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type: source
title: "CDFI Fine Arts: Subject Didactics"
tags: [pedagogy, art-education, teacher-training]
related: [fachdidaktik, lehramt, bildkompetenz]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_bildende_kunst_fachbereiche_fachdidaktik.md"]
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# CDFI Fine Arts: Subject Didactics

This source describes the **Fachdidaktik** (Subject Didactics) and **Kunstpädagogik** (Art Education) area within the Fine Arts program at the **Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut (CDFI)**. 

The area focuses on the intersection of artistic practice and pedagogical instruction, encouraging students to reflect on their own artistic and pedagogical stances. It provides a structured approach to developing teaching skills through a cycle of:
1. **Designing & Planning**
2. **Testing & Implementing**
3. **Analyzing & Reflecting**

The curriculum prepares students for the **Referendariat** (teacher training practicum) via school-based exercises and cooperative projects with educational institutions. It engages with diverse debates, including the tension between "teaching art" as a potential contradiction, the definition of **Bildkompetenz** (visual literacy), and the distinction between "Art," "Image," and "Subject," using examples ranging from Brueghel to Banksy.

**Staff members mentioned:**
- Anke Johannes (specializing in primary school/Grundschule)
- Maria-Friederike Schulze