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The picture shows participants in the BildungsTandems program coaching each other © Future Foundation Education 2024
BildungsTandems: Insight into the coaches' in-depth training

"Ich will Immos, ich will Dollars, ich will fliegen wie bei Marvel, ich hab' Hunger, also nehm' ich mir alles vom Buffet" – what a song lyric by Nina Chuba could have to do with reading skills is what the coaches in the BildungsTandems program of the Zukunftsstiftung Bildung are currently learning during their in-depth training sessions. The explanation is as simple as it is effective: something that is fun and arouses personal interest is easier to read.

In the BildungsTandems program, secondary school pupils and primary school pupils work together as a strong team on the basis of peer learning. The older students undergo a training program that prepares them for their role as coaches and role models and enables them to support the primary school children with regard to the upcoming school transition. The BildungsTandems are aimed at schools in the Ruhr region and are scientifically evaluated under the direction of Prof. Dr. Silvia-Iris Beutel, Professor of School Pedagogy and General Didactics, with a focus on teaching/learning processes and empirical teaching research at TU Dortmund University. The RAG Foundation from Essen has been the main sponsor of the program since March 2022.