Description

Provided that personal growth should be an integral part of teaching and learning in higher education, what role could the Inner Development Goals play in that?

(…) We affirm finally that any deliberate attempt to reach a rational and enduring state of equilibrium by planned measures, rather than by chance or catastrophe, must ultimately be founded on a basic change of values and goals at individual, national, and world levels. (Meadows, D. H.et al. (1972): The limits to growth: a report to the club of Rome).

This call for a change in individual values and goals in the context of sustainability considerations is more than 50 years old. Recently, with the development of the ‘Inner Development Guide’ (IDG, former: Inner Development Goals), this view of the importance of personal development within the context of global developments has been revisited. The IDG can be seen as complementary to the SDGs, the 17 sustainability goals of the UN.

The IDG offer a relatively open framework for dimensions of inner development. In this two-part workshop, we will take a closer look at the IDG and then work on individually chosen dimensions of personal growth. Based on this, we will then discuss ways for meaningful integration of the IDG into our teaching practise.

We will start with our own development as teachers (and people), and then move on to considerations of how to encourage and support personal development in our students. The fo-cus will be on an integration within the subject, in the participants' individual teaching situations.

The workshop is designed as a shared space for generating ideas. Thus, in addition to some input from the trainer, co-creation plays an important role. Therefore, your active participation is essential.

The workshop is divided into three phases. It begins with a synchronous online session, followed by a self-study phase, and concludes with another synchronous online session.

Learning objectives / expected outcomes

Participants can identify and describe the Inner Development Guide framework and its dimensions.

Participants have reflected on at least one personal development goal and can articulate its relevance to their own growth.

Participants have discussed potential applications, as well as chances and limitations of the IDG in higher education.

Participants have generated first tangible ideas for an integration of the IDG or aspects of it in their own teaching practise.

Schedule

2026-10-29 to 2026-11-05 – Once – Once 09:00-12:15 – Europe/Berlin

Core details

Offering Code	TTA-M2-A-002
TTA Module	Module 2 – Open Programme / Enhancement
Target Group	All Academic Staff
Course Type	Modular programmes
Modality	Online, Synchronous
Language(s)	English
Teacher(s)	Katharina Bonyhádi
University	Chemnitz University of Technology
Time zone	Europe/Berlin
Duration / ECTS	10 WU ERQ (Evaluate, reflect & quality development)
Venue or online link	Will be send after registration

Contact

Course contact(s)

Ulrike Rada – hochschuldidaktik@tu-chemnitz.de