Developing a teacher training profile in accordance with the specialised strengths of the University of Bamberg. The particular strengths of the University of Bamberg lie in the humanities, evidence-based research on education, and vocational training. The challenge, then, is to combine teacher education with these assets in a manner that allows for a mutual strengthening of high-quality vocational training and academic excellence.

Improving the coordination between specialised academic disciplines, specialised teaching methodology departments, educational sciences, and schools. We wish to refine academic education based on evidence and later job requirements, within the legal parameters, in the best possible way.

Strengthening institutional teacher education. For this purpose, we strive towards establishing a faculty for teacher education, which secures the concerns related to teacher education within the larger framework of the university administration.

Enhancing school-based further training on offer, e.g. by systematising and further developing it. For us, the question surrounding the development of suitable educational offers over the entire stretch of a career and thus different phases of vocational professionalisation is a central one.

Evaluating the project continuously through research, as well as systematic comparative and knowledge transfer analyses. Our focus will be on the effectiveness and sustainability of the measures taken. In doing so, we hope to build a bridge between our own practice and  research on teacher education, and also to further our own efforts in an evidence-based manner.