TEAM

Information on the Research Project

The Freiburg University of Music has been part of the ERASMUS+ project "Teacher Education Academy for Music" (TEAM) since June 2023. Over three years, the Teacher Education Academy for Music is working on the topics of future-making, mobility and networking in Europe and is a Europe-wide research network. It aims to redesign the initial and further training of music teachers and music education in schools in Europe in line with the current needs for the professionalisation of music teachers.
At the Freiburg University of Music, Work Package 3 Music Education and Future-Making deals with the topics of democracy education, digitalisation and sustainability. In addition, Work Package 5 School Internships Abroad and Mentoring deals with school internships abroad and the issue of mentoring.
TEAM plans to use design-based research to develop evidence-based, forward-looking OER (Open Educational Resources) for music education and to strengthen mobility for music teachers, with a particular focus on high-quality school internships abroad with intercultural mentoring.
Detailed information on the project can be found on this website:

Ready for Future-Making?

As part of Work Package 3, seven learning offers on the three future-oriented topics of democracy education, sustainability, and digitalization have been published on the openmusic.academy platform (OMA) – available for free use.

🔗 All learning offers can be found here.

Staff Members

Prof. Dr. Thade Buchborn

t.buchborn(at)mh-freiburg(dot)de

Project management, Work Package 3 leader

Dr. Philip Stade

p.stade(at)mh-freiburg(dot)de

Academic assistant in Work Package 3

Stefanie Kreuzwieser

s.kreuzwieser(at)mh-freiburg(dot)de
Academic assistant in Work Package 5

Dr. Verena Bons

v.bons(at)mh-freiburg(dot)de
Academic assistant in Work Package 5

Selected TEAM Publications

Buchborn, T., & Stade, P. (2025). „It actually has little to do with democracy“. Everyday theories and implicit knowledge of students in music teacher education on democracy education and participation. In U. Frey-Konrad, V. C. Hofbauer, O. Blanchard, & L. Bugiel (Hrsg.), 46. Jahresband des Arbeitskreises Musikpädagogische Forschung/46th Yearbook of the German Association for Research in Music Education (S. 29–44). Waxmann Verlag GmbH. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783818850715.03
Malmberg, I., Steinmetz, L., Bons, V., & Aigner, W. (2025). Strengthening intercultural teacher competence through internships abroad? Music student teachers’ reflections. In U. Frey-Konrad, V. C. Hofbauer, O. Blanchard, & L. Bugiel (Hrsg.), 46. Jahresband des Arbeitskreises Musikpädagogische Forschung/46th Yearbook of the German Association for Research in Music Education (S. 59–72). Waxmann Verlag GmbH. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783818850715.05
Stade, P., & Buchborn, T. (2025). Green and/or digital transition in music education? Analysis of European policy papers and competence frameworks. Culture, Education, and Future, 3(1), 159–178. https://doi.org/10.70116/29802741100

Further Links

EAS (European Association for Music in Schools)

European Education Area: Erasmus+ Teacher Academies

meNet - Music Education Network

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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. The European Union cannot be held responsible for them.