- Location
- Kaiserslautern
- Degree
- Bachelor of Education
- Area of study
- Mathematics
- Standard period of study
- 6 Semester
- Main instruction language
- German
- Time required
- full-time
- Modes of study
- Face-to-Face studies
- Admission semester
- Winter semester, Summer semester
- Credit points
- ECTS
- Admission restriction
- no
- Aptitude test
- no
- Application period
- Dates
The main educational goal of the teaching-related Bachelor's/Master's programme in mathematics is the ability to plan and implement qualified, modern mathematics teaching. As a future teacher, you should be able to convey mathematical knowledge in a reflective and lively manner and also understand how to make mathematics understandable in its function as a universal tool. In addition, you should be able to awaken mathematical interest in your future students and promote mathematical skills.
This requires a solid, comprehensive academic education in combination with the acquisition of well-founded subject didactic knowledge, which is applied and practically implemented in the school internships that accompany the entire study programme. In addition to skills in abstraction and precision, independent problem solving and logical thinking, which are generally trained through the study of mathematics, emphasis is placed on the development of further key qualifications, such as presentation and mediation skills for mathematical topics, teamwork skills as well as communication and cooperation skills.
The teacher training programmes consist of a Bachelor's and a Master's programme. The curricular standards governing the study programme guarantee a high standard of subject-specific science and subject-specific didactics. Within the framework of both degree programmes, you complete a total of four school internships (https://schulpraktika.rlp.de ) during the lecture-free periods.
In the course of the Bachelor's degree programme, you actually do not have to make a final decision for the type of school until after the fourth semester - however, due to the special combination of subjects, this is already predetermined by the choice of subjects in the case of the study programme for vocational schools. The six-semester Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) alone does not qualify students for the teaching profession.
As with all types of schools, the curriculum in mathematics begins with the basics of mathematics (linear algebra and analysis). Building on this, you take a compulsory module on stochastics and are introduced to subject didactics in the Bachelor's programme. In contrast to the teaching specialisations Gymnasium or Realschule Plus, if you choose to specialise in teaching at vocational schools, you will take further modules from the areas of geometry, algebra, mathematical modelling, practical mathematics (e.g. numerics, mathematical optimisation) and be introduced to a programming language only in the Master's programme.
At RPTU in Kaiserslautern, you can combine mathematics with the following subjects for the teaching profession at Realschulen plus and Gymnasien:
Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Computer Science, Physics, Social Studies, Physical Education.
For the teaching profession at vocational schools, you can choose mathematics only as a secondary subject. At RPTU in Kaiserslautern, this is possible in combination with one of the following subjects as first subject:
Civil engineering, electrical engineering, health, wood technology, metal technology, information technology/computer science.
Your third subject area in any teaching-related degree programme is educational science.
On the website for prospective mathematics students, you will find a lot of information about studying mathematics, career prospects, getting started, information opportunities, orientation and early studies programmes (in German language): https://math.rptu.de/zielgruppen/studieninteressierte/
If you have any questions about the degree programme, please do not hesitate to contact the student advisory service of the department of mathematics:
Dr. habil. Christoph Lossen, Building 48, room 510
Phone: +49 (0)631/205-2250
E-Mail: dekanat@math.rptu.de
For interdisciplinary questions, you can contact the Centre for Teacher Education (ZfL):
David Jung, M. A.
Phone: (0631) 205-5200
E-Mail: jung.david@rptu.de
In the teacher training programme, as in almost all other degree programmes, it is possible to gain experience abroad. Be it studying abroad for a semester or even doing one of the orienting internships abroad. There are some possibilities and even often funding in the form of a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
The StudierendenServiceCenter offers a variety of consultation and information all around studying at the RPTU.