Professionelle Netzwerke zur Förderung adaptiver, handlungsbezogener, digitaler Innovationen in der Lehrkräftebildung in Kunst, Musik und Sport

The lernen:digital Competence Network facilitates dialogue between academia and practitioners regarding the digital transformation of schools and teacher training. Four centres of expertise bring together expertise from around 200 cross-state research and development projects in STEM subjects, languages, society and economics, music, art and sport, and school development.

The DIE is involved in Lernen:Digital as part of the Transferstelle and the MINT-ProNeD project. Furthermore, the DIE is represented by KuMuS-ProNeD in one of eight project consortia run by the Centre of Excellence for Art, Music and Sport.

Art, music and sport (KuMuS) are important forms of expression for children and young people, and these are evolving in response to increasing digitalisation. Through adaptive teaching, teaching staff can address diverse learning needs and support the development of practical skills in increasingly digitalised physical, creative and interactive activities on an individual basis. Digital technologies offer innovative solutions in this respect.

To realise this educational potential and implement adaptive, action-oriented digital innovations in the classroom, teachers must be qualified and well-trained. This raises the question of which digitalisation-related professional competencies KuMuS teachers require. Assuming that professional competencies are not acquired through the mechanical application of explicit knowledge, but rather through trial and error, practice, and reflective examination of subject-specific and teaching-related issues, the project addresses the question of what a corresponding professional development programme might entail.

The key question regarding the objectives pursued by the DIE within the KuMuS-ProNeD project consortium is therefore this: What skills do teachers need, and how can they be trained to provide digitally supported, adaptive teaching? 

This collaborative project aims to establish a comprehensive, integrated framework for teacher training in art, music and sport. This framework will take the form of three interdisciplinary, cross-phase networks: professional development; curriculum development and advisory services; and the Future Innovation Hub. 

The KuMuS-ProNeD collaborative project aims to develop professional development programmes on the use of digital learning environments and teaching scenarios. These programmes will utilise video analysis, tutorials, apps, devices, social media and blended learning to foster practical skills characteristic of (post-)digital practices in the arts, music and sport. Examples include songwriting, producing, digital visual and sound art, multimedia design, digital self-monitoring of physical activity and movement, and sharing fitness- and exercise-related content. The project will address these skills through critical engagement and utilise them for teaching and learning processes. 

Teachers should develop the professional skills needed to use current and future digital technologies in KuMuS lessons. This approach should be grounded in subject-specific pedagogy and provide adaptive support for both subject-specific and digital practical skills.

This allows pupils to receive adaptive support that is tailored to their individual aptitudes, which can vary greatly, particularly in KuMuS subjects.

The expected results are

• a heuristic model outlining the digitalisation-related professional competences of KuMuS teachers,
• the design of a research-based professional development programme related to digitalisation (based on the competence model and research findings on professionalisation) and
• the successful implementation of this programme for the three subjects and all types of school.