Education Science, Department
Fachbereich Bildungswissenschaft
Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft
Fachbereich Bildungswissenschaft
Villestraße 3
D-53347 Alfter bei Bonn
https://www.alanus.edu/en/home
Alanus HS/Alfter (priv.)
Department on the internet
Villestraße 3
D-53347 Alfter bei Bonn
https://www.alanus.edu/en/home
Alanus HS/Alfter (priv.)
Department on the internet
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
230
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
110
Teaching in core subjects
- School paedagogics/teaching and learning: 0%
- Childhood paedagogics: 77.5%
- Adult education: 0%
- Social paedagogics/social work: 4%
- General paedagogics: 4%
- Research methodology: 14.6%
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
14/16 points
International orientation
- Outgoing students
1.0%
Job market- and career-orientation
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners
23.0%
- Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's
14.0%
- Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
- Master theses in cooperation with work environment
no data
Research
- Publications per professor
1.1
- Third party funds per academic
26,100 €
- Doctorates per professor
0.3
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Learning and working spaces
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital teaching elements
- Introduction to scientific work
- Offers for career orientation
- Practical orientation in teaching
- Support for stays abroad
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- Library
- IT-infrastructure
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
48
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
Reflection on students' own professional role in the transfer from theory to practice in order to further develop professionalism; Students in Childhood Pedagogy study the Waldorf education approach in dialogue with general educational science and various progressive pedagogical concepts, which is unique in Germany; Comprehensive range of seminars on performing and visual arts, aim: Self-awareness and artistic work with children; Small study groups with good student-teacher ratio; Holistic education
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
Small study groups with good student-teacher ratio; MA Pedagogy / Waldorf Pedagogy: Intensive artistic work as well as cultural and educational philosophical content; Waldorf education and educational science in scientific dialogue; Practical research in educational, social and therapeutic Professional fields: Individual specialisation, depending on professional and academic interests, academic reflection on professional practice, human sciences in the context of empirical educational science; Holistic education
Special features regarding the equipment
Technical facilities: Projectors in all seminar rooms, equipment for online teaching and hybrid courses; Subject-specific databases: Literature database FIS Education – specialist pedagogy portal (educational science, educational research, subject-specific didactics), Sesam2050 literature database (pedagogy)
Special features regarding research activities
Focus on Waldorf and alternative pedagogical approaches with a resource- and solution-oriented research interest; Extraordinarily high degree of practical relevance of this applied research work – in addition to student projects, the professors contribute to increasing visibility and strengthening awareness of Waldorf education in science and society through their own research; The focus on practical research contributes to anchoring research and evaluation skills in Waldorf education and anthroposophical practice
Other special features
Anti-discrimination policy with office for sexual harassment complaints; Queer and anti-racist university groups; Sustainability anchored in the mission statement; Various projects on the topic of sustainability (Ackerdemie, etc.); Opportunities for students to actively get involved; Goal:: Empowering students to make our society fit for the future
Further information on research activities
Information on access restrictions
Website of the Student Council
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(P) = Professors' judgements
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Last Update 2025: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education