TY - CHAP

T1 - University-School Partnerships in Teacher Education in Germany

AU - Straub, Robin Pascal

AU - Ehmke, Timo

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 selection and editorial matter, John Chi-Kin Lee and Timo Ehmke; individual chapters, the contributors.

PY - 2021/9/28

Y1 - 2021/9/28

N2 - University-school partnerships are essential elements of the teacher education system in Germany. They allow mitigating system inherent challenges such as the theory-practice gap, the institutional fragmentation among the three consecutive phases in the German teacher education system, and the structural innovation lethargy. Thus, university-school partnerships bear potentials for the improvement of student teachers' and teachers' professional development, the implementation of didactical advancements, and systemic capacity building. Against this background, the present contribution provides a systematic outline of various types of university-school partnerships in teacher education in Germany. This outline is structured with regard to the following characteristics: (1) the degree of formalisation and institutionalisation, (2) the quality and intensity of cooperative relations and (3) the general objectives of the university-school partnerships. Moreover, conceptual considerations will be combined with reflections on relevant educational policies and illustrating examples.

AB - University-school partnerships are essential elements of the teacher education system in Germany. They allow mitigating system inherent challenges such as the theory-practice gap, the institutional fragmentation among the three consecutive phases in the German teacher education system, and the structural innovation lethargy. Thus, university-school partnerships bear potentials for the improvement of student teachers' and teachers' professional development, the implementation of didactical advancements, and systemic capacity building. Against this background, the present contribution provides a systematic outline of various types of university-school partnerships in teacher education in Germany. This outline is structured with regard to the following characteristics: (1) the degree of formalisation and institutionalisation, (2) the quality and intensity of cooperative relations and (3) the general objectives of the university-school partnerships. Moreover, conceptual considerations will be combined with reflections on relevant educational policies and illustrating examples.

KW - Educational science

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U2 - 10.4324/9781003197973-13

DO - 10.4324/9781003197973-13

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780367469375

T3 - Asia-Europe Education Dialogue

SP - 192

EP - 205

BT - Quality in Teacher Education and Professional Development

A2 - Ehmke, Timo

A2 - Lee, John Chi-Kin

PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

CY - London

ER -