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. More than 50 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.
FUTURE EDUCATION Talk #3
On Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 5-6 pm in the Historical Reading Room of Graz University Library, we will continue our panel discussion series. Talk #3 has the topic: "How participation can succeed in the classroom". Lisa Paleczek, expert in inclusive education and psychology at the University of Graz, and Sebastian Ruin, expert in movement and sports education at the University of Graz, will be discussing the topic. The event is free of charge, but please register!
National Education Report 2024 contains contribution by Elke Höfler and Manuel Ninaus
A scientific article by Elke Höfler, Education Technologies Cluster Spokesperson, and Manuel Ninaus, Education Technologies Cluster Spokesperson, was recently published in the National Education Report Austria 2024. The article is entitled "Artificial intelligence in education: A localisation".
"The question of how learning technologies can promote learning should be asked during the development phase - not afterwards."
Silvia Lipp worked in the private sector for many years before embarking on a career in academia. After completing her doctorate, she has been working as a Senior Lecturer with extended research duties at the Institute of Business Education at the University of Graz since February 2025. She is a member of the MINT+ cluster in the FUTURE EDUCATION network.
FUTURE EDUCATION Talk #2
The FUTURE EDUCATION Talk 2 on the topic of "How our brain learns arithmetic" continued our talk series on Wednesday, 22 January 2025. Stephan Vogel, cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist at the University of Graz, and Karl-Heinz Graß, mathematician and subject didactician at the University College of Teacher Education Styria, discussed the topic.
Christina Krause: "You have to bake the students good bread so that they get a taste for maths"
Assistant Professor Christina Krause actually wanted to become a teacher. Now she teaches prospective maths teachers at the University of Graz and teaches them how to make maths appealing to students. She is involved in three clusters in the FUTURE EDUCATION programme: Educational Technology(s), MINT+ and Plurality and Diversity.
Lisa Paleczek: "It's important to me that the school system doesn't lose children one drop at a time"
Assistant Professor Lisa Paleczek's research centres on inclusive and diversity-sensitive lesson design. She is a member of three clusters in the FUTURE EDUCATION network: Plurality and Diversity, Languages and Educational Technologies.
To the portrait of Lisa Paleczek
"DiaLog" project awarded the "Erasmus+" prize
The project "DiaLog - Students discuss controversial questions on climate change" by Board and Language Cluster spokesperson Prof Sabine Schmölzer-Eibinger and the two Language Cluster members Muhammed Akbulut and Victoria Reinsperger received the Austrian Erasmus+ and ESK Award 2024 in the field of school education in the category "Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships & Strategic Partnerships".
Read more: "Erasmus+" prize for the "DiaLog" project
"Just doing research in a quiet little room wouldn't be my thing!"
As part of her dissertation, language didactics expert Victoria Reinsperger is researching how written argumentation can be better taught to pupils. She is driven by the feeling that she can give young people something to take with them. And the desire to come to her own conclusions.
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
We kicked off our new talk series on Monday, 14 October 2024 with FUTURE EDUCATION Talk 1 on the topic of "How young people can protect themselves against fake news". Stephan Schicker, language didactics expert at the University of Graz, and Thomas Schubatzky, physics didactics expert 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 3 September - 5 September 2024, the 1st FUTURE EDUCATION Conference for academics, teachers and students took place at the University of Graz. More than 300 participants came together to discuss educational concepts for the future. We are delighted with the positive feedback and the successful start to the conference series!
"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.
Graz University to get an interreligious dialogue centre
A centre 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 centre have already been submitted.
FUTURE EDUCATION kick-off event
The official starting point of the FUTURE EDUCATION programme was the kick-off event on 12 December 2023, at which the programme and its four research clusters were 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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