After a half-hour break, during which time the guests were provided with coffee, other drinks and snacks, Prof. Afterwards, the welcome ceremony, as well as the introductory session, took place at the Audimax.

At nine o'clock in the morning, all participants and guests arrived at the Neues Palais Campus and received their goodie bags. Starting on Monday, the first day of the summer school, we hit the ground running with an agenda rife with exciting events for the students.

These travel journal entries provide an insight into the participants‘ impressions during the summer school: Monday, August 29th The summer school participants included 54 student teachers coming from nine different countries sent by international partner institu-tions who are all project partners within the DAAD-funded project “UP Network for Sustaina-ble Teacher Education“. How can the UN Sustainable Development Goals be taught and integrated into schools and classrooms? What knowledge, attitudes and skills do learners need to act as responsible glob-al citizens? How can teachers empower the younger generation to participate actively in shaping inclusive and sustainable societies and futures? And what role do different subjects and the school community play as a whole? These questions and many more were the focus of a one week international summer school initiated by University of Potsdam‘s Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research. Summer School: “Teaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship”

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