Education and culture in sport
© Eike Boll
Education and culture in sport
© Eike Boll
Education and culture in sport
© Eike Boll
Education and culture in sport
© Eike Boll

Welcome in the Department of Education and Culture

Welcome to the Department of Education and Culture in Sport at the Institute of Sport Science at the Universität Münster. The research area was established in the winter semester 2022/23 and thus represents the most recent expansion at the Institute of Sport Science and underlines the importance of a qualified (initial) education of future sport teachers.
In teaching and research, we deal with sports pedagogical issues that primarily relate to school sports, i.e. to physical education and other extracurricular activities (e.g. class trips with a sports focus, physical activity programs in all-day programs, etc.) that complement or deepen physical education pedagogically. One focus of our work is the education and training of physical education teachers and the support of their professional development, because not only future teachers, but also those who are already in the profession, are constantly confronted with social transformations that also have an impact on physical education. More recently, the right of all children and adolescents to participate in the general school system ("inclusion"), but also ongoing migration movements, for example, have brought the heterogeneity of the student body into focus. However, the ubiquitous availability of digital media is also changing the face of (school) sport and the associated sport pedagogical requirements, which we are contributing to researching on the one hand and for which we are developing training concepts on the other, in order to prepare pedagogical specialists appropriately.
On the following pages you will find further information on our research areas, on topics related to teaching as well as on the team of the department. We hope that you will find all the information you need on our homepage. If you still have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us directly!
 

News

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Sponsorship award from the city of Münster for Eike Boll's climbing project

The climbing project of the Institute of Sports Science, the University Hospital Münster and the Children's Cancer Aid Münster e.V. was honored as a special project for children and young people at the award ceremony for the Citizens' Prize of the City of Münster. The special feature: Children and young people between the ages of 8 and 18 decide on the funding of the individual projects in the newly founded funding forum of the city of Münster. The climbing project was the only project to receive the maximum amount of funding.

© Katharina Pöppel

University didactics as reflected in research

The departments of Education and Culture in Sport and Education and Teaching in Sport were well represented at the 47th annual conference of the Sports Education Commission of the German Society for Educational Science in Oldenburg Castle. Dr Kathrin Kohake, Andre Magner, Uta Kaundinya and Ute Große-Westermann each gave a presentation on didactic issues relating to the education of PE teachers at universities, putting Münster's teaching and examination concepts up for discussion.

© Svenja Kehm

‘Shaping digital transformation for schools and teacher training’ - 1st conference of the lernen:digital competence network

The Education and Culture in Sport and Education and Teaching in Sport departments are working in cooperation with the universities of Leipzig and Paderborn in the BMBF joint project ComeSport, which is part of the lernen:digital competence network. The first conference entitled ‘Shaping digital transformation for schools and teacher training’ took place in Potsdam from 30 September to 2 October 2024. Ulrike Franken from the Department of Education and Culture in Sport took part on behalf of the University of Münster. 
The current work in the ComeNet 5 project ‘Body images and social media in school sport’ was presented in a lecture. Specifically, the individual contribution dealt with the needs analyses of the three locations Münster, Leipzig and Paderborn and the consequences to be drawn from this for the conception of the planned training project. 
After analysing the needs and determining the consequences, the task now is to implement these in training modules and design demand-oriented units. 

© Helga Leineweber

Successful participation in the Day of School Sports at DSHS Cologne

At the 3rd Cologne Day of School Sport, Dr Marion Golenia (Dept. of Physical Education and Teaching Research) and Junior Professor Dr Helga Leineweber (Dept. of Education and Culture in Sport) held a theoretical and practical workshop for PE teachers in which they presented current scientific findings on the connection between body images in social media and body images among children and young people. Following on from this, they tested and discussed ways of addressing the topic in PE lessons together with the teachers. The content and materials developed as part of the BMBF-funded ComeSport project were thus subjected to an initial ‘rigorous test’. Further ideas and materials for sports lessons on this complex topic are now being successively developed and trialled.