Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (STEOP) (in progress)

(1) The following exams have to be taken during the studies induction and orientation phase, which takes place in the first semester:

1. School as an Educational Institution and Role of the Teacher, VO 2, 2 ECTS-Credits
2. Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics, VO 4, 6 ECTS-Credits
   

(2) Before the full completion of the introductory study and orientation phase, students can participate in courses amounting to 22 ECTS credits.

General Information

Recommended Course Sequence (in progress)

The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.

The standard duration of the study programme is 6 semesters or 180 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).

Course Sequence (incl. Basics of Educational Science)

Qualification Profile and Skills

The Secondary School Teacher Training Programme (General Education) qualifies its graduates as teachers in the selected subjects of general education / specializations for all secondary schools (Mittelschule, Polytechnische Schule, Academic Secondary Schools, Intermediate and Higher Technical and Vocational Schools). This study programme also meets the requirements for teaching in intermediate and higher schools in South Tyrol*. It consists of a Bachelor’s Programme and a subsequent Master’s Programme. It covers training in general educational science, a pedagogical-practical training and a subject-specific and subject-didactic education in the two selected teaching subjects resp. specialisation.

Graduates of the Bachelor’s program in Teacher Education in the subject physics possess fundamental subject-specific and pedagogical knowledge in physics, as well as initial practical teaching skills. They are able to present physics content in a way that is appropriate for their audience, plan and guide learning processes, and identify and build upon students’ common misconceptions. They can apply and reflect on key methods of physics instruction and use analog and digital media in ways that promote effective learning. They can foster a fundamental understanding of physical concepts among students.

Graduates of the Bachelor’s Secondary School Teacher Training Programme in the subject are:

• able to apply this knowledge in theoretical and practical contexts and connect physical concepts with other fields of knowledge;
• able to explain the results of physics research and contextualize their impact on society and nature;
• able to analyze and interpret physical data from experiments or simulations and draw scientific conclusions from them;
• able to analyze physical systems and are able to apply physical methods and ways of thinking to various contexts to solve physics problems;
• possessing advanced knowledge of physics education;
• possessing a deepened professional understanding as a teacher of physics;
• understanding the central theories and methods of physics education and can explain their relevance to teaching;
• able to apply findings from subject-specific pedagogical research in their teaching;
• purposefully employing proven physics education concepts and curricular approaches to design physics lessons and reflect on their effectiveness in the classroom context;
• taking responsibility for the continuous improvement of their teaching based on new findings in subject-specific pedagogy and curricular developments.

* South Tyrolean teacher education students have to fulfil specific prerequisites, if they want to teach in South Tyrol. For information contact the Office for South Tyrolean Affairs.

Expected Learning Outcomes (in progress)

Graduates possess advanced knowledge of physics and physics education, apply this knowledge in various contexts, and analyze physical systems as well as data from experiments and simulations. They explain scientific findings and their societal significance, design lessons based on pedagogical concepts, and reflectively refine these lessons.

Extension Programme

Within the scope of the Study Programme, a Extension Programme corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits may be passed. Admission to the Extension Programme requires the admission to or the having passed of one of the selected Study Programmes. Detailed information:

• https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-informatik/
• https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-scientific-computing/

Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading

Examination regulations

The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.

Forms (in German only)

• Evidence of the Bachelor's Thesis according to the Curriculum
• Examination Records (in progress)
• Record "Basics of Educational Science"
• Recognition of exams (in progress)
• Cover Sheet Bachelor's Thesis
• Application for Admission to the third and fourth repetition of a course examination

Contact and Information

Examination Office
Location Innrain 52d

Authorised representative for pedagogical and practical school training and educational science foundations
Ass.-Prof. Mag. Ann-Kathrin Dittrich, PhD

Authorised representative for subject training and didactics 
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Dür

Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Ammann

Informations for students from South Tyrol* 
Office for South Tyrolean Affairs
*For students from South Tyrol, there are special requirements if they want to teach in South Tyrol.

Informations for students with disabilities
Disability Office

Information about the Programme

• General Information from the Faculty of Teacher Education
• Administrative Procedure - Graduation