Bi-directional Learning and Teaching: Lao-German Projects and Tandems
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Continue readingVisiting Lecturer Mr Donald Beteyeh Nchofua (University of Yaoundé 1, doctoral candidate) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.
Visiting Lecturer Dr Gifty Edna Anani (University of Cape Coast) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.
Visiting Lecturer Ass.Prof. Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla (University of South Africa) works and teaches at PHKA under the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme.
The one-week conference is part of the DAAD "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" programme (2025-2029) at PH Karlsruhe. Visiting lecturers from our partner universitites in Northern Ireland, Israel, Ghana, Cameroon, and newly South Africa will cooperate with local students and colleagues to deepen our understanding of how democracy, language, and participation intersect and how language can be a tool for both exclusion and empowerment in democratic societies. Info und Programm Winter School 2025_en
Erasmus+ Key Action 171 Mobility Project between the University of Education Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University (budget 62.470,00 Euro): After our first two mobility projects, "Bi-directional Teaching and Learning" (2018-2021) and "Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship" (2021-2023), we now embark on "Digital Citizenship and Bi-directional Decoloniality" for 3 years (2023-2026).
After Phase 1 at PH Karlsruhe, our German-Ghanaian tandem-project (#1107) under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) continues from September to December 2025 at UCC in Cape Coast. We work towards Sustainable Development Goals #4, #10, #16, and #17 and have planned many school visits. The research activities for Team XV are decolonizing ELT, teaching materials, and English curricula at school level.
With the new Get Ready for Global Teaching! project at PH Karlsruhe, we institutionalize and expand our international collaborations. With our partners in Ghana, Israel, Cameroon, Lao P.D.R., Norway, the UK and the USA, we will focus on global inequality, colonial thought patterns, and post-migrant societies. Through direct exchange, future teachers will further develop their cultural and linguistic awareness, reflect on key issues and challenges of our time from a global perspective, and design educational processes in diversity- and discrimination-sensitive ways.
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