Master in Subject-Specific Didactics
In order to meet the need for qualified personnel at universities of teacher education, the universities of teacher education and cantonal universities jointly run master courses in subject-specific didactics. The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK) supports the creation of didactics centres in Switzerland. The task of these centres is to establish didactics as a discipline and to train specialists in research and practice-oriented didactics in specific subject areas.
The Master in Subject-Specific Didactics gives students the opportunity to qualify as lecturers in a specific field of didactics. To be accepted on this master’s degree course, applicants should have a relevant bachelor’s degree from a cantonal university or university of teacher education. The course gives students in-depth theoretical and practical training in their chosen specialist field. The master comprises 120 ECTS points, depending on previous study experience, and there may also be additional requirements.
The following Master’s in Didactics are offered (in most cases in all locations in Switzerland):
Master in Subject-Specific Didactics of Foreign Languages
PHBern, PH FR, Universität Bern, Universität Freiburg
Master in Subject-Specific Didactics of Mathematics
Forschungs- und Studienzentrum für Pädagogik (PH FHNW, Universität Basel)
Master in Subject-Specific Didactics of German
in Basel: Forschungs- und Studienzentrum für Pädagogik (PH FHNW, Universität Basel)
Master in Subject-Specific Didactics of Natural Sciences
PH Zürich, Universität Zürich, ETH Zürich
Master in Subject-Specific Didactics of German
PH Zürich, Universität Zürich
expected from autumn 2012
Master in Didactics of French
IUFE Universität Genf, HEP Vaud, Universität Lausanne
in planning stage
Master in Didactics of Italian
SUPSI-DFA, Universität Lugano, Universität Lausanne
in planning stage