NwT - the interdisciplinary teaching degree program at KIT!
The NwT teaching degree program at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature, which offers insights into all areas of engineering and natural sciences in order to acquire basic knowledge in theory and practice from the STEM field and to get to know problem-solving-oriented ways of thinking and working.
With its focus on STEM subjects and the short distances on campus, KIT offers the best conditions for this: all the disciplines that make up NwT are united here. In the course of the NwT teaching degree program, content from the classical natural sciences of biology, chemistry and physics as well as the technical and engineering sciences in the fields of civil and chemical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering and information technology as well as mechanical engineering and product development are developed. Exciting political, sociological and economic issues are dealt with in an interdisciplinary manner in technology assessment. The subject didactics links subject sciences and didactics in order to prepare students for everyday school life with the professional support of experienced NwT teachers as part of their university studies.
Since 2010, KIT has been offering the NwT grammar school teaching degree program, which qualifies students to teach at grammar schools. Since 2015, the teaching degree programm has been divided into a Bachelor's and a Master's degree program.
NwT History
NwT is an independent school subject in Baden-Württemberg, which is taught as a profile subject in the natural sciences stream at grammar school intermediate and advanced levels. The school subject NwT focuses on interdisciplinary technology content related to the natural sciences in order to provide pupils with insights into the various engineering disciplines.This introduces pupils to technical issues and ways of thinking and working at an early stage and gives them the opportunity to engage with these topics, which have a significant impact on our everyday lives today.
In the 2007/2008 school year, NwT was introduced across the board at all secondary schools in Baden-Württemberg and is currently still predominantly taught by science teachers (biology, physics, chemistry, geography) in practice-oriented lessons, usually in teams. The focus of the lessons is on project-based work.
Since the winter semester 2010/11, NwT has been offered as a teacher training subject in Baden-Württemberg in order to train NwT teachers specifically for the subject. Thanks to the high demand, there are very good chances of being recruited into the teaching profession. Due to the current introduction of the subject in the course level up to and including the Abitur, the demand for qualified NwT teachers remains very high.
Participating KIT faculties and central facilities of the KIT
Seven of the eleven KIT faculties with numerous institutes and central facilities are involved in teaching the NwT program.
KIT Faculty of Civil Engineering, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Participating institutes
- Institute of Hydromechanics (IFH)
M. Ed. introduction to hydromechanics, Dr.-Ing. Gromke - Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures and Building Material Technology (IMB)
B. Ed. Building Physics, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dehn - Institute for Water and Environment (IWU)
M. Ed. Hydrology, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Zehe and Dr. Wienhofer
M. Ed. Hydraulic Engineering and Management, Prof. Dr. Rodrigues Pereira da Franca, Dr.-Ing. - Institute of Transportation (IfV)
M. Ed. laboratory practical course, Dr. Ing. Vortisch - Timber Construction and Building Structures - Research Institute for Steel, Wood and Stone (VAKA)
B. Ed. Building Construction Theory (BKL), Dipl.-Ing. Steilner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietsch
M. Ed. Timber Construction, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
KIT Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering
Participating institutes
- Institute of Bio- and Food Technology (BLT)
B. Ed. Process engineering fundamentals using the example of food processing, PD Dr. Gaukel - Institute of Technical Thermodynamics and Refrigeration (ITTK)
B. Ed. process engineering machines practical course, Dr.-Ing. Gleiß
B. Ed. introductory lecture practical course in process engineering machines for NwT, Dr. Sinanis - Engler Bunte Institute (EBI)
B. Ed. General Chemistry and Chemistry in Aqueous Solutions, Prof. Dr. Horn
KIT Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Participating institutes
- Institute for Applied Materials - Electrochemical Technologies (IAM-ET)
B. Ed. Electrical Engineering I/II, Dr. Menesklou - Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBT)
B. Ed. Physiology and Anatomy I, Prof. Dr. Nahm - Electrotechnical Institute (ETI)
M. Ed. Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Doppelbauer - Institute for Electrical Energy Systems and High Voltage Technology (IEH)
M. Ed. Generation of Electrical Energy, Dr.-Ing. Hoferer - Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV)
M. Ed. Information Technology I/II, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
M. Ed. practical course in information technology, Prof. Dr.-Ing. - Institute for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (ETIT)
B. Ed. Electrical Engineering Workshop - Institute for Regulation and Control Systems (IRS)
M.Ed. Information Technology and Automation Engineering, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
M.Ed. Seminar Industrial Process and Plant Engineering, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Barth, Jilg
KIT Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Participating institutes
- Institute for Product Development (IPEK)
B. Ed. Machine Design A; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthiesen, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
M. Ed. Experiencing and communicating technology, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
M.Ed. Current and future manufacturing technologies for NwT lessons, Dr.-Ing. - Institute for Technical Mechanics (ITM)
B. Ed. Technical Mechanics, Prof. Dr.-Ing. - Institute of Applied Materials (Mechanics of Materials and Interfaces, IAM-MMI)
M.Ed. Finite Elements Workshop, Dr. Tesari
KIT Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences
Participating institutes
- General Institute of Biology
B. Ed. Botanical Excursions, Riemann
B.Ed. Zoological excursion, Dr. Weclawski, Prof. Dr. Erhardt - Botanical Institute
B. Ed. Fundamentals of Biology, Prof. Dr. Nick
B. Ed. useful plants and anatomy of plants, Prof. Dr. Nick - Institute for Applied Biosciences
B. Ed. Fundamentals of Biology, Prof. Dr. Kämper
B. Ed. Crops and Plant Anatomy, Prof. Dr. Nick - Institute of Zoology
B. Ed. Fundamentals of Biology, Prof. Dr. Bastmeyer - Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)
B. Ed. Organic Chemistry 1, Prof. Dr. Bräse, Prof. Dr. Podlech, Prof. Dr. Wagenknecht
B. Ed. Organic Chemistry for Engineers, Prof. Dr. Levkin - Institute of Physical Chemistry (IPC)
B. Ed. Introduction to Physical Chemistry 0A, PD Dr. Weis, PD Dr. Höfener - Institute of Technical Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP)
B. Ed. Fundamentals of Chemistry for students of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and NwT-Lehramt, Prof. Dr. Grunwaldt, Prof. Dr. Studt, Prof. Dr. Deutschmann, Prof. Dr. Heske
KIT Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Participating institutes
- Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)
B. Ed. Technology Assessment, Prof. Dr. Grunwald
KIT Faculty of Physics
Participating institutes
- Institute for Applied Physics (APH)
B. Ed. Experimental Physics A and B, Prof. Dr. Schimmel
Center for Media Learning
Participating institutes
- Center for Media Learning (ZML)
B. Ed. Fachdidaktik I, Prof. Dr. Gidion
B. Ed. Fachdidaktik II, Prof. Dr. Gidion, Weichsel, Gauß
M. Ed. Fachdidaktik III, Prof. Dr. Gidion, Sexauer, Hock
M.Ed. Aktuelle und zukünftige Fertigungstechnologien für den NwT-Unterricht, Hock