and self-image as faciliators or teachers in aesthetic-cultural fields in a differentiated manner and
• draw on a repertoire of interdisciplinary, digitally extended and collaborative teaching strategies for their further work as facilitators or teachers.

Admissions requirements
The Minor is aimed at all Bachelor’s and Master’s students of ZHdK. Applicants must have a keen interest in working with young people in an educational-institutional context. They must also be willing to work with peers on a practical basis who have different experience, understandings and styles of teaching young people in the crossover between the arts, media and education.

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

Benefits of studying at ZHdK
The Minor "Teaching Projects with Young People: Interdisciplinary Practice between Arts, Media and Education – basic"
is particularly suitable for students who want to acquire the requisite skills for teaching work
–  to supplement their Major Studies at Bachelor’s level, 
–  prepare themselves for Major Studies in the Art Education area at Master’s level, or
–  while undertaking major studies in the Art Education or Music Education area at Master’s level. 
In the Minor "Teaching Projects with Young People: Interdisciplinary Practice between Arts, Media and Education – advanced", participants can deepen the skills they acquired in the basic minor as part of a professional internship and accompanying, individualised study components.

Time structure
Joint teaching in the Minor takes place exclusively in the minor weeks. Attendance times for the entire minor group: week 2 Monday to Thursday 9 am to 3 pm; week 3 Monday to Thursday 11 am to 7 pm; week 4 and week 8 Monday to Thursday 9 am to 5 pm; week 9 Monday TO FRIDAY 9 am to 3 pm; week 10 Monday to Thursday 9 am to 3 pm and Friday 5 pm to 9 pm (final events). Please note: Classes in week 8 and 9 will take place exclusively at the Atelierschule Zürich. For the modules ‘Begehungen und Begegnungen’ and ‘Selbstvermittlung zwischen den Künsten’, participation in gLV and work shadowing at practice locations following the minor weeks in the following semesters can be organised individually.

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