The ComeMINT Network. Professional development through networking - networking through professional development.

01/04/2023 to 30/09/2025

In physics, a professional development module regarding the effective and meaningful use of digital media in physics teaching (in particular subject-specific basics / opportunities, digital data acquisition as well as visualisation, simulations, explanatory videos) will be developed by iteratively refining ex- isting test instruments on various aspects of professional competence of (prospective) physics teachers. At the University of Tübingen, the affective dimension of professional competence (e.g. digitalisation-related self-concept and digitalisation-related attitudes) is the main focus. In view of the heterogeneity regarding the digital competences of (prospective) teachers, an adaptive approach is chosen by taking into account previous experience and initial competences and adapting the mod- ules of the professional development module accordingly. The implementation of the professional development module will take place across all phases of initial and in-service teacher training. In order to ensure the learning effectiveness, practicability and acceptance of the professional devel- opment module in the target group and at the level of multipliers, we will carry out accompanying empirical research, which will also look at specific conditional factors such as the learning object, the format and the addressees of the module. A design-based research approach (DBR) is used in order to investigate in iterative cycles, for example, how the content of the professional development mod- ule is used and adapted by the participants. In addition, the project will also examine under which educational circumstances the professional development modules are accepted by schoolteachers.