Sustainability Studying & Teaching
Courses and seminars on subjects relating to sustainability, the climate and the environment are offered every semester for all study phases. Most of these events are interdisciplinary.
Teaching Formats related to Studies
Offers for teaching staff
HINT. Heidelberg Inspirations for Innovative Teaching
With its online journal HINT. Heidelberg Inspirations for Innovative Teaching, the Center for Teaching and Learning at Heidelberg University offers a platform for discussions of innovative ideas that further improve teaching and learning.
Meet2Talk
The discussion-based format Meet2Talk offers a platform once per quarter to discuss innovative teaching and learning formats. Experienced instructors from Heidelberg University and beyond present good-practice projects from their own teaching and, together with participants, explore possibilities for applying and implementing these approaches in other disciplines.
Learning to teach sustainability – courses for teachers
Issues relating to sustainable development are addressed in continuing professional development courses in higher education pedagogy, which are open to all teachers at Ruperto Carola as part of the Baden-Württemberg Certificate. The certificate, offered by the Baden-Württemberg Centre for University Didactics (HDZ), is organised at Heidelberg University by heiSKILLS, Ruperto Carola’s Centre for Competence and Languages. In these interdisciplinary courses, participants learn how to equip their students with specific skills for dealing with environmental, climate and sustainability issues, as well as the associated societal challenges.
The heiSPARK Project: Breaking New Ground in Teaching
To prepare students as effectively as possible for a changing world, Heidelberg University aims to break new ground in teaching: its project, ‘heiSPARK: Shaping Learning for Transformation’, seeks to provide strategic impetus for study and teaching and to promote the development of transformative skills through innovative teaching and learning formats.
Links
HINT. Heidelberg Inspirations for Innovative Teaching
With its online journal HINT. Heidelberg Inspirations for Innovative Teaching, the Center for Teaching and Learning at Heidelberg University offers a platform for discussions of innovative ideas that further improve teaching and learning.
Meet2Talk
The discussion-based format Meet2Talk offers a platform once per quarter to discuss innovative teaching and learning formats. Experienced instructors from Heidelberg University and beyond present good-practice projects from their own teaching and, together with participants, explore possibilities for applying and implementing these approaches in other disciplines.