Professor Heppt spoke at the “Good School For All” education symposium
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Professor Birgit Heppt gave an input presentation at the “Good School For All” education symposium October, the 10th. Reem Alabali-Radovan MdB, Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration and Commissioner for Anti-Racism, and Christine Streichert-Clivot, Presidentof the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs invited speakers and participants to the symposium to discuss key issues and challenges for a good school of the future in times of change with experts from academia and practice, ministries and migrant self-organisations.
The conference kicked off with a keynote speech by educational sociologist Professor Aladin El-Mafaalani (TU Dortmund University) and then offered participants three parallel specialist forums with contributions on different topics: 1. Access and transitions in the school sector; in particular schooling of refugee children and teenager; educational equity, 2. Multilingualism/ Language support and 3. Promotion of a diverse school community/ Democracy education
IFS education researcher Professor Birgit Heppt was a speaker at the event in Berlin and gave an input presentation in the specialist forum ‘Multilingualism/Language Support’. She spoke about how teachers can best support their students to acquire the language skills needed for subject-specific learning. She also addressed necessary preconditions that have to be met in teacher training and professional development to prepare teachers for language-supportive teaching.
Many thanks for the exciting symposium and the stimulating exchange!