At Heidelberg University of Education, we have been breaking new ground in education since 2020: At the Annelie-Wellensiek Centre for Inclusive Education (AW-ZIB) – a department dedicated to inclusion and a research institute at Heidelberg University of Education – a diverse team brings a range of perspectives, experiences and skills to teaching, research and knowledge transfer.
People who are considered to have cognitive impairments and who have completed a three-year training programme to become educational support staff give talks at universities about their lived experiences as people with disabilities. They bring their experiences directly into the teaching, opening up new perspectives and thereby making teacher training more inclusive.
Demand is very high: for this reason, two further educational specialists were trained at the AW-ZIB between October 2022 and September 2025 – the next training cycle began in November 2025 with four participants.
The AW-ZIB is constantly evolving – based on research findings regarding the quality of educational programmes and their impact.
Through the AW-ZIB, education is being reshaped in line with the motto: inclusive, competent, meaningful.
Between 2017 and 2020, six people with disabilities were trained as educational specialists as part of the “Inclusive Education Baden-Württemberg” project. The project, run by the Johannes-Diakonie College of Social Work, was carried out in collaboration with the Institute for Inclusive Education in Kiel.
Heidelberg University of Education supported the training programme from the outset as a practical partner and, in 2020, seamlessly continued the work of the “Inclusive Education Baden-Württemberg” project with the establishment of the AW-ZIB.
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