Pedagogics of Art

Tasks and profile of the Chair of Pedagogics of Art

• The Chair of Pedagogics of Art is offering the following study courses:

• Teacher Training College for students qualifying to teach in one of the German school types of elementary and secondary education (Grund-, Haupt-, Realschule), major and minor

• Master’s Degree (major and minor)

• Diplom Pädagogik (optional subject)

• Bachelor Educational Science with an emphasis on aesthetic education

• Doctoral degree PhD

• Staff at the Chair of Pedagogics of Art:

• 8 full-time staff from different creative backgrounds and with different profiles provide subject-related, didactic and practical skills

• 35 lecturers from various artistic fields

• Pedagogics of Art at the University of Augsburg stands for:

• Qualified education in the arts through:
  • Highly-equipped workshops
  • Multi media practice
  • Open ateliers
  • Excursions
  • Personal counselling
  • Promoting the individual development of artistic skills of our students
• Fundamental educational competence
  • School-related education
  • Internships
  • Specific know-how in the arts, architecture, design
  • Practicing teaching methods
  • Specific know-how about aesthetic conduct
• High-quality teaching
  • Practice-oriented
  • Scientifically qualified
  • Courses having seminar structure
  • Innovative didactics
  • Individual counselling
  • Qualified staff from the arts, pedagogics of art and schools
• Current research activities
  • Aesthetic conduct of children and youths
  • Digital drawings by children
  • Teaching strategies on contemporary art
  • Interdisciplinary aesthetic learning
  • Art projects