18. June '24
A group of thirteen people, a mix of men and women from Hochschule Coburg, stand together outside a building on a sunny day. Some are holding smartphones. They are all smiling and dressed casually, standing on a wooden deck.
A group of thirteen people, a mix of men and women from Hochschule Coburg, stand together outside a building on a sunny day. Some are holding smartphones. They are all smiling and dressed casually, standing on a wooden deck.
(Press office)
Students on the bachelor’s degree course in Integrative Health Promotion at Coburg University of Applied Sciences have developed materials in cooperation with the state vocational school in Lichtenfels that are used in lessons to develop practical ways to prevent bullying using smartphones.
This teaching and learning unit will be integrated into the curricula of all tenth grade classes. The Entrepreneurship Track for Regional Impact on Global Challenges (ERIC) project facilitated cooperation between the Lichtenfels vocational school and the bachelor’s degree program in Integrative Health Promotion.
In a project seminar, the students developed a teaching and learning unit on the topic of “Don’t turn your smartphone into a weapon”.
Specifically, the aim is to educate and raise awareness of the topic of smartphones and social media as a bullying tool.
According to Dr. Joachim Selzam, head of the state vocational school in Lichtenfels, this is a recurring topic in everyday school life.
The students have developed didactic materials that teachers can use together with their pupils to work out practical ways to prevent bullying with smartphones in everyday school life.
The school will integrate the teaching and learning unit developed by the students into the curricula of all tenth grade classes.
This was not the first cooperation between the vocational school in Lichtenfels and Coburg University of Applied Sciences and those involved are looking forward to further joint projects.
The teaching project was supervised by Prof. Dr. Susanne Esslinger.
The students were also supported by Denise Heimrich from the project “Passing on experiential knowledge – intergenerational learning” (EWIG) and Dr. Christian Schadt from the ERIC project.
