Completed projects of the cooperating partners
Child's Play!
Lightweight design for children and young adults made easy
Project description: The new "Child’s Play!" project was launched in May 2023 in cooperation with FH JOANNEUM. The project is funded by the FFG funding program Talente Regional 2022 and aims to encourage pupils in their curiosity and thirst for research. The aim of "Child’s Play!" is to introduce children and young people in third and sixth class to the topic of lightweight construction in an age-appropriate way, regardless of their origin, gender or educational background. So-called science workshops are planned and developed in which differentiated teaching materials are used. These are created together with teachers and researchers from FH JOANNEUM and the Inclusive Education Unit from University of Graz. In three science workshops, pupils from Graz and a Region of Styria learn what lightweight construction means, how lightweight construction works and how it is implemented. The students also have the opportunity to visit companies such as HAGE Sondermaschinenbau GmbH and carbon-solutions Hintsteiner GmbH, as well as the Automotive Testing Lab at FH JOANNEUM, with a special focus on female role models for a career in technology. After the end of the project, all materials will be made freely available for download.
DigIDe 2.0
Digital tool for the early detection of dementia and promote quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities
Project description: The aim of the "DigIDe 2.0" project is to implement and improve the digital tool designed in the previous "DigIDe" project so that it can be used by the care staff in institutions for people with disabilities. The digital tool is intended to minimize stressful situations that arise for care staff due to symptoms of dementia and to clarify possibilities for support and encouragement. In the planned implementation of the digital tool, particular attention will be paid to usability and simple, self-explanatory usability.
Implement ICF
Project description: The Erasmus+ project "Implement ICF" within the Key Action KA2 "Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training" aims to introduce the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO, 2001) as a common language in the diverse sectors of services and support measures for people with disabilities and thus improve the quality of support and the participation of all involved beneficiaries. Following this goal, the project focuses on the creation and development of a concrete "ICF implementation Guide" that will enable different institutions and actors in different fields - medical, health, social or educational field - to use the ICF in a structured way. The project and the project activities are being implemented cooperatively by ten institutions from Austria, Germany, North Macedonia and Turkey.
Plan-ICF
Project description: The Erasmus+ project “Planning additional educational support using the ICF: Plan-ICF” started on 01 October 2022. The project aims to introduce the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a common language in school support planning processes and thereby to improve the learning opportunities for students with developmental difficulties. The University College of Teacher Education Styria will work together with nine national and international partners in the next two years to implement the project activities and reach the project goals.
SAID School Assistance - Inclusive & Digital
Project description: The Erasmus+ project SAID - School Assistance Inclusive & Digital deals with school inclusion from the perspective of teachers: young people who themselves have a learning disability support children and teachers as so-called "DigiCoaches" in the digital world. The core of the project is the development of a curriculum for training to become a DigiCoach, which is to be used in the partner countries Austria, Ireland and Finland.
IMAS II
Improving Assistance in Inclusive Educational Settings II (IMAS II)
Project description: As part of the Erasmus+ project IMAS II (October 2018 - March 2021) funded by the European Union, five web-based knowledge boxes on relevant topics from the everyday work of school assistants will be developed and evaluated in cooperation with nine partner organizations from six European countries and the active involvement of experienced school assistants and students with and without disabilities. This offers a training opportunity for school assistants and other educational staff, which aims to contribute to the expansion of knowledge and the promotion of inclusive competences in order to adequately prepare school assistants for their professional requirements in supporting students with disabilities.
Short description: As part of this Erasmus+ project, which involved universities and primary schools from five partner countries (England, Denmark, Portugal, Spain and Austria), materials were developed and ways explored to enable all children in a class to participate in lessons. The "Inclusive Inquiry" model, a model of teacher training, was used for lesson development, which enables pupils to actively participate in teaching processes.
- Researchers: Prof. Dr. Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera, University of Graz; Ass.-Prof. Lisa Paleczek, PhD, University of Graz; Prof. Edvina Bešić, PhD, PH Styria
- Duration: 2017 -2019
- Funded by the European Union: Erasmus+ project
- Weblink: FOPRO: reachingthehardtoreach.eu
Short description: The aim of the research project was to identify the success factors for the profiling of inclusive education in teacher training courses and to identify structural, content-related, organizational and university didactic areas of tension that arise in the implementation of the curricula. The design pursued a multi-method approach and comprised quantitative and qualitative survey units over two academic years.
- Researchers at the University College of Teacher Education Styria: Prof. Dr. Andrea Holzinger, Prof. Silvia Kopp-Sixt MA, Prof. Dr. Gerda Kernbichler, Prof. Dr. Gonda Pickl, HS-Prof. Dr. Mathias Krammer
- Duration: 2017-2020
- Weblink Profile IP
