EDUCATION
INSPIRATION, CHANGE, ENRICHMENT
Learning from stories
A storyteller travels up and down Ivory Coast, a country torn apart by civil war. The people in the villages flock to listen to his stories...
Teaching for life
In the Bavarian town of Münchberg, students at the local secondary school are running their own cafeteria. Their success has earned them several awards.
Of mind and money
At the University of Mannheim, business and cultural studies are combined in a unique way. Interdisciplinary bachelor degree courses are part of the concept.
New subject
In addition to mathematics and English, happiness is now taught in Heidelberg.
School has many faces
Sometimes a day at school can be far from ordinary: A photographic journey through Germany.
Living in luxury
The Tietgenkollegiet in Copenhagen is “the student dormitory of the future”
How sweet! First day of school
A bag of candy is supposed to ease their way into the serious side of life. For some children, it’s food for thought. 100 years of photographic documentation.
‘Goethe lived here’
In the university town of Tübingen, nobody is safe from studet spoofs. Not even Goethe, Germany’s greatest poet.
Kids discover technology
KiTec lessons are often the first time grade school children encounter tools and technical matters. An initiative promoted by business.
Chalking it up to technology
No need to wipe the board any more. Students at a high school in Halle are learning their lessons from interactive whiteboards. Bilfinger Berger eased the way.
The dream of youth
Photographer Barbara von Woellwarth has visualized five youngsters' dreams for the future.
School meals
Education authorities in Britain have declared war on the chip butty culture: too many youngsters are too fat. Schools are working on a new approach to eating.