{"id":36238,"date":"2025-10-16T13:32:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/ze-glk\/?page_id=36238"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:30:09","slug":"gtc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.glk.uni-mainz.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage GTC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n\n\n \n<\/jgu-base-anchornavigation>\n\n\n
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The GTC promotes the appreciation and further development of teaching<\/strong> at JGU. It advises the Executive University Board<\/strong> regarding studies and university teaching, promotes innovative approaches<\/strong> and projects for the further development of learning and teaching, and encourages networking between members of the teaching staff<\/strong> at JGU. The GTC recognizes special achievements in teaching<\/strong> and thus contributes to the visibility of good teaching at JGU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gutenberg Teaching Council (GTC)<\/strong> was established as a central institution by the JGU Senate in 2010<\/strong>. This reflects JGU’s mission statement and teaching strategy: to regard research and teaching as tasks of equal importance<\/strong> and to achieve excellence in these areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fulfilling its tasks, the GTC works closely with the Executive University Board. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The further development of teaching at JGU is one of the central concerns of the GTC. To this end, current topics are regularly introduced and priorities set, including: <\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

An informed, fact-based judgment is central to democratic opinion formation and decision-making. With the “Facts and Fakes” priority funding program (2026), the GLK prepares students to act responsibly in a liberal, democratic society, in accordance with \u00a7 16 HochSchG. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The call for proposals on the core project feedback culture \/ academic mentoring (2023), a workshop with Gutenberg Teaching Award winner Prof. Mills Kelly (2024) and the Gutenberg Teaching Award ceremony for Prof. John Hattie (2024) were dedicated to questions about feedback and student mentoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calls for proposals on topics such as Service Learning (2018) or Innovation Boost Across the Board (2019) show the focus on trying out new teaching and learning formats. The GTC advised the Executive University Board on university didactics issues – for example, with a proposal for further training for newly appointed professors (2013) or the reorientation of university didactics at JGU (2025). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With its calls for proposals, GTC promotes diversity, equal opportunities and heterogeneity (2010, 2012, 2015), interdisciplinarity (2015), and internationalization in learning and teaching (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the calls for proposals on Research Orientation in Teaching (2014) and the symposium Research in Teaching (2015), the GTC focused on the connection between teaching and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Through the international conference “Teaching is touching the future – Emphasis on Skills” in cooperation with the German Rector’s Conference (2012) and a position paper (2012\/2013), the GTC promoted the topic of skills-oriented training at JGU. In addition, guidelines for the supervision of academic papers and criteria for the evaluation of student work were established. <\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabsitem>\n\n\n \n\n

The Gutenberg Teaching Council (GTC) is committed to the visibility and recognition of good teaching and excellent teaching staff.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

The GTC honors outstanding teaching staff at JGU through the annual awarding of teaching awards during the DIES Legendi.
By presenting the highly endowed Gutenberg Teaching Award to individuals outside of JGU, JGU emphasizes the high value it places on teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The GTC developed recommendations on standards for the consideration of teaching in appointment procedures for professorships, which were presented to the Senate in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2022, the GTC presented a position paper on teaching performance and teaching load. The GTC also focused on the evaluation of teaching performance as part of course evaluations (2019). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Together with the Gutenberg Council for Academic Careers (formerly Gutenberg Council for Young Researchers), in 2016, the GTC published a position paper on integrating academics in early career phases into teaching. The GTC also addressed the connection between research and teaching in two position papers on the integration of tasks in research and teaching (2020, 2024). <\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabsitem>\n\n\n \n\n

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The teaching strategy was adopted by the JGU Senate in 2010. As one of its central measures, it established the GTC. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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With a statement on the strategic guiding principles for digital change in learning and teaching (2021) and discussions on the integration of digital aspects into the teaching strategy (2017), the GTC addressed the transformation of teaching through digital technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The GTC has repeatedly addressed the topic of internationalization, including in an internal paper on the internationalization of learning and teaching (2011) and in contributions to discussions on JGU\u2019s internationalization strategy (2013, 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The GTC explored the question of how relevant recommendations from the German Council of Science and Humanities could be implemented at JGU, e.g., regarding strategies for university teaching (2017) and the future-oriented design of learning and teaching (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The GTC participated in central planning and strategy processes within the university, such as the application for the Excellence Initiative (2012) and the future workshop of the Vice President for Learning and Teaching (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabsitem>\n\n\n \n\n

The GTC advises the Executive University Board on the design and further development of course structures at JGU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2013, the GTC developed internal criteria for the accreditation and re-accreditation of degree programs. These were adopted in an extended form by the Senate in 2014. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The GTC developed considerations and recommendations for the academic integration of millennials in the entry phase (2021). In addition, from 2016 to 2020, the GTC funded projects in faculties 05, 07, and 08 that dealt specifically with this phase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2023, the GTC advised the Executive University Board on introducing project days and weeks at JGU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2021, with the participation of the faculties, the GTC developed a recommendation on the regulation of compulsory attendance in accordance with the Higher Education Act Rhineland Palatine. The GTC is currently contributing to a survey on the topic of attendance in courses, which is being conducted by the Center for Quality Assurance and Development on behalf of the Executive University Board. With the core project Lessons from Corona \u2013 Learning and Teaching after the Covid-19 Virus (2022), lessons learned during the pandemic were incorporated into learning and teaching. <\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabsitem>\n\n\n \n\n

Since its inception, the GTC has dealt with numerous relevant aspects of teaching in the digital age, both in an advisory capacity and through targeted project funding.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

The GTC\u2019s advising included participating in the advisory board for the conception, institution and monitoring of integrated projects on e-lectures and MOOC offers of the JGU Media Center (2014), providing a statement on the Strategic Guidelines on Digital Change in Learning and Studying (2021), collaborating in peer-to-peer advising in the context of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (2019\u20132021), providing a statement on the German Council of Science and Humanities\u2019 paper on digitalization in learning and teaching (2022), and advising on the Mainz Models for Digitally Enhanced Teaching and Learning (ModeLL-M) project, which was funded by the Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre (also 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2022, the GTC has also been advising the Executive University Board on how to handle AI in learning and teaching, particularly regarding how teaching staff can be supported in this fast developing field in order to be able to offer students future-oriented learning and teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

The GTC has used its funding to support innovative developments in teaching in the digital age. In addition to many relevant innovative teaching projects, core projects on the topic of “Blended Learning” (2017), the “Data Literacy Education” project (2028\/2019) in the context of the studium generale, and a project on digitally enhanced teaching and learning at the Mainz School of Music (2022-2024) encouraged pertinent long-lasting developments. The GTC has also supported structural measures, particularly the establishment of a coordination office for digital change in learning and teaching (2019\u20132020) and the “Hallo ,KI ” (“Hello, AI”) event series in JGU\u2019s faculties (2025). <\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabsitem>\n\n\n \n\n

The GTC has supported the large-scale involvement with the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) movement, adopted by JGU particularly on the initiative of students, through intensive advising, connecting teaching staff, hosting events related to the topic, and extensively funding projects. The funded projects include the student-organized Public Climate School (2021), the establishment of a module of sustainability (2022\u20132024), and start-up funding for the Education for Sustainable Development certificate, which was later postponed in favor of the \u201cCertificate on Sustainability\u2013 Climate Crisis and Sustainability\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabsitem>\n\n\n \n\n

The GTC has also been involved in the following projects:<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

2017-2020: Financial and non-material support for the project<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

2012-2020: Participation in the steering committee<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

2018\/ 2022: Support for the project of the Vice President for Learning and Teaching<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabsitem>\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabs><\/div><\/div>\n<\/jgu-base-section>\n\n\n

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With our calls for proposals, we promote<\/p>\n\n\n\n