The Future Education program at the University of Graz aims to make a significant contribution to the development of innovative and scientifically sound educational concepts of the future with an interdisciplinary networked research program. 48 researchers from the educational sciences, psychology, didactics and other relevant disciplines are working on current issues relating to the education of the future. They make their expertise available to science, educational practice and politics in numerous formats. In order to advance their work together, they have formed four interdisciplinary networked research clusters.
New insights into students' ideas about climate change published
Prof. Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer (University of Graz) together with Sarah Wildbichler (University of Innsbruck, first author) and Thomas Schubatzky (University of Innsbruck) recently published their article "Students' ideas about the scientific underpinnings of climate change: a systematic review of the literature" in the high-ranking journal Studies in Science Education.
"WattsAhead" project aims to promote energy expertise
Energy is precious and valuable. It is therefore important to use this resource responsibly. But what does that actually mean? And how can young people and adults learn energy literacy? This is the focus of the Sparkling Science research project "WattsAhead", in which researchers from the Universities of Graz and Innsbruck are working together.
FUTURE EDUCATION Talk #1
With the FUTURE EDUCATION Talk 1 on the topic "How young people can protect themselves against fake news" we started our new talk series on Monday, October 14, 2024. Stephan Schicker, language didactician at the University of Graz, and Thomas Schubatzky, physics didactician at the University of Innsbruck, took part in the discussion. With this talk, we would like to invite teachers, educators, student teachers and anyone interested in the topic to listen and join in the discussion!
FUTURE EDUCATION Conference 2024 -
"Empowering Learners for Tomorrow"
From September 3 to September 5, 2024, the 1st FUTURE EDUCATION Conference for scientists, teachers and students took place at the University of Graz. More than 300 participants came together to discuss educational concepts for the future. Networking also played an important role. We are delighted with the positive feedback and the successful start to the conference series!
1st FUTURE EDUCATION Award was presented
"I like having questions and being able to answer them."
Are mathematicians from another planet? Michaela Meier investigated this question in her dissertation. In her research, she also looks at how much mathematical creativity non-geniuses bring to light.
"It's great to bring research results directly into the school!"
After completing her third Master's degree, she also completed a dissertation: Didactician Angelika Bernsteiner researched how student teachers of science subjects can be prepared to deal with digital media and disinformation in the classroom.
Graz University to get an interreligious dialog center
A center for interreligious and intercultural dialogue is to be established at the University of Graz. There is a great need for corresponding workshops and coaching for teachers. Applications for funding for the center have already been submitted.
"You don't need to go to Panama to immerse yourself in a foreign world!"
How do deaf migrants communicate in Austria? Linguist and sign language researcher Julia Gspandl looked into this question in her dissertation. And found out some surprising things.
"I want to bring science into society"
Muhammed Akbulut has been researching and working at the University of Graz since 2016. In his habilitation project, he and his colleagues from the Center for Didactics of German as a Second Language & Language Education are developing a didactic concept to introduce students to scientific writing.
"We need to think about artificial intelligence in education"
Artificial intelligence - especially in the form of large language models such as chat GPT - is easily accessible to anyone and everyone. But this is not without consequences. The easier information is accessible, the less inclined we might be to develop expertise. And the more of it we actually need. In this interview, Manuel Ninaus from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Graz talks about the opportunities that AI holds for us and how we can integrate it into teaching in a worthwhile way.
How much media use is healthy for young children?
What effects does the use of digital media have on young children? There is a considerable need for research on this question. The study "Young children in the digital world" at the University of Graz and the Medical University of Graz therefore investigated the influence of digital media on young children and pursued pioneering new approaches.
These YouTube videos make physics mentors fit for the classroom
Under the title "Physics Mentor Support" (PhyMeSup), the Department of Physics Education at the University of Graz has recorded a series of videos and published them on YouTube to support mentors in their work. The latest - and eighth - video has recently gone online Let yourself be inspired!
Podcast: How do student teachers learn to deal with disinformation?
Social media is also used to spread information that does not correspond to the current state of science. This can weaken trust in science and even in democracy. In a podcast contribution, physics didactics experts Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer and Angelika Bernsteiner from the University of Graz and Thomas Schubatzky from the University of Innsbruck talk about how student teachers can tackle the issue of disinformation themselves and with their pupils in the classroom.
Kick-off event on December 12, 2023
The official starting point of the program was the kick-off event on 12 December 2023, at which the Future Education program with its four research clusters was presented. Numerous participating and interested colleagues from the University of Graz took part in this event.
The speakers of the scientific advisory board
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.phil. Sabine Schmölzer-Eibinger
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.rer.nat. Roland Grabner
Institut für Psychologie
http://psychologie.uni-graz.at/de/begabungsforschung/team/roland-h-grabner/
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