DLL uses the methods of action research to provide teachers with practice-based advanced training:
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- DLL regularly encourages course participants to observe their own lessons and lessons delivered by others
- Course participants can identify and test new teaching strategies in the classroom
- DLL supplements theoretical knowledge acquisition with experiential learning involving research and reflection
- DLL understands teaching out of the classroom context and is based on the concept of competence orientation
In an interview at didacta 2012, Prof. Michael Legutke explains the concept of competence orientation: