The Corona pandemic was an unwelcome surprise to thousands of Erasmus students too. However, high levels of foreign language proficiency and intercultural competence can also be acquired at home. A recent study shows that self-motivation, strategy and reflection are the driving forces for honing such skills. Continue reading “Skills development requires strong motivation”
Learn history by heart or challenge accepted truths? Funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a project on history education shows that history lessons in grades 6 to 8 still aim at teaching content rather than skills. What is more, the full potential of history textbooks often remains untapped. Continue reading “History skills need more fostering”
With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, economist Alyssa Schneebaum has investigated how social and biographical characteristics affect a person’s educational and work trajectory. To this end, she analysed EU and US statistics on prosperity and living conditions using a multidimensional approach from gender studies. Continue reading “Educational biographies: migrant children catch up more quickly”
Demographic expert Wolfgang Lutz about the reasons for people fleeing to Europe, the prerequisites for successful integration and why education is essential for the development of the economy and democracy. Continue reading “At the epicentre of demography”
Children of Turkish migrants with low levels of education find it particularly hard to get a higher education in Austria. This was demonstrated by a social science study comparing the country with France and Sweden. The significant findings have now been published in book form. Continue reading “Children of Turkish migrants disadvantaged in Austria”