Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in teacher training The reform of teacher training includes the implementation of the consecutive structure
of study courses with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (BA/MA). In the so-called Quedlinburger Beschluss of June 2005, the Standing Conference passed guidelines for the mutual recognition of Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in teacher training courses conveying the educational prerequisites for teaching positions (Eckpunkte für die gegenseitige Anerkennung von Bachelor- und Masterabschlüssen in Studiengängen, mit denen die Bildungsvoraussetzungen für ein Lehramt vermittelt werden). The guidelines specify that educational careers based on Bachelor’s and Master’s structures in teacher training will be acceptable and their degrees accredited if they meet the following requirements:
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• integrative study at universities or equivalent higher education institutions of at least two subject areas and of the educational sciences at the Bachelor level as well as at the Master level (the Länder are at liberty to specify exceptions in the subject areas art and music)
• practical study in schools as early as during the Bachelor’s course of study • no extension of existing standard periods (without practical sections) • differentiation of the curricula and diplomas by teaching position.