Chair for General Education

Acting Chair
Welcome to the website of the Department of General Education!
Our research and teaching is characterized by the fact that we ourselves make the theories and concepts with which the discipline operates our subject matter. Theories are never innocent: they determine how we look at the world, at ourselves and at others. They pave the way for how we interpret pedagogical phenomena and how we act in pedagogical contexts.
In both teaching and research, we are therefore primarily concerned with raising awareness of the power of theories and their concepts and showing that there are always several ways of interpreting reality. At the same time, however, we also want to draw attention to the opportunities that theories offer. Precisely because pedagogical phenomena are so familiar to us, we can use theories to distance ourselves from our own prejudices and experiences and in this way explore new possibilities.
Our starting point here are social transformation processes and global challenges (climate crisis and social justice, technologization and digitalization, etc.) that call for different answers, including from educational science. The question of what kind of education we want cannot be separated from the question of how we want to live. This is why we are trying to turn our attention to theories, concepts and approaches that are not part of the familiar educational science canon - and which once again expand the scope for thinking about education and shaping educational processes and institutions.
News (in German)
- Anmeldung zu Abschlussarbeiten im LG Allgemeine Bildungswissenschaft ab heute, den 1. April 2025 wieder möglich
Das Lehrgebiet Allgemeine Bildungswissenschaft öffnet die Anmeldeliste für die von unserem Lehrgebiet betreuten Abschlussarbeiten am 01.April. Bitte wenden Sie sich ab heute bis zum 03.04.2025 per Mail an allgemeine.bildungswissenschaft@fernuni-hagen.de wenn Sie eine Abschlussarbeit bei uns schreiben möchten. - The English Café mit Johanna Profft am 10. Februar 2025: "Transforming Education: Digitalisation, Inclusion and what School Leaders have to say"
Herzliche Einladung! Der English Learning Suppurt der FernUni Hagen veranstaltet in der Rubrik "The English Café" regelmäßige Vorträge und Austauschrunden in Englischer Sprache. In der nächsten Veranstaltung am 10. Februar 2025 von 18:00 - 19:00 Uhr via Zoom, wird unsere Kollegin Johanna Profft vom Lehrgebiet Allgemeine Bildungswissenschaft einen Vortrag zum Thema "Transforming Education: Digitalisation, Inclusion and what School Leaders have to say" halten. - Hörsaal - Deutschlandfunk Nova: "Aufstieg durch Bildung? FirstGen an der Universität erfahren, erzählen, erklären"
Deutschlandfunk Nova veröffentlicht am Donnerstag 13. Februar in ihrer Rubrik "Hörsaal" den Vortrag "Aufstieg durch Bildung? FirstGen an der Universität erfahren, erzählen, erklären" mit Prof. Dr. Christian Grabau, Dr. Mariam Muwanga und Flora Petrik M.A. Außerdem wird der Vortrag im linearen Programm am Sonntag 16. Februar nach den 19-Uhr-Nachrichten laufen.
Studies and Teaching

Under Studies and Teaching you will find further information on the degree programmes supervised by the department and on theses.
Study and Teaching (in German)
Research

Under research you will find information about our projects and the youth research conference.
Contact
Office
Karen Vois
Phone: +49 2331 987-2140
Fax: +49 2331 987-2145
Email: allgemeine.bildungswissenschaft
Office hours: Monday to Thursday