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21.09.2022
Need for action on digitization of the education system
LEAD co-director Ulrike Cress presents SWK report with the Conference of Education Ministers
In its expert report on digitization in the Education System, the Standing Scientific Commission (SWK) of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (Kultusministerkonferenz) provides recommendations for concrete steps to be taken from kindergarten to university. LEAD co-director Ulrike Cress leads the working group that has been preparing the report over the past few months, together with Olaf Köller, director of the IPN (Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education).
On September 19, the SWK's report was now presented together with the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK). The topics of digital media, computer science teaching and the training of pedagogical staff play an important role in the report. A central demand of the SWK is the expansion of nationwide structures instead of state-specific ones. For example, more so-called centers for digital education (ZdB) should be opened. In these, material for different school types and levels should be developed centrally, which can be made available to schools.
"It cannot be that each individual teacher or lecturer has to create materials and consider didactic issues as well as questions of data protection and copyrights. They should be able to access tested and didactically useful materials," Ulrike Cress demands. She says the report has brought Tübingen's research findings to decision-makers at the political level.
A summary of the report is available at the following link:
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