Teacher Education in South Africa and Germany

The volume presents international collaborative and comparative approaches in
teacher education, addressing researchers, teachers, and other educational professionals
who are interested in the following topics:

▶ Binational research perspectives on teacher education in South Africa and Germany
▶ Inclusion and educational equity
▶ Professionalization and mentoring
▶ Curricular characteristics and pedagogical content knowledge in education in economics,
biology, and physical chemistry

▶ Education for sustainable development as a growing cross-sectional topic
The results shed light on similarities and on different challenges experienced within
the South African and the German educational, historical, socio-political, and institutional
contexts. They reveal the struggles towards the best possible preparation of
future teachers, and introduce the Wits School of Education and the Tübingen School
of Education as players who consistently and energetically advance teacher education,
based on research, relevance, and responsibility.
Successful international collaboration has the ability to generate new impulses, increase
global awareness of whole institutions, and open horizons for mutual understanding
in academia. Wits School of Education and Tübingen School of Education are thankful
for the support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), from the
excellency funding of the University of Tübingen, and from the Global South Center,
University of Tübingen.

Elisabeth Hofmann has led the area of internationalization at Tübingen School of Education
from 2016 to 2022.

Elizabeth Mavhunga is a professor of science education (Chemistry) at the Wits School of
Education, and the chair of the Research Capacity Building Committee of SAARMSTE.

Thorsten Bohl is a professor of educational science and director of the Tübingen School of
Education.

Felix Maringe is a professor of higher education, former head of the Wits School of Education
and currently deputy vice chancellor at the University of Kigali.

Deborah Diekmann is leading the area of internationalization at Tübingen School of Education
since 2023.