Center of Expertise
Performance Profile of the FörMig Centre of Expertise
Transfer of academic findings to educational practice through the following:
- Preparation of academic findings for educational practice
- Expertise and advice on the academic basis for further developments in language education in culturally and linguistically heterogeneous settings
- Development of the most appropriate means for the dissemination of research results to particular audiences, such as educators, teachers or other pedagogical personnel within educational institutions; those from education policy and administration; parents
- Publicising the current state-of-the-art in national and international research through the FörMig website, newsletter, FörMig publications and materials
Academic consulting, steering of reform and transfer methods through the following:
- Supporting partners through academic consultation and steering the development, regulation and organisation of innovation and verification methods for language education in heterogeneous settings (through, for example, consultations, presentations, workshops)
- Advising partners on the development of regional qualification programmes aimed at opinion leaders in the field of language education
- Supporting the transfer of successful practices to local and regional situations
Supporting regional work groups through the following:
- Motivating and supporting regional work groups on topics including interdisciplinary language education and language diagnostics for language education
- Assuring the academic quality of work carried out among the groups
- Reviewing the findings of the work groups
- Advising on publications and the dissemination of results
Qualifications:
- Preparation of annual symposium
- Offer of accompanying qualification to participants in the FörMig's project