At the beginning of the lecture series in the current winter semester, the well-known entomologist and science journalist Prof. Harald Lesch gave a speech on Monday, October 28th.
Pour (red). Providing in-depth knowledge and critical thinking is one of the main functions of universities. The responsibility to prepare future generations for the challenges of a rapidly changing world requires a wide range of education. At a time when around 50 percent of a generation decides to study, the university plays an important role in the education of the population.
At the Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), the training of future teachers is very important. Tomorrow’s teachers are being prepared for their work in schools. The President’s speech series in the winter semester 2024/25 is therefore under the motto “Education with the future – future through education”.
Due to the challenges posed by crises such as pandemics, wars and conflicts, migration and climate change, it is important not only to train students professionally, but also to strengthen them in their social and ethical responsibility. The focus is on topics such as sustainability, multi-professional collaboration and social equality.
But it is also necessary to take into account threats to democracy, for example from the political radicalization of the right. A wide range of topics will be discussed by experts and the interested public as part of the President’s speech series.
The JLU is aware of its social responsibility. It prepares young people to actively shape their future – or rather, futures. We usually talk about the future because it is not yet clear what the future will look like in Germany, in Europe, globally and on a planetary scale. Instead, today’s students will be tasked with shaping these futures in a way that matches their values and ideals, so that the next generation will also have a world worth living in. . The world is changing: Today we have new technologies such as artificial intelligence and international learning and teaching methods available. These developments are changing both society’s view of universities and their opportunities. The aim of the lecture series is to understand the shape of the future as an opportunity and to shape university education in the future and the future through education.
At the beginning of the lecture series in the current winter semester, the well-known entomologist and science journalist Prof. Harald Lesch gave a lecture on the topic “The sustainable university – utopia” on Monday, October 28th (start: 7). pm ct).
The President’s lecture series is aimed equally at university audiences and the general public in the city and the region. This time, the scientific coordination was in the hands of Prof. Edith Braun, University Professor of Didactics with a focus on teacher training, in the Department of Social and Cultural Studies. For the second time, the series is also integrated into an introductory module of the Bachelor of Liberal Arts & Sciences degree program (https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/zentren/clas/clas ).
Launch event on Monday, October 28th: “The sustainable university – utopia”, Prof. Harald Lesch, science journalist and professor of theoretical astronomy.
Monday, November 11: “Just getting started – ways out of the second PISA shock,” Ties Rabe, former Senator for Schools and Vocational Training in Hamburg
Tuesday, November 12: Panel discussion: “When all the gears connect: Strengthening learning through collaboration. “
Monday, December 2: » Democracy education as the mission of the school. Challenges and Prospects”, Prof. Felicitas Thiel, Pedagogy Research/School Improvement, FU Berlin.
Monday, December 9th: Panel discussion: “Education – a right not a privilege”.
Monday, January 13th: “Current Recommendations for Teacher Training: Implications for Universities?”, Prof. em. Manfred Prenzel, Empirical Educational Research, TU Munich and ZLB University of Vienna
Monday, January 20th: »Reimagining our future together», Prof. António Nóvoa, UNESCO Chair of Future Education, Ehrenrektor Universität Lissabon.
Monday, February 10: “Radical conservatism in the public,” Natascha Strobl, political scientist and journalist.
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2024-10-21 21:31:00
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