Education and Inequality (M.A.)

research-oriented
We invite you to do research with us - right from the start. The examination of empirical data from the multifaceted practice of anti-discrimination work plays an important role in our teaching concept. We teach what we know, but also what is worth asking and researching further. In our research internships, you will have the opportunity to participate in ongoing projects, think along with us, indulge your own curiosity and explore the ways research is practised. For us, research and practice-orientation are not opposites, but two sides of the same coin: we involve ourselves in the phenomena of (in)equalities, question(ing) and enjoy discovering, critically questioning, and thinking further. We allow ourselves to be surprised and irritated. We believe this is fruitful for the practice of diversity-sensitive and anti-discriminatory pedagogical work.

practice-oriented
With us, you can get involved in practical projects - locally and elsewhere. We support you in close cooperation with our partners. This allows you to acquire practical know-how and learn how projects for diversity and anti-discrimination programmes are implemented in everyday (educational) life, what challenges are involved – for others and for yourself. In addition, you will come across practical projects at many points in our courses, for example when we invite experts to our seminars, analyse documentation of projects or examine specific methods, approaches, training modules, and more.

quality-oriented
We offer you a degree programme at the highest professional level, with innovative teaching approaches and intensive contacts both to us academics at the Institute and Faculty and to a network of colleagues from practice and research that extends beyond Germany. Flexible structures and a wide range of possibilities on the levels of organisation and content allow us to support you in the pursuit of your interests and goals in manifold ways. In the various teaching and learning formats of the degree programme, you will acquire an attractive profile of qualifications that combines academic expertise with practical know-how. We thus offer you a well-founded programme for professionalisation that takes high-demand professional skills seriously and integrates them in a substantial way.

Critical
The aim of the degree programme is to understand the dynamics and complexity of inequality - and pedagogical responses to it. A critical view of inequality relations is trained as well as a critical view of the criticism of these relations. We investigate mechanisms of discrimination and privilege in educational practice and explore potential for change, analyse educational practices, structures and institutions and ask uncomfortable questions. We create spaces for a critical and constructive examination of the circumstances, which can always involve questioning our own entanglements.

Analytical
Our degree programme enables you to gain a broad range of practical and methodological research qualifications and to try things out. Using subjects that interest you, you will learn to analyse problems, conflicts, discourses and entanglements surrounding the topic of inequality in a scientifically sound and methodologically competent manner. From the system level to concrete projects in practice, we systematically include all layers and their interplay. In cooperation with our Institute for Methods and Methodological Foundations of the Social Sciences, we offer you a wide range of opportunities to familiarise yourself with and try out different methodological approaches. These range from deconstructive, reconstructive or content-analytical to evaluative and statistical perspectives, which you can use to both analytically understand and critically assess concepts, programmes and specific qualities of practice.

Reflexive
Reflecting on upbringing, education and inequality means, not least, recognising the implications and effects of (one's own) creative and/or pedagogical actions and including them in further deliberations. We qualify you to hold a mirror up to educational processes, educational institutions, and the educational system without losing sight of your own entanglements. Accordingly, for us, "reflexive" refers not only to reflecting on what can be observed externally, but also to developing a reflexivity that relates to yourself, which helps you to see structures and their effects as well as your own thoughts and actions with different eyes and to recognise your own contribution to the (re-)production of social differences.

Competent
You will acquire powerful skills with us. The degree programme not only provides you with scientifically sound specialist knowledge and application-related and practical skills, but also with sought-after research and analytical skills. As part of your internships, you will also demonstrate that you can plan, implement and (self-)critically reflect on your own projects.

Effective
Our graduates have a strong impact. Do you want to play an active role in society and help change it? Are you looking for a meaningful occupation that is aimed at promoting the development of inclusive cultures and creating greater awareness of the dynamics of discrimination, privilege, inclusion, and exclusion? Then you've come to the right place: our degree programme qualifies you to plan, initiate, design and support development and transformation processes at all system levels in a competent and situation-sensitive manner.

Attractive
Our Master's degree programme "Education and Inequality" offers great career prospects. Our graduates find attractive and meaningful employment in the sectors of education and training, politics, and science - at both the national and international level. The degree programme qualifies you formally for conceptually responsible and managerial activities at relevant institutions in the public sector - with pay grade TVL-E 13 as an entry-level salary. Among other things, we qualify you for:

The Right Place
As a green, lively, political city that explicitly strives for diversity and sustainability with a wide range of cultural activities for students, Göttingen not only offers you a high quality of life, but also a variety of opportunities to socialise and be active. From major cultural events, such as the Händel Festival, the Literature Festival "Literaturherbst", the Jazz and Pub Festival or the Nights of Knowledge and Culture, to the wide range of sports on offer at the University Sports Centre, to the lively club, music, theatre and literature scene, Göttingen offers a broad and inviting range of activities that make it easy for you to settle in and be right in the middle of things.

Small
Göttingen offers you short distances and excellent accessibility in the literal sense: You can always get where you want to go quickly on foot, by bike or by public transport - even in the countryside or by the lake. Accessibility also goes for the figurative sense: you are not a student number here. At the centrally located campus and with us in the Waldweg location, you can expect an excellent ratio of supervision and easy-to-access networking opportunities with students and lecturers from the Institute of Educational Science and the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Great
Not in the mood for province? Then Göttingen is the right place for you. With a student population of around 20%, the city offers you a large and diverse community for encounters and exchanges. Göttingen not only left a lasting impression on the French singer Barbara. As a cosmopolitan and international city, Göttingen has always been a destination for many scientists and artists from all over the world. It is not only a pleasure to come here, but also easy to explore Germany from here. In the heart of southern Lower Saxony (and thus almost exactly in the centre of Germany), Göttingen offers excellent transport connections. Hamburg, Frankfurt and Berlin are only one ICE train journey away. The Germany Ticket, which is heavily discounted for students at Göttingen University, not only makes you mobile within Göttingen, but also enables excursions to the scenic surroundings of Göttingen, the nearby Harz Mountains or to the North Sea coast.