The University of Potsdam invites applications for the following professorship: At the Faculty of HumanScience, Research Focus Educational Sciences for a

Full Professorship (W 3)
for Music Education and Didactics

to be filled immediately. The successful candidate will have broad experience in teaching professional and didactic foundations of music instruction, in the application and the development of innovative learning environments, primarily for the secondary school level as well as for academic teaching. Responsibilities include representing the field in teaching and research, the implementation of courses for specialized content and teaching methodologies, the development of class projects for students of musical education at schools as well as the supervision of theses. Contributions to empirical or theoretical research on teaching and learning in the field of music education and didactics are expected. Relevant publications, preferably in peer-reviewed journals, and the participation in interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of educational and musical science as well as teacher education are required. Experience with the acquisition of external funding, international networking and interdisciplinary cooperation is desired. The University of Potsdam views the networking of scholarly research and teaching in the education of teachers as a particular challenge. The holder of the position must be able to adequately represent both fields. The University of Potsdam has a distinguished teacher education program that acknowledges the realities of school and instruction while also incorporating the latest research findings in the field, and has a high proportion of practical exercises. The "Potsdam Model" of teacher education should be further developed in a dedicated way together with other professorships relevant to teacher training at the University of Potsdam and in cooperation with the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research. We expect a willingness to cooperate in continuing teacher education and an interest in cross-faculty collaboration. The hiring process is subject to the requirements set forth in Section 41 of the Brandenburg Higher Education Act (BbgHG). The appointment procedure shall be conducted in accordance with Section 40 BbgHG. Applications (with a presentation of your research interests, curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates and documents, a list of publications, a list of courses taught, a list of externally funded projects) should be sent (in a single PDF file) to the University of Potsdam at ausschreibungen@uni-potsdam.de within four weeks of the publication of this notice.