Pedagogical Terminologies in Different Languages

An Idea for a Collaborative Master’s-Level Teacher-Education Program

Abstract

In times of accelerated globalization, economic, cultural, political, and social interactions amongst different populations and regions around the globe increase and are promoted. The English language has emerged as a global force, penetrating all other linguistic territories. Our work is motivated by the fact that language models the social and cultural tasks of today. More specifically, terminology (in German: Begrifflichkeit) constitutes formats of professional, pedagogical knowledge as taught at the universities. If the aim of universities is to professionally draw practically useful consequences from ideas, theories and results of scientific studies, timeless communication skills such as critical reasoning, constructing clear arguments, and the logical evaluation of competing opinions are to be combined with cultural and specialized knowledge. A common pedagogical language is important. The authors seek to address these challenges by a common masters’ program ‘Pedagogical Terminologies in Different Languages’ which they plan to propose. The authors represent three nation states, including Sweden, Germany and the United States.