Digitization in the Field of Engineering Teacher Training

In order to teach in German vocational colleges/vocational schools or Austrian vocational schools so called HTL both secondary level II, engineers (usually with a BA degree) need an additional study of vocational pedagogy and technology didactics in addition to the subject study and a professional practice, which should prepare the students for the requirements of everyday school life in the best possible way. In the area of teacher training at the University of Siegen and the Upper Austrian University of Teacher Education, specific concepts and content for the digitization of such courses have been developed and are currently being used in teaching, continuously evaluated and further developed. This paper examines the extent to which the concepts, which were initially developed independently, can be transferred between the universities and what content can be used for teaching.