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Tag: Education

Interview & Opinion

9 September 2021

Where is digital education heading?

Opinion: Fares Kayali

To ensure the success and universal reach of digital education, we have to provide not only sufficient resources for it, but we also need fundamental changes in the ways of thinking that are embedded in our school system. Continue reading “Where is digital education heading?”

Projects

15 June 2020

Skills development requires strong motivation

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”

Projects

21 October 2019

History skills need more fostering

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”

Projects

27 August 2018

Educational biographies: migrant children catch up more quickly

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”

Portrait

7 October 2015

At the epicentre of demography

Von Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

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”

Educational Mobility

Projects

26 May 2015

Children of Turkish migrants disadvantaged in Austria

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”

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