Teach2Practice
Video‑based teaching of theory and practice in physical education.
Support (pre‑service) teachers in making theory visible and practice effective - using freely accessible, evaluated digital media for physical education.
This is what it's all about
New approaches in physical education through research‑validated, freely accessible instructional videos.
Student teachers at the Institute of Sports and Sports Science (IfSS) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) develop digital teaching‑learning videos in an advanced natural‑science seminar to bridge theory and practice in selected sports - focusing on the sports science disciplines of biomechanics, motor control, and training science.
The resulting materials are made freely available as Open Educational Resources (OER) and are scientifically evaluated with school students as part of bachelor’s and master’s theses to ensure effectiveness and quality. This creates a sustainable cycle that strengthens the professionalization of future teachers and provides high‑quality, evaluated learning resources for school students and teachers. The work builds on prior projects (MINT²KA and digiLAB), with a focus on the responsible use of AI (aiming to link with the KLEVER project - AI‑supported teaching development for instruction, testing, and reflection at KIT’s Center for Teacher Education) and on producing OER materials within teacher education.
What we want to achieve
Project overview: The aim is to develop, evaluate and provide scientifically tested teaching and learning videos in sport.
For prospective teachers: development of digital, didactic and research methodological skills; target group-oriented preparation of sports science content for school lessons; project-oriented work in teams; professional reference through cooperation with students.
For students & teachers: Clear theory transfer (e.g. biomechanics of an athletics discipline); motivating learning opportunities and quality-tested OER materials.
For the education system: An iterative cycle of conception → creation → evaluation → provision → reflection, which ensures the continuous further development of the materials.
Capacity building at KIT: Development and implementation of a sustainable seminar concept that is effective beyond the funding period; creation of an OER self-learning course and training on digital tools and AI for student teachers; publication of evaluated results.
WP 1 - Conception:
Preparation in 12-14 main seminar units: theoretical basics (sports practice, sports science, digital media), selection/incorporation of digital tools and possibilities for the responsible use of AI (e.g. text, image and language generation), development of video templates and an evaluation grid for the resulting videos; development of an OER self-learning course (copyright, licenses, tools, dissemination); preparation of the evaluation: development and quality check of an evaluation instrument (e.g. questionnaire, jacket questionnaire); publication of evaluated results.e.g. questionnaire), ethics application at the KIT for ethical clearance of the research project with regard to the evaluations with pupils, fact sheet template (content and evaluation results) in order to be able to communicate the most important information in a compact and standardized manner.
WP 2 - Creation:
Each year, around 20 students in teams (3-4 people) develop a total of 5 teaching-learning videos on physical education topics (e.g. "Biomechanics of the long jump" or "Teaching breaststroke" as a socially relevant topic). Social (independent, cooperative), content-related (specialist knowledge in the school context) and personal skills (creativity, problem-solving) are promoted. In parallel with the students, the supported employee produces a reference video to raise awareness of the challenges faced by the student teachers in the creation process.
WP 3 - Evaluation:
Application and evaluation of the videos in the context of Bachelor's and Master's theses in schools or teaching-learning labs with students and teachers; use of the instruments developed in WP 1; revision of the videos.
WP 4 - Provision:
Publication of the videos and fact sheets on an OER platform and the website of the FoSS (Research Center for School Sports and Sports for Children and Adolescents) at the IfSS as part of the KIT OER Policy (KIT Repository/ZOERR); Planned: two scientific articles (including a seminar concept for the creation of OER materials and the integration of AI).
Basic didactic concept:
Project-oriented work and constructive alignment - learning objectives (subject knowledge & competencies) control learning activities (video production) and performance assessment.
Impact level students:
Targeted expansion of subject knowledge with a view to students, critical examination of digital media, AI and OER.
Impact level school & teachers:
Support of learning processes in theory & practice of physical education; free availability of evaluated materials.
Continuous reflection:
Process-accompanying in the seminar (incl. teaching evaluation of the KIT); inclusion of heterogeneous experiences (e.g. school internships).
Scientific discourse:
Exchange at the IfSS Research Day and in the IfSS Teaching Working Group; via the Center for Teacher Education (ZLB) and the Karlsruhe School of Education in the KIT as well as at congresses.
Facts and figures
Project duration:
2 years, optional extension for a further year
Total funding amount:
49,000 € per year (44,000 € personnel costs, 5,000 € material costs)
Former funding partners:
2016–2021: Subproject within the MINT²KA collaborative project (funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden‑Württemberg)
2021–2023: Subproject of digiLAB – Digitalized Learning in Teacher Education (funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden‑Württemberg)
Project responsibility KIT:
Institute of Sports and Sports Science (IfSS)
Contacts: Dr. Marian Hoffmann, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stein
