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Upcoming virtual Events

  • May 13, 2026, 2:00 - 4:00 pm: Your Lens, My Lens: Understanding Misunderstanding; Dr. Annika Brück-Hübner, JLU Gießen

    In diverse and intercultural learning environments, misunderstandings are common. They often arise from differing perspectives, experiences, and expectations. This interactive workshop explores how individual experiences, cultural backgrounds, and unconscious biases shape the way we perceive and interpret situations. Through guided reflection and discussion, participants will examine how differing “lenses” can lead to misinterpretation and, in some cases, exclusion. The session encourages students to become more aware of their own perspectives and to develop more inclusive and mindful ways of engaging with others.

     This workshop is offered as part of the IMPACCT project (International Mobility with Partners Abroad for Culturally Competent Teachers) at JLU Giessen and is open to all interested participants. 

     Registration by 11.05.26: https://eveeno.com/ylml 

  • May 13, 2026, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.: Information Session on Studying and Internships Abroad (Language: German)

    How can I complete a teaching internship abroad? At which universities abroad can I study? Which subjects allow me to study abroad?

    The Center for Teacher Education and the Institute of School Pedagogy are once again providing information this semester on everything you need to know about studying abroad as a teacher education student. Come to our event and bring any questions you may have. You’ll also have the opportunity to hear testimonials from other teacher education students and ask them about their experiences studying abroad.

    The event will take place on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 4:00 PM online via BBB in the following room: https://webconf.hrz.uni-marburg.de/n/rooms/asb-gmp-bv6-fnr/join 

  • May 28, 2026, 4:15 - 5:45 p.m.: Rechtsruck in der Schule? Herausforderungen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten für angehende Lehrkräfte im Umgang mit menschenfeindlichen Äußerungen im Unterricht (Language: German)

    Speaker: Emily Ahrens, KomRex, Center for Research on Right-Wing Extremism, Democracy Education and Social Integration, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    The event is open to all interested parties and requires no registration.

    Access via Zoom: https://uni-jena-de.zoom-x.de/j/63150900654

    Password: IDEAS

    More information will follow shortly.

    Future Skills Forum is a joint series of events organized by several university campuses in collaboration with projects funded by the DAAD’s Lehramt.International program, including project LiMa. Starting in the 2025/26 winter semester, digital lectures or workshops on the topic of future skills in teacher education will be held every semester. The series is dedicated to future-oriented and internationally focused teacher education and addresses current challenges and innovations. It offers inspiration and opportunities for exchange on key future skills that are crucial for the teachers of tomorrow.

  • June 9, 2026, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.: Relational Teaching in the Age of AI (Muffet Trout, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at the School of Education, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota)

    In this age of AI, it has become easier for students to avoid human interactions. Yet learning to interact with other humans is essential for personal wellness and civil society. Learn ways to teach interpersonal skills and develop your own capacity for building relationships with others.

    The event is open to anyone interested and does not require registration. Join online via Zoom:
    https://tu-darmstadt.zoom-x.de/j/66805814891?pwd=bgADePMhuCQDIol6bRrFQjGB7aiHvC.1

    Future Skills Forum is a joint series of events organized by several university campuses in collaboration with projects funded by the DAAD’s Lehramt.International program, including project LiMa. Starting in the 2025/26 winter semester, digital lectures or workshops on the topic of future skills in teacher education will be held every semester. The series is dedicated to future-oriented and internationally focused teacher education and addresses current challenges and innovations. It offers inspiration and opportunities for exchange on key future skills that are crucial for the teachers of tomorrow.

  • June 30, 2026, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.: “Reflecting on Future Skills for a Society Facing Multiple Crises – Liberation in Dystopia?” (Prof. Dr. Robert Pfützner, HSAP Berlin)

    The idea of future skills comes from a business-oriented and, in a sense, future-optimistic milieu that assumes that current social developments will continue in the future. Although “disruption” and “radical change” are considered, this thinking remains fundamentally fixed on economic growth and a market-based economy within the framework of globalized nation states. 

    However, it remains questionable whether this is the framework within which our future will unfold. The multiple crises we find ourselves in (global warming, species extinction, massive social inequalities, erosion of liberal democracies and international law, etc.) seem to call into question the current concept of future skills. Perhaps schools, teacher training, and pedagogy in general need to ask the question about the future in a radically different way. What challenges will we face in the coming dystopian future, which may turn out to be completely different after all? And: does dystopia automatically mean “worse”? Perhaps there is also a moment (or several moments) of liberation and emancipation in dystopia?

    Drawing from the work of philosopher Bruno Latour and literary and cultural scholar Peggy Piesche, I aim to develop theses on an alternative form of future skills. These skills are primarily characterized by a commitment to caring for one another and earth and ensuring human survival with dignity, as well as a critical stance toward power and discrimination. These theses will be discussed with the participants at the end of the session.

    The event is open to anyone interested and does not require registration. Join online via Big Blue Button: https://webconf.hrz.uni-marburg.de/n/rooms/1ey-vvp-fjj-szb/join 

    Future Skills Forum is a joint series of events organized by several university campuses in collaboration with projects funded by the DAAD’s Lehramt.International program, including project LiMa. Starting in the 2025/26 winter semester, digital lectures or workshops on the topic of future skills in teacher education will be held every semester. The series is dedicated to future-oriented and internationally focused teacher education and addresses current challenges and innovations. It offers inspiration and opportunities for exchange on key future skills that are crucial for the teachers of tomorrow.

School visits for international students and students from Marburg

  • May 13, 2026, 9:00 a.m.: Visit to the Elisabethschule Marburg

    Would you like to gain practical insights into school life and teaching?
    On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, starting at 9:00 a.m., we invite student teachers to join us for a school visit at the Elisabethschule Marburg.

    The Elisabethschule is a high school with approximately 1,100 students and is distinguished by its international focus, a wide range of foreign languages, and diverse educational and full-day programs.

    If you are interested, please register by email at LiMa@uni-marburg.de.