Additional qualification for the teaching profession

Additional qualification in inclusive pedagogy for teachers at special, general or vocational schools (40 ECTS)

Applications can now be submitted digitally directly to the Student Administration Office!

The additional qualification in Inclusive Pedagogy with Visual Impairments for Teachers at Special Needs, General Education or Vocational Schools comprises a total of 40 ECTS. It is aimed at people who have a 1st state examination, work in the Bavarian teaching profession and have not yet studied the specialisation in vision. The aim of the programme is to increase professionalism in the pedagogical fields of action.

The programme builds on the pedagogical, didactic and psychological skills already acquired in the previous teacher training course. In addition to a general introduction to pedagogy for the visually impaired, the programme focuses on four specific areas that are considered particularly relevant in the school context: Braille full and short print, digital media and technologies, orientation and mobility as well as practical everyday skills and abilities and finally functional diagnostics of vision and cerebral perception.

The programme is implemented by integrating it into the ongoing full-time study programme. The resulting mixture of people in their first degree programme and professionally experienced, committed teachers can be expected to stimulate and motivate each other. Around 2/3 of the courses take place as synchronous digital programmes. Around 1/3 of the courses take place in person every two weeks during the lecture period at the University of Würzburg. The programme concludes with many skills, specialist knowledge and a certificate. Teachers in the Bavarian teaching profession are entitled to a reduction in their teaching commitments for the duration of the programme.

Below you will find an overview of the programme content, broken down into subject-specific modules.

1st semester with 10 ECTS

[06-B-EPBS-VQ] Introduction to Pedagogy for the Visually Impaired (5 ECTS, 3 SWS, written + practical exam)
Introduction to Pedagogy for the Visually Impaired (V, 2 SWS)
Braille Full Text (Ü, 1 SWS)

[06-B-DIDI-VQ] Didactic principles for the visually impaired (5 ECTS, 3 SWS, written + practical exam)
Didactics for the visually impaired (V, 2 SWS)
Braille shorthand (Ü, 1 SWS)

2nd semester with 10 ECTS

[06-B-FADI-VQ] Subject-specific didactics for the visually impaired (5 ECTS, 4 SWS, presentation + term paper)
Acquisition of mathematical competence under difficult conditions (S, 2 SWS)
Becoming, being and remaining a teacher (S, 1 SWS)
Specific subject-specific didactics for the visually impaired (Ü, 1 SWS)

[06-B-ASTE-VQ] Technology in the context of visual impairments (5 ECTS, 3 SWS, portfolio)
Assistive technology (S, 2 SWS)
Exercises with digital media and technology (Ü, 1 SWS)

3rd semester with 10 ECTS

[06-B-OMOB-V] Orientation and mobility (5 ECTS, 3 SWS, portfolio)
Orientation and mobility under difficult conditions (S, 2 SWS)
Practical exercise on orientation and mobility under difficult conditions (Ü, 1 SWS)

[06-B-AFF-V] Everyday Practical Abilities and Skills (5 ECTS, 3 SWS, portfolio)
Everyday Practical Abilities and Skills from the Perspective of Disability Studies (S, 2 SWS)
Sehbeeinträchtigte (Er-)Lebenspraxis (Ü, 1 SWS)

4th semester with 10 ECTS

[06-B-MEDI-V] Visual impairments from a medical perspective (5 ECTS, 3 SWS, portfolio)
Medical and physical principles for the pedagogy of visual impairments (V, 2 SWS)
Application of medical principles (Ü, 1 SWS)

[06-B-FSEH-VQ] Functional Diagnostics of Vision (5 ECTS, 4 SWS, written examination)
Functional Vision and Low Vision (S, 2 SWS)
Cerebral Visual Perceptual Disorders (S, 2 SWS)

Abbreviations: ECTS: credit points; FS: semester; SWS: semester hour per week;