The intention of Paradigm Oriented Science Teaching is to allow students during the course of their studies to participate in the way science and scientists actually work. POST Seminars POST seminars consist of a foundation part as well as individual seminars. The foundational part introduces students to a broad theoretical framework or paradigm. It makes up a common core curriculum for the various seminar modules, each of which fall within a specialized field or discipline. Each seminar module is taught as an independent seminar in a specific discipline, for example, physics, biology, informatics, sociology, or psychology.
Students receive credit for participating in a specific seminar in their major or minor fields.
In this respect, POST seminars do not differ from normal university courses. In POST seminars, however, students also participate in foundational research and theoretical modeling on a level which is not usually available in normal courses. In addition to this, they are linked through the foundational part to other seminars which are also making use of this part in their specific disciplines. This allows students to become aware of the interdisciplinary implications of the ideas they are working with as well as giving novel insights into how similar ideas can be employed to solve various problems. The POST model offers students the opportunity to gain new perspectives on the material they are studying and thus increases the potential for innovation and application of knowledge to concrete problem solving.